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[wanderingsalsero]

I didn't think I'd ever say it but I'm getting tired of Korean food.

I thought, before I came over here, that everything would be like the bulgogi that I used to sometimes have in Korean restaurants back home.

Now that I'm here it seems to me that a lot of the 'meat' they looks like 'road-kill'. I never did like to gnaw on bones and chew gristle and fat. It amazes me how bad the meat is over here........and also that the kids in the cafeteria at the high school where I work eat it like they actually think it's good.

And it's getting kinda old that Koreans are always asking me, 'do you like our spicey food?'

Spicy......?

Ha!!

Obviously they never had Thai food or Indian food.

Seems to me they only have one spice. Red Pepper.

But the good thing about it is that I get to be on a partial 'fast' while I'm working here in Namyangju. I can eat about 50% of the stuff they serve at school but the rest of the time I go across the street to a cafe and order eggs, rice, some kind of cutlet steak they have and some vegatables they have that I like.

Then when I come into Seoul on the weekends to go dancing, I go to a Thai or Indian restaurant.

BTW.....I went to Soretinos in Itaewon a couple of weeks ago. Great atmosphere but #1 I thought their stuff was WAY overpriced and #2 It didn't really taste all that special.

[huffdaddy]

[tigerbluekitty]

I know what you mean. In Southern California, Korean food actually tastes good.

Korean food here in South Korea, however, tastes like crap!

[mountainous]

I kind of like the "gimbak" or "gimbah," you know the sushi like stuff. It's a nice change of pace if you haven't had it in awhile.

[indiercj]

You call the crap they serve you in high school cafeteria "Korean food?"
Do you know the average cost of the meal is less than 1600won per person?

[VirginIslander]

I rarely ate Korean my first year. Why would you when you live five minutes from the best Turkish joint in the south of South Korea?

However, this year I made more Korean friends and I'm really enjoying it. Tonight we went to a Duck restaruant. It was a new experience and tasted great. I dont recall too much red pepper.

[bejarano-korea]

[yingwenlaoshi]

It's good sometimes, but it never makes for an adequate meal. Cooking at home is the key, but it's best to be in areas where you can pick up the right food, spices, etc. at the supermarket.

Even then, I kind of know what you mean. It's like "Wtf do I eat tonight?"

No western-style restaurants where I live. Unless you count Lotteria. Can't really count that. Never go there.

[caniff]

[GoldMember]

What Korean food will I eat today? Mmmmm
Give me some of that red stuff over there, oh yea and the other red stuff next to it, ummm some of that red stuff over there, and I'll top it off with just a small portion of this red stuff.
Korean food, makes me see red.

[yingwenlaoshi]

Some soups are good at the right places. But how much soup can you eat? And those are alwasy with side dishes. I don't go for the rice often. Then you go home bloated from all the liquid intake and blast in all out of your arse in about 4 trips to the can. Then you're hungry.

Pork? Samgyeopsal, bulgogi, galbi. All the same goddamn thing. Lettuce, garlice, samjange, maybe another fkg soup. Monotony.

Then if you're where I am, the other options are fried chicken and pizza. Oh boy.

I guy big steaks, make hamburgers,... That's about it nowadays. Oh yeah, spareribs. Guess I should be eating more spaghetti and fish. Don't have an oven. Makes it pretty crappy.

I find daytime the worst. Nothing to eat at or around work unless you want ramien, donkas on a stick, or dokkpokki. Oh boy.

[caniff]

[Masta_Don]

I'm a big fan but it is hard getting people to go eat 곱창 with me all the time.

[CentralCali]

[yingwenlaoshi]