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[shevek]

Just curious if people can recommend some places.
Is there a taste difference from one to the next...?
I've only eaten it in Moran market and the sound effects (i.e dying) made it not as nice a fine dining experience as I imagine elsewhere.
Anwhere that allows me to enjoy my meal without the reality of what I'm eating.

(PS Moral crusaders please go elsewhere, your opinions aren't wanted on this thread)

[ChopChaeJoe]

I'm pretty sure that you aren't going to get any useful responses here.

[Captain Corea]

Usually restaurants that are out of town are great. I've been to a few that were just outside of Anyang ... great stuff.

[flotsam]

It's hard to give the best directions to places(glad CC is being real about this as well)...

The best places are on back streets and in certain markets. What you would want to do is find the places that slaughter the livestock humanely(or at least to the same standard as other herd animals)--really try to avoid the ones that do it the old-fashioned way. I live near a market that has restaurants that do both, but more and more of the new "elite" are heading toward those that avoid the torture. The new "well-being sa-cheol sik-dang" are your best bet as torture as seen as not so well for your being.

PM me for more precise info.

[rothkowitz]

I live 10 minutes walk from Moran.I've seen the dog market but there's too much of a stench to make me want to hang around.

I did see a goat there one time,for what goodness knows.

Anyhoo,out of exit 1 there's a restaurant directly on the corner opposite Lotteria which a co-worker pointed out one time.Its bound to be fresh,market being just across the road basically.

Alternately...I'd say pop out into the countryside.There are typically a swag of places bunched together,much as there might be,say,a bunch of duck places loosely grouped together.

[SPINOZA]

I've been to two B-tang restaurants in my local area (Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul) so I've narrow experience, but Yeonshinnae Yongyangtang is very good. You get lots of meat. Take line 3 or 6 to Yeonshinnae, take exit 4 (I think), heading towards the next station on line 6 (Gusan). If you can read Korean, just look out for it, as it's on that main street, although it's quite small and easy to miss - gotta concentrate! The folks who run it are very nice and the soup is prepared by a surprisingly pretty (married) lady.

[Dev]

While you're enjoying dogs, why don't you go up to China and have some grilled cat? Don't knock it! The Chinese swear by it.

If you want to try it, just go to any subway enterance in Shanghai. You'll see a vendor barbequing chunks of cat meat on long sticks. Not to scare away rich western tourists, the vendor will lie to you and say it's beef. I read this in the Shanghai paper.

I skipped it because my Chinese friend warned me that I might get food poisoning.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

There's a big boshintang restaurant in Gangnam, near Nonhyeon I think. I went there a few years ago, and the owners were so impressed that a foreigner was eating dog that they plied me with free booze all night. Had quite the hangover the next day.

For Flotsam: And then I was abducted by the Russian maffia and sold into sex slavery.

_*_

[philipjames]

You people are evil f*cks. Do you know how these poor dogs are killed? Does that not bother you? Do you know the conditions in which they are forced to live before they are killed? Does that not stir your conscience?

I'm not opposed to eating dog per se. What I'm against is the evil method of raising them and killing them. I'm also dismayed by people who KNOW how they are raised and KNOW how they are killed but eat it anyway.

But I guess, as longas it tastes good it doesn't matter how it was tortured to death. Gotta eat!

[Dev]

What I don't get is why ANY FOREIGNER would want to eat dogs anyway. Aren't you satisfied with the menu list that you already have? When Koreans ask me why I don't eat dogs, I simply reply that I don't need to. Why bother? I have a long enough list that I am happy with.

While I think how vegetarians live is noble, I'm not ashamed to say that I eat meat. However, I think meat eating should be in moderation for health. It's best to minimize your meat eating and adding dog to your menu is not going to help that.

Anyway, my point is that there is simply no reason why any foreigner needs to add dog to their menu - especially since I've heard that it's not even all that great. I think you are all trying to impress the ajoshis in Korea. You're pathetic!

[Donkey Beer]

Don't listen to these self righteous asses. We don't get on them for eating cows and carrots so they have no business telling us what to eat. I've had dog in China which was not that good; the Korean method of cooking dog is far superior. The meat is much more tender and succulent. Boshingtong is a fine tasting soup which is perfect after a night of hard drinking.

You can find great boshingtong in smaller towns - usually on a side street. If you can't read Korean just look for a place that sells many types of soups and ask them if they have it. There is a pretty good chance they'll have it.

[rothkowitz]

I've tried it a couple of times.First time it was well spiced and didn't smell.

Second time it was just wet dog smell soup.

I want to set my sights on horse.I know japanese eat it.How about here?

[Donkey Beer]

[dogbert]

[flotsam]