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pidgin



Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:22 am    Post subject: Post if you like Kor food Reply with quote

I'm trying to prove my friend wrong who boldly stated that "Westerners don't like Korean food."


I'll nominate the old standard Sahm Gyup Sahl and soju.
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DCJames



Joined: 27 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it. Kimchi is delish.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

삼겹살 is a good call but 돼지 갈비 is my favorite. 닭갈비 is always good and everybody likes a little 냉면 (the 비빔 sort, not the 물 stuff) sometimes. For breakfast I usually go for something like 된장찌개, although I good 김치찌개 can never go wrong. I also usually refer to 라볶이 as the food of the gods.

Hell, the list could go for a while. Just tell your friend that he's wrong.
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Sina qua non



Joined: 20 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anything but bundaegi...and maybe dog soup.

Generally, I like it. But then, I am biased. I just like eating food.
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flotsam



Joined: 28 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything is good, particularly boshintang.

Two exceptions: anything with ddeok and pat-bing-su.
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wanted to eat the dog stew until i found out about the unbelievable cruelty. I like everything but live octopus and ddeok. but I can eat ddeok.

When i ask for a littl gochjjang, some restaurants seem astonished and will even try to talk me out of it.

i never met a kimchi that i didn't like. Even the old, fizzy stuff.
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candide



Joined: 03 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the food, but 90% of the side dishes leave a lot to be desired. I mean, a sole green pepper on a plate? Tasteless weeds and twigs?

But yeah, the food is good for the most part, even though quite clearly most of it is peasant food that tastes the same, it is okay.

I doubt, however, that like Chinese and Japanese food, you will ever find a place that serves up Korean cuisine. It is simple food, at best, but I like it, yeah.
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flotsam



Joined: 28 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChopChaeJoe wrote:
I wanted to eat the dog stew until i found out about the unbelievable cruelty.


Me too. Until I found a restaurant that didn't slaughter the animals that way.

By all means, avoid the ones that do.
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pidgin



Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love that live octopus, I shore do.
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semphoon



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Where Nowon is

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love Korean food.

Chicken galbi with cheese, pig galbi, sam-gyup-sal, bibimbap, bokuembap, dolsot bibimbap. Great. So many different kinds of food as well. I love kimbab, odeng, dok pogi, twe kim. Sun dae.

I will miss the food when I leave here (in a few days).

But ill be back for more (both the teaching AND the food).
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Homer
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tons of excellent dishes to choose from.

It alsom goes well beyond the ole cliche of "it all tastes like red pepper paste"....

You have excellent soups.

Meat dishes.

Broths.

An astounding variety of fish dishes.

As for the side dishes...it depends where you eat.

The places I visit frequently offer varied side dishes.
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:13 am    Post subject: Re: Post if you like Kor food Reply with quote

pidgin wrote:
I'm trying to prove my friend wrong who boldly stated that "Westerners don't like Korean food."


I'll nominate the old standard Sahm Gyup Sahl and soju.


There have been a lot of threads started here regarding favorite Korean dishes, and those threads tend to go for several pges. Easily stated, your friend is a tool.
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billybrobby



Joined: 09 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i don't know anybody who has a wholesale dislike for korean food
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

flotsam wrote:
Everything is good...

...exceptions: anything with ddeok...


Can I second third and fourth that? I hate that ddeok crap. And this is the worst time of the year for it.. I get super generous-gifts, which I obviously act very grateful for because it would be rude not to, but a plastic bag full of ddeok-related products is not my idea of a good time.

I also hate it when students ask me if I like ddeok-bokki and I tell them "no" and they immediately assume its because it's too spicy! It's not too spicy! It's the ddeok and bad qualty processed meats I don't like, not the spice! I love the spice! The heat is the only redeaming quality in in dokkbokki as far as I'm concerned. My worst Korean food nightmare involves a 'generous' student making me a spice free dokkbokki because they'll think I'll like it.. thank Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour that hasn't happened yet.. give it week.. I'm sure it'll happen..
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm a pretty picky eater, but I enjoy how different countries take meat and do something different with it. I'm a HUGE fan of 갈비찜, 닭 갈비, 닭도리 탕...
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