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Lemonade
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Korean Foods |
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| Ever since arriving here in SK I've had some of the best food from street vendors. They sell those noodle on a stick type dealies. I don't what they are called but they sure taste good. The only problem is that I cannot find food hot enough. Any suggestions? |
The problem here is obvious; you are buying from street vendors who keep their food out in the open with the cold air and they aren't worried about their food getting old, tired and cold. I've seen this too often that I refuse to eat any food from those street vendor carts all over the place. I don't feel like pressing my luck and wind up with the worst case of food poisening of my life - no thanks.
Don't you eat at restaurants? Geez, every time I eat out at a Korean restaurant, my tongue gets burnt because it's so hot and I don't mean spicy hot. It takes my tongue about three days to get over the burn. I guess I need to learn how to slurp my noodles like a Korean  .
I've been cooking my own food and never have I appreciated my cullinary skills better in my entire life then I have in Korea. My biggest complaint is not being able to find sour cream anyplace other than TGI Friday. Where can I buy sour cream? I've about done gave up on that. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Sour cream- costco for about 5,000/ litre, or about 7,000 for the same tub at Hanam supermarket. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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Hot as in spicy?
You've got plenty of choices, son, try:
占쏙옙占쏙옙占쏙옙 - dduk-bokk-i - rice cakes with fishcakes in hot sauce
占쌩곤옙占쏙옙 - dalk-gal-bi - spicy chicken stirfry
占쏙옙占쏙옙占쏙옙占쏙옙 - jay-yook-bokk-eum - spicy pork stirfry
占쏙옙占쏙옙占쏙옙 - yook-gay-jang - spicy beef and vegetable soup
占쏙옙치 占쏘개 - kimchi jjigae - yeah, yeah, kimchi isn't really that spicy by itself but they usually add enough pepper to give this some kick
占싸댐옙占쏘개 - boo-day jjigae - kimchi jjigae plus spam, hotdogs, and ramen, a dish leftover from the war, don't knock it till you try it
And if none of that gets your blood boiling, try....
占쌀댐옙 - bool-dalk - insanely hot chicken stirfry, probably the hottest food in Korea
If that won't do it for you, then you're a Certified Tough Guy(TM), and you'll have to go elsewhere for spicy food |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| 占쏙옙占쏙옙占쏙옙! |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| skip the vendors, unless you go to a popular pochang macha. get a friend and go get some kalbi or sam gyup sal, dude! if you're constantly alone, order chigae or kimbop or kalbi or seoulleng tang. have you tried kam ja tang? hmmm |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: Korean Foods |
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I love all the dishes in the photos above except... I've never tried the boo-day jjigae dish, and hope to never do so. Spam? Ugggghhh.
| joelseymour wrote: |
| They sell those noodle on a stick type dealies. I don't what they are called but they sure taste good. |
"Noodles" on a stick? Do you mean the pressed fish? |
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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Why do you even want to eat food that hot? At some point doesn't it become stupid? I like hot food too, but at some point it just becomes tastelessly(a real word?) spicy.
Why not forget about finding the spiciest food on the planet and just enjoy the various spicy dishes to had in Korea. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I'm guessing the OP is talking about street food for one of several reasons--wants food on the go
-doesn't have people to go in a Korean restaurant with (intimidation etc)
-likes street food
the noodles on a stick are called o-ddang. When you buy them, you can pour yourself some of the soup they rest in (o-ddang mul). Good drink on a cold day!!
As for spicy street food, ddok boki is common.
Sometimes I see deep fried peppers. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Theres a room booked for you at floor 1, room 205 at the Hellen Keller House for the blind. |
I don't get it. |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| if you like spicy, try "Nakchi Bulgolgi." Wew! I'm used to Mexican food, but that stuff really opens up the sinuses. It's great if you like squid or octopus. |
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