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blukut
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: for a cook |
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hey there,
I haven't posted here before, but hopefully somebody knows something. I used to teach English in Seoul awhile ago, returned to the states and finished up culinary school and am looking to go back to Seoul to learn how to cook traditional korean cuisine. Does anybody know of a good gig? |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: Re: for a cook |
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| blukut wrote: |
hey there,
I haven't posted here before, but hopefully somebody knows something. I used to teach English in Seoul awhile ago, returned to the states and finished up culinary school and am looking to go back to Seoul to learn how to cook traditional korean cuisine. Does anybody know of a good gig? |
you will find plenty of cooking hakwons here!! |
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blukut
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: no, no |
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right, there are the hakwons, but the one's I've checked out are mostly for newly housewives who need to be feeding their husbands, who apparently have trouble heating water for noodles. Also, I've talked to some of the Korean kids who came over to the States to the c.i.a., and they all, repeat all, don't recommend the cooking schools in seoul. I'm willing to stage or whatever in a k-joint, but I dont' know how the hiring system works over there.
any love for cooks over there? |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: Re: no, no |
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| blukut wrote: |
right, there are the hakwons, but the one's I've checked out are mostly for newly housewives who need to be feeding their husbands, who apparently have trouble heating water for noodles. Also, I've talked to some of the Korean kids who came over to the States to the c.i.a., and they all, repeat all, don't recommend the cooking schools in seoul. I'm willing to stage or whatever in a k-joint, but I dont' know how the hiring system works over there.
any love for cooks over there? |
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IM sure the people you met in the US who were at the C I A didnt try all the hakwons here! there are some very good schools here.. who teach highclass korean cusine , japanese sushi etc.. the people you met didnt even scratch the surface of places to learn cooking here!
ajuma cooking hakwons? ummm show me an ajuma who cant cook!!
the people you met at the CIA were koreans who wanted to work in Hotels so western hotel food is needed and for that going abroad will be the best case.. but in your case you want to learn KOREAN cooking! you telling me there are no schools here that teach professional korean cooking? I DONT THINK SO!!! |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: |
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I would suggest getting a job in a Korean restaurant.
The best way to learn is by doing.....cooking classes feed their curriculum to you with teaspoons.....in a restaurant the learning curve is much steeper and much faster.
If money isnt a big thing then find a good bulgogi restaurant and ask them if you could work there....that you want to learn how to cook. Considering how limited the menu choice is (what they have they do well) you could probably find out all their secrets in a week or two, then move on to a samgapsal restaurant, then a samgyetang....and so on. |
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