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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: Every Which Way |
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After 17 mo. in K-land (total), I'm ready more than for another holiday.
No kimchee, no rice, no grass clippings, no seaweed soup, no horrific crap one wouldn't use as fuc*ing bait in North America... all slathered in fuc*ing red pepper sauce.
One should ask why after 5000 years of history and these people haven't 'discovered' the oven?
K-land, shove it up your A**... I'm going to Bali.
P.S. I Love my job... (I just hate K-land, it's crap food, most of the native adults and the babo-religious waygooks).  |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Every Which Way |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| No kimchee, no rice, no grass clippings, no seaweed soup, no horrific crap one wouldn't use as fuc*ing bait in North America... all slathered in fuc*ing red pepper sauce. |
Classic! I like some of the food, but it gets old, fast. When I went to Seoul for the second time last week, my friends and I met up with one of their Korean friends. The Korean said, "Hey, are any of you hungry? Want to get some KOREAN food?" Since Seoul has tons of ethnic restaurants, and my city (Cheong-ju) has, well, Korean and Korean, I decided to break away and look for an Indian joint.
Hey, there's this really disgusting, bland white gel-type stuff that somehow passes as a dessert over here. Does anyone know what it is? |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| i really feel sorry for people who work for years and years in korea and can never adapt to the food. how do you live? gawd ... eating tgif and crap pizza month after month. get used to it: korea ain't gonna change for you, kid. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| i really feel sorry for people who work for years and years in korea and can never adapt to the food. how do you live? gawd ... eating tgif and crap pizza month after month. get used to it: korea ain't gonna change for you, kid. |
I hardly eat Korean food because it's so expensive to make (gotta buy in bulk), but have found plenty of vareity to cook with here. Breakfast it's either cheerios or oatmeal with fruit.
For dinner and lunch I usually have either steak, salmon, or chicken with vegetables. Also pasta, beef stew, thai curries, home-made vegetable soup with brown bread, bagels with chicken, cream cheese and pesto. Today I'm having safforn risotto. Yum yum.
Korea is rapidly changing and there is a lot more foreign food readily available in main stream stores now. |
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charlieDD
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Every Which Way |
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| Oreovictim wrote: |
| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| No kimchee, no rice, no grass clippings, no seaweed soup, no horrific crap one wouldn't use as fuc*ing bait in North America... all slathered in fuc*ing red pepper sauce. |
Classic! I like some of the food, but it gets old, fast. When I went to Seoul for the second time last week, my friends and I met up with one of their Korean friends. The Korean said, "Hey, are any of you hungry? Want to get some KOREAN food?" Since Seoul has tons of ethnic restaurants, and my city (Cheong-ju) has, well, Korean and Korean, I decided to break away and look for an Indian joint.
Hey, there's this really disgusting, bland white gel-type stuff that somehow passes as a dessert over here. Does anyone know what it is? |
I'm reminded of something I read once: "The Chinese eat with their tongue; it's got to taste good. The Japanese eat with their eyes; it's got to look good. The Koreans eat with their stomach: it's got to do fill the void."
I've been here a few years and I rarely eat "Korean food"; I use the basic ingredients to make the food I would make at home anyway; nothing fancy as it's always been nothing fancy for me.
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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Yay! Let's bash Korea!
The food is good. Octopus? Yum. Fish? Yum. Crab? Yum. Kim chi? Ok, it sucks. Bulgogi? yum. Galbi ribs? F*king yum! Bibimbap? Yum.
You have to find what you like.
I also have Korean friends with ovens. They are here, but it's like driving a Miata in the U.S.: No one really sees the point. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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My life has improved so dramatically since my town got a toast sandwich shop.
I also discovered that my town has a 'western' restaurant. Actually, I had eaten there about a dozen times before I discovered that that's what it was. |
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Wrench
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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Yeah Korean food blows as far as variaty goes.
I do love my gogi tho. I hate the rice *beep* stuff, ie noodles, rice and more rice.
Give me a head of lettuce and big plate of GOGI..
ALso I have a toaster oven at home best 20 buck I've spent. |
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PimpofKorea
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Dealing in high quality imported English
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Korean food eats my azz......I just have 5 or 6 restaurants staked out that serve 1 or 2 things that I can deal with. That probably is the worst part about living here.....but then again..I'm a picky prik |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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On a tangent:
PimpOfKorea, I love your signature's obscure Master P reference!
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| Just another white guy trying to make a 1000 won out of 150 won. |
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PimpofKorea
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Location: Dealing in high quality imported English
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
On a tangent:
PimpOfKorea, I love your signature's obscure Master P reference!
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Actually I didn't know Master P had that...I kind of adopted from an old Tupac song "I get around" In all honesty I don't know too many modern rap songs...just the stuff I listened to in high school/university along with death/black/heavy metal....you know....manly music. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| i really feel sorry for people who work for years and years in korea and can never adapt to the food. how do you live? gawd ... eating tgif and crap pizza month after month. get used to it: korea ain't gonna change for you, kid. |
I hardly eat Korean food because it's so expensive to make (gotta buy in bulk), but have found plenty of vareity to cook with here. Breakfast it's either cheerios or oatmeal with fruit.
For dinner and lunch I usually have either steak, salmon, or chicken with vegetables. Also pasta, beef stew, thai curries, home-made vegetable soup with brown bread, bagels with chicken, cream cheese and pesto. Today I'm having safforn risotto. Yum yum.
Korea is rapidly changing and there is a lot more foreign food readily available in main stream stores now. |
Hey CLG, you sound well-versed in cooking and food prep, like me. I do feel sorry for those who can't cook and for those who hate Korean food. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Every Which Way |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
After 17 mo. in K-land (total), I'm ready more than for another holiday.
No kimchee, no rice, no grass clippings, no seaweed soup, no horrific crap one wouldn't use as fuc*ing bait in North America... all slathered in fuc*ing red pepper sauce.
One should ask why after 5000 years of history and these people haven't 'discovered' the oven?
K-land, shove it up your A**... I'm going to Bali.
P.S. I Love my job... (I just hate K-land, it's crap food, most of the native adults and the babo-religious waygooks). |
You'd think after 5000 years of history, they would have discovered ovens AND bathtubs! I've lived in places that had either one or the other but not BOTH! Currently, it's the oven I have. That works for me! I'll just periodically go to motels/hotels/saunas! |
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cwaddell
Joined: 23 Jan 2006
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You can't force yourself to like Korean food, or any food for that matter. I feel really lucky that after a year I still absolutely love Korean food. Makes eating out cheap, delicious and hassle-free.
Oreovictim, didn't you just get here? It either got old extremly fast then, or there are plenty of dishes left for you to try.
Plus, what's the big deal about lack of variety? I'd venture a bet that most folk back home would grab a sandwich/baquette/salad for lunch and not deviate too far from that plan. I would anyway. And now I'll usually just grab a jjigae for midweek lunch, no need for a meticulously planned diverse continental menu all week. |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| cwaddell wrote: |
Oreovictim, didn't you just get here? It either got old extremly fast then, or there are plenty of dishes left for you to try.
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Sure, there's a lot more that I need to try. I've just gotten sick of things with kimchi and red pepper paste. Maybe for a break, I'll try that Lotteria fast food place. |
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