Koreans - how do you eat galbitang/budae jiggae?

[Ns1]

So in a typical spread, you get the galbitang/budae jiggae in it's own stone pot, PLUS a bowl of rice. In the soup/stew itself, there are occasionally noodles.

Do you eat the noodles first in a typical noodle soup fashion (which doesn't seem right, given the lack of a proper soup spoon), or are you supposed to ladle everything, noodles and all, into the bowl of rice (ie eat it all like soon tofu)?

 

[sdifox]

Hold rice bowl, pick out whatever you want from the pot, eat with rice. scoop some soup into rice bowk if you want.

 

[Ns1]

Hold rice bowl, pick out whatever you want from the pot, eat with rice. scoop some soup into rice bowk if you want.

so...you eat the noodles with the rice?

 

[CraKaJaX]

It never fails that I always add a meal to the "things I need to try" list when I enter a food thread involving Ns1.

 

[Ns1]

It never fails that I always add a meal to the "things I need to try" list when I enter a food thread involving Ns1.

get a few friends together and order a galbijim too; it's typically a $50-$75 dish!

 

[Cappuccino]

My English friend is very weird she eat noodles with a fork. Even when we eat out she always uses a fork and never chop sticks, I keep telling her it's rude and she refuses to use chopsticks.

 

[CraKaJaX]

How about the next time I'm in LA? That way you can rec the restaurant, waitress, and appropriate bottle to compliment the dish.

 

[LevelSea]

Hold rice bowl, pick out whatever you want from the pot, eat with rice. scoop some soup into rice bowk if you want.

Picking up the bowl is not proper etiquette, no?

 

[glenn1]

There isn't some standard traditional way of eating such things or if there is I've not be advised of it. Generally the bowl comes out with still at a rolling boil so normally I let things cool down a bit. Then I'd use the chopsticks to pick up the beef and once cool just use hands to grasp and eat off the bone. When the noodles and other goodies are gone I normally add some rice to the remaining broth to give it more texture.

BTW, why order galbijim when you could get soondubu for way cheaper? http://bcdtofu.com/ has locations all over SoCal and it's reasonably decent, no need to go all the way down to Koreatown.

 

[Ns1]

Picking up the bowl is not proper etiquette, no?

Picking up bowl is pretty standard in Chinese/Vietnamese so I do the same to all asian cuisines.

There isn't some standard traditional way of eating such things or if there is I've not be advised of it. Generally the bowl comes out with still at a rolling boil so normally I let things cool down a bit. Then I'd use the chopsticks to pick up the beef and once cool just use hands to grasp and eat off the bone. When the noodles and other goodies are gone I normally add some rice to the remaining broth to give it more texture.

BTW, why order galbijim when you could get soondubu for way cheaper? http://bcdtofu.com/ has locations all over SoCal and it's reasonably decent, no need to go all the way down to Koreatown.

Galbijim and soon tofu aren't even remotely similar IMO; I thought the buddae jiggae prep was basically a lunch meat tofu-less soon tofu though.

BCD is actually hella far for me now =X But it's also basically a Korean Denny's, not like there is anything wrong with that.

 

[sdifox]

My English friend is very weird she eat noodles with a fork. Even when we eat out she always uses a fork and never chop sticks, I keep telling her it's rude and she refuses to use chopsticks.

Nothing wrong with eating noodles with a fork. Why do you think it's rude?

 

[sdifox]

so...you eat the noodles with the rice?

Up to you.

 

[sdifox]

Picking up the bowl is not proper etiquette, no?

The rice bowl is meant to be picked up, you put your food in the bowl or just over the bowl and bring it close to your mouth.

 

[LevelSea]

The rice bowl is meant to be picked up, you put your food in the bowl or just over the bowl and bring it close to your mouth.

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/din...te/pacific_dinner_etiquette/south_korean.html

Dining etiquette for eating rice. While rice is a staple, it is not necessary to eat every grain of rice in your bowl (and there are some Korean dishes where rice is served on the plate with the food); leaving some is fine. Also, a sauce may be mixed with the rice, and the main dish may be eaten with the rice, unlike the practice in Japan. In South Korea, it is not appropriate to hold the rice bowl up to your lips: you should keep the bowl down on the tabletop, if possible, which requires you to do some serious bending over in order to eat it (that's okay; raising the rice bowl is not).

