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shawner88 · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

When I lived in Pusan 2 years ago these places were everywhere. All you could eat meat for 5,000 W with all the extras (leaves, garlic, sauce, etc).

I heard most of them went out of business. Are there cheap places like this in Seoul? I know there are a few that are expensive.

One opened now near my home in my country town near Suwon, but it's 8,000 won...not bad. Me and the girlfriend are about to go try it.

By the way, my adult student says not to go to them because the meat is such poor quality. A cow is a cow is it not and kalbi/bulgogi comes from the same part of the cow? What is wrong with the meat? I really have no idea but maybe someone could clear this up. I hope I'm not about to go eat cow weener.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

There's a place called Carne Station- well in fact there are loads of them- including one in Hong-dae I can see from here- 20,000 for loads of different kinds of food, including kalbi, bulgogi, all the leaves and everything. A lot more than your 5,000 but it's all you can drink- beer, spirits, soju (!)- anything you want although I think it shuts at 10pm.

shawner88 · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Universalis · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Location: Seoul

We used to got to one in Chongno every now and then... I have no idea if it's still there or not, but it was 7,000W for all you can eat.

I agree with your friend though... the meat did seem to be sketchy. I usually felt pretty queasy after eating there.... It tasted fine, mind you, but I don't think it went down very well.

Brian

ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

We've got one for W8000 in Icheon... one of these days, I'll get horrible food poisoning...

No such thing as sanitation in any restaurant in Icheon...

SarcasmKills · Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

I had the WORST case of food poisoning from one of those places in Cheongju...

ugh.. my stomach turns just thinking about it.. I suffered for a week.. it was brutal..

never again.

shawner88 · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Well we went and it seemed pretty darn good. 7500 each which included the "pan chan" dishes such as mandu, jjab chae, bo chim gae, kim bap, guk su noodles, several other things and 4 kinds of soups.

We were surprised actually by the quality of the meat. The sam gyeop sal was thick and meaty, the kalbi as well. No stomach ache so far.

I think some of the reason people get sick from these is eating too much. I just wanted to keep eating because I could.

Universalis · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Location: Seoul

Well, if you're eating all the panchan, then in my book, you're not doing it right:)

Eating rice, mandu, chigae, whatever.. all take up space in my gut that could otherwise go to samkyupsal, talkgalbi, and bulgogi. I avoid the former to leave more room for the latter.

Of course, my girlfriend tells me I need to diet...

Brian

ryleeys · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MD

Hahaha... Universalis, you're a sucker...

ryleeys = no girlfriend = no diet.

Of course, I'm also 160 pounds... which is about 20 under the average for my height...

Cthulhu · Joined: 02 Feb 2003

Shawner88 wrote:

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 11:08 am Post subject:

Why go to such a buffett when you can go to Macdonald's?

Seoultrader · Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Location: Ali's Insurgent Inn, Fallujah

www.obstadium.com

Semi-unlimited beef & beer for 17,000 (I think there's a 3-hour limit to your stay). They also have a lunch special.

Avoid Saturdays.