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[supernick]

Maybe a new thread should be opened up dedicated to food.

It takes time to know what to order in Korea. Korean restaurants outside of Korea don't really represent some of the best of Korean food.

A great summer food in cold buck wheat noodles called naeng myun. A noodle dish served with ice, which is a real treat during the summer.

There's also the great selection of man-do. Originally Chinese wan-tahn, but the Korean version is great, and I would say better. You can have them steamed or fried.

Most Korean food is not hot. Just because host of it's red means nothing.

Any other good food suggestions to help out newbies?

[The Lemon]

Hi supernick - thought it was a great idea so I split this off into its own thread & gave it a title. Thanks!

[Corporal]

Neng myeon tastes like ****.

[katydid]

I'd add you can't go wrong with any kind of kimbab or dwenjang chigae. I love that stuff.

And I think Naengmyun is good too, though I like the mul naengmyun better than the bibim naengmyun now, as it is less likely to stain my clothes. (Nothing like slurping a stubborn noodle that leaves little lines of gochujang on your white shirt.) There is a girl in my Korean class whom I had dinner with once....she saw the ice cubes floating in my naengmyun and was like "What is that??"

My friend MIGHT be making her way as a tourist (not a crazy ESL teacher) sometime in October, so I'll have to keep the food suggestions in mind for when she comes here. (Though out in L.A., when we went to this "Korean" restaurant -- just kalbi, just kimchi -- she found she liked the kimchi very much. Good for her. Heh.)

[Zyzyfer]

Honestly, kalbi is a good starter for the newly-arrived foreigner. Donggasuh also tends to go over well. Other food tends to be preferential...

[YiSunSin]

Chapchaebap
Hottok
Pulgogi
Kalbi
Kimchi

Safe bets anywhere.

Anyone else like the odd bit of hottok?

[Thomas]

Here's the food list I originally posted a while back... see the Job Information Journal... If your computer reads Korean, the original post has the Korean spellings as well... (Lots of delicious research went into this!)



When I first came here, I was taken out for many, many meals. Of course, every Korean wanted me to "try" the bibimbap and bulgogi. Granted, these are quite good, but after having bibimbap for lunch 38 times in a row and bulgogi for dinner 38 times in a row, (I am exaggerating), I decided to start trying new stuff on my own and from teachers' recommendations. I kept a little notebook with the Korean names and an English description. I hope you find this helpful. (In my humble opinion, Korean food is awesome.. I love it!)
1. ���� (Sam Gyeop Sal) - Roasted side pork, usually wrapped in lettuce with seasoned soy bean paste.
2. ������ (Kam Ja Tang) - A hearty stew made with potatoes and pork bones.
3. �κα�ġ (Too Boo Kimchee) - A plate of warm tofu and kimchee, often served with soju.
4. ����� (Bee Gee Chee Gay) - A thick stew made from the skins of the soybeans.
5. ������ (In Jeol Mee) - Round or rectangular rice cakes brushed with bean powder.
6. ��ä (Jhap Chay) - A dish of clear noodles mixed with various vegetables.
7. ����� (Tien Jang Chee Gay) - A hearty stew of soy bean paste, tofu and vegetables.
8. Į���� (Kal Gook Soo) - Broad white flour noodles in a rich broth.
9. ��ġ������ (Cham Chee Boke Um) - Stir-fried tuna and kimchee with rice.
10. �ø� (Naeng Myeon) - Cold buckwheat noodles, served in an icy broth with various vegetables, a boiled egg and mustard paste.
11. ��� (Kimbap) - Vegetables and ham rolled in rice and seaweed.
12. ��ġ��� (Cham Chee Kimbap)- Tuna and vegetables rolled in rice and seaweed.
13. ������ (Noo Duh Kimbap) - Vegetables and other ingredients rolled in seaweed and rice with the rice facing out.
14. �Ұ��� (Bool Gogi)- Marinated beef with mushrooms and other vegetables cooked in a pot.
15. �ޱ�ſ��� (Maegi Mae Oon Tang) - Spicy stew made with whole catfish.
16. ������ (Tokk Boke Ee) - Cylindrical rice cakes boiled in hot sauce.
17. ���� (Tokk Gook) - Flat round rice cakes in a thin broth, commonly served on Lunar New Year's Day.
18. ������ (Nae Jang Tang) - Spicy soup made from fish intestines and vegetables.
19. ���ܹ� (Tole Sut Bap) - Rice and vegetables served in a hot stone bowl.
20. ȣ�ΰ��� (Hoe Doo Gwa Ja) - Sweet walnut cakes made in the shape of a walnut, famous in Chonan.
21. ������ (Say Ooh Cheot) - Salted shrimp, used as a seasoning for pork or for making kimchee.
22. ������ (So Long Tang) - A soup made from beef broth, spring onions, rice, salt, and red pepper paste.
23. �߰��� (Tak Kal Bi) - Boneless chicken seasoned with spring onions, red pepper paste, sweet potatoes, rice cakes and garlic; usually wrapped in lettuce with seasoned soy bean paste.
24. ���� (Tak Jook) - Thick porridge made from chicken broth, sticky rice, ginseng, garlic and salt.
25. ���� (All Tang) - Spicy soup made from fish eggs, red pepper, spring onions and other seasonings.
26. ���� (Jang Oh Goo Ee) - Marinated and barbecued eel filets wrapped in lettuce.
27. ����� (Sam Gye Tang) - A whole chicken stuffed with rice, jujubes, garlic and ginseng and boiled whole.

Posted: July 3, 2001


Taken from : http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:994208288-22530.txt

[The Lemon]

Great post, Thomas! Everyone else, if you can't read his hangul, go up to "view" in IE and change the "encoding" to Korean.

[Cedar]

When I was new to Korea I found that Kalguksu (knife cut noodles) was a great way to go. As spicy as you add the sauce to it, and very filling. Not the ideal summer weather food, though. I like Naengmyun in the summer but it doesn't fill me up, for filling cold noodles try "Koengguksu" which looks like noodles in milk. It's really a bean powder thing in the water.