 

[sdifox]

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/din...te/pacific_dinner_etiquette/south_korean.html

Meesa not Korean

No one is going to care unless you are actually in SK. I would eat the rice with the spoon if I cannot lift the bowl.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I keep telling her it's rude and she refuses to use chopsticks.

Picking up the bowl is not proper etiquette, no?

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/din...te/pacific_dinner_etiquette/south_korean.html

What the F? If I bought the food, it's now my food. I'll eat it how I see fit, as long as I'm not creating a mess or making a scene.

Seriously.

 

[dullard]

I don't know if this is should be a separate thread, so sorry if I derail this one. But I've long wondered the proper etiquette for ordering/eating imbalanced food ratios at restaurants. Here are examples that I keep running into:
* A giant bowl of sriracha blue cheese hummus with two tiny pieces of pita.
* A large fromage / charcuterie plate with a large dollup of mustard but only a tiny piece of crusty bread for it all.
* A huge platter of chili verde and two tiny corn tortillas. Same with fajitas. Or a giant bowl of delicious salsa with two chips.
* A massive bowl of Indian food and only one naan. Same with Ethiopian dishes and way too little injera to actually pick it all up.

Am I supposed to order the sriracha blue cheese hummus with 12 orders of extra pita at the start of the meal? Or am I supposed to keep asking the waiter for more injera every single minute? Or am I really supposed to fit a gallon of food onto a tiny tortilla?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I don't know if this is should be a separate thread, so sorry if I derail this one. But I've long wondered the proper etiquette for ordering/eating imbalanced food ratios at restaurants. Here are examples that I keep running into:
* A giant bowl of sriracha blue cheese hummus with two tiny pieces of pita.
* A large fromage / charcuterie plate with a large dollup of mustard but only a tiny piece of crusty bread for it all.
* A huge platter of chili verde and two tiny corn tortillas. Same with fajitas. Or a giant bowl of delicious salsa with two chips.
* A massive bowl of Indian food and only one naan. Same with Ethiopian dishes and way too little injera to actually pick it all up.

Am I supposed to order the sriracha blue cheese hummus with 12 orders of extra pita at the start of the meal? Or am I supposed to keep asking the waiter for more injera every single minute? Or am I really supposed to fit a gallon of food onto a tiny tortilla?

I just ask for more of whatever's missing, if they throw a fit, ask them how they'd eat the dish and see what their reaction is.

I have this issue with takeout, specifically chinese. I always feel like either a) they give about 3x as much rice as is needed, or b) they give about a quarter of the rice I'd want. Like a tiny container with maybe a fist-sized amount of rice, with two damn plate-sized foil containers full of stuff to eat.

 

[OutHouse]

get a few friends together and order a galbijim too; it's typically a $50-$75 dish!

thats expensive stew.

no thanks.

 

[OutHouse]

My English friend is very weird she eat noodles with a fork. Even when we eat out she always uses a fork and never chop sticks, I keep telling her it's rude and she refuses to use chopsticks.

Do you use chopsticks to eat spaghetti? or is it a rule you have to only use chopsticks when eating Asian pasta?

 

[Rumpltzer]

I don't know if this is should be a separate thread, so sorry if I derail this one. But I've long wondered the proper etiquette for ordering/eating imbalanced food ratios at restaurants. Here are examples that I keep running into:
* A giant bowl of sriracha blue cheese hummus with two tiny pieces of pita.
* A large fromage / charcuterie plate with a large dollup of mustard but only a tiny piece of crusty bread for it all.
* A huge platter of chili verde and two tiny corn tortillas. Same with fajitas. Or a giant bowl of delicious salsa with two chips.
* A massive bowl of Indian food and only one naan. Same with Ethiopian dishes and way too little injera to actually pick it all up.

Am I supposed to order the sriracha blue cheese hummus with 12 orders of extra pita at the start of the meal? Or am I supposed to keep asking the waiter for more injera every single minute? Or am I really supposed to fit a gallon of food onto a tiny tortilla?

I'm interested to know more about the "sriracha blue cheese hummus".

Like, where do I need to go for that?

 

[Ns1]

thats expensive stew.

no thanks.

breaks down to about $15pp, which is not unreasonable. stupid expensive for a solo diner though.

 

[Mai72]

I miss Korea and the food.

Thai food as well.

 

[Mai72]

When I lived in Jeonju, SK I ate bibimbap just about every other day. Jeonju is known for their bibimbap.

Bibimbap, soju and kimchi.

 

[Mai72]

Up to you.

You Thai?

That phrase is thrown around all the time in Thailand.