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Korean Food

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polm

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My lovely GF is Korean.

We both love to cook. We love many of the same foods and flavors.

Her mother loves to cook, as well, but most of her meals are very authentic Korean dishes.

I am having serious trouble finding a taste for :

Kochu Chang, Kim Chee, this soft rice noodle thing with black bean paste, and a couple other dishes.

I really want to try accquiring a taste for these foods. I don't want to offend my GF's parents by refusing the seconds, and thirds, her mother likes to doll out at dinner.

What can I do ?
 
Bring a burger and ask them to grill it for you.

Just keep eating it until you develop a taste for it I guess.
 
Just keep eating it until you develop a taste for it I guess.
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Have you ever had Kim Chee before ?

It is spice pickled cabbage. I hate cabbage. I hate pickled things.
 
Korean food isn't too bad. I guess you have to acquire it, but it's really not that bad. There's different kinds of kim chee: radish and cabbage. Personally I prefer the cabbage myself (I usually don't like cabbage). However, the good thing with Korean food is that you can mix it up...which brings out a little more taste to it, because it is pretty bland. Use the rice with your food and you'll be okay.

Btw, Korean BBQ rocks.
 
Originally posted by: polm
Just keep eating it until you develop a taste for it I guess.
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Have you ever had Kim Chee before ?

It is spice pickled cabbage. I hate cabbage. I hate pickled things.
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Yes I've had Kim Chee. I like cabbage, but I'm not a huge fan of Kim Chee.
 
Originally posted by: polm
Just keep eating it until you develop a taste for it I guess.
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Have you ever had Kim Chee before ?

It is spice pickled cabbage. I hate cabbage. I hate pickled things.
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Just to correct you, it's rotting-spiced-pickled cabbage. 😉

-geoff
 
Galbi is the best BBQ meat.

the noodles with dark paste is Jajang Mein(sp?).

If you like spicy stuff, ask them to make you Soon Do Boo Jigae (soft tofu soup). that stuff rocks.

or, have them make Neng Mein, it's cold noodles, perfect for the summer.
 
I have a good Korean friend. Korean ribs, chicken, and beef are good as long as they have 0 kim chi. who the hell came up with kim chi and made it a national Korean pasttime? "ok, lets leave this cabbage to rot in vinegar till it smells really really bad, then lets eat it:thumbsup:!"...:thumbsdown:
 
Originally posted by: bobbybe01
Korean food isn't too bad. I guess you have to acquire it, but it's really not that bad. There's different kinds of kim chee: radish and cabbage. Personally I prefer the cabbage myself (I usually don't like cabbage). However, the good thing with Korean food is that you can mix it up...which brings out a little more taste to it, because it is pretty bland. Use the rice with your food and you'll be okay.

Btw, Korean BBQ rocks.
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Yeah, I like Korean BBQ. The main drawback there is whether you're squeamish about handling raw meat and cooking it yourself, heh. I have friends who can't even handle a mongolian grill, much less Korean BBQ. 😉
 
Originally posted by: uknowwhohoe
I have a good Korean friend. Korean ribs, chicken, and beef are good as long as they have 0 kim chi. who the hell came up with kim chi and made it a national Korean pasttime? "ok, lets leave this cabbage to rot in vinegar till it smells really really bad, then lets eat it:thumbsup:!"...:thumbsdown:
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wrong and wrong. who uses vinegar in kimchee? you musta have tried some cheap american imitate 😉
 
Originally posted by: uknowwhohoe
I have a good Korean friend. Korean ribs, chicken, and beef are good as long as they have 0 kim chi. who the hell came up with kim chi and made it a national Korean pasttime? "ok, lets leave this cabbage to rot in vinegar till it smells really really bad, then lets eat it:thumbsup:!"...:thumbsdown:
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wow, igorance at its best. :roll:

who the hell came up with cheese and made it a national past time? "ok, let's leave this jug of milk here until it curdles and smells like absolute shiet. Then let's eat it!"



<--both kimchee and cheese fanatic
 
Yep if you're going to eat over there try to persuade them to cook some meat. Otherwise you'll be stuck with noodles, a hot soup, tons of rice, and kim chee. Edit: A lot of Korean girls are haaaawwwtttt. Right up there with those Tawain girls. Sheesh.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Shelly21
Tell them you only want to eat Bulgokee (sp?) for every meal.
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How IS that spelled? That's about the only Korean dish I can handle. It's tasty at least.
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The official academic romanization (McCune-Reischauer system) is Pulgogi.

The official government romanization is Bulgogi.

It is pronounced bool (the "b" is a consonant sound between p and b) goh ghee.

However, I have never seen an ordinary Korean properly follow any romanization system. They just spell them out as they see fit.
 
I lived in Korea for a year and never acquired a taste for the food. I would eat Yaci-mandu(sp?) from the street vendors (but of course, when your drunk anything taste good).
 
Originally posted by: polm
My lovely GF is Korean.

We both love to cook. We love many of the same foods and flavors.

Her mother loves to cook, as well, but most of her meals are very authentic Korean dishes.

I am having serious trouble finding a taste for :

Kochu Chang, Kim Chee, this soft rice noodle thing with black bean paste, and a couple other dishes.

I really want to try accquiring a taste for these foods. I don't want to offend my GF's parents by refusing the seconds, and thirds, her mother likes to doll out at dinner.

What can I do ?
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Do you look white?

If you look like a "Westerner," perhaps you could convince her that you HAVE TO eat meat. 😀 My professor is a white guy from Louisiana and has a homestay lady in Kwangju, where he learned Korean 20 years ago. Even now when he visits her, she insisted on giving him fried eggs because she was so convinced that Westerners have to have a meat dish in their meal. 😉

He never went through the trouble you did, however. He was already used to similar dishes because he's from Louisiana.
 
Originally posted by: farmercal
I lived in Korea for a year and never acquired a taste for the food. I would eat Yaci-mandu(sp?) from the street vendors (but of course, when your drunk anything taste good).
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And which is of course more Japanese than Korean food. 😉
 
Kimchee does not only come in the form on cabbage. In fact, there are tonnes of variety of kimchee you can choose from. There's toufoo kimchee, anchovies kimchee, etc. You get the point. Not sure if you guys can get those in US though. SOME of them are good, but some are just umm... bad on my taste buds.
 
Pick up some korean style ribs &amp; a bottle of your favorite sauce at the market &amp; ask her to grill those up.
 
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