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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 4, 2020 20:42:48 GMT
It's amazing how Korean food became so popular in a relatively short period. Ten or fifteen years ago, you would be hard-pressed to find any Korean restaurant here in Montreal; now they are everywhere. Within a ten-minute walk of where I live, there must be at least eight Korean restaurants, some of them very popular, with people lining up outside even when it's cold and snowing.
My favourite Korean dish is dolsot bibimbap. It's rice with vegetables, meat, an egg and a spicy sauce, all served in a hot stone pot. You mix it all up inside the pot and eat it.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Feb 4, 2020 21:21:59 GMT
I've never had Korean food, is all of it spicy?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 4, 2020 21:24:17 GMT
It's amazing how Korean food became so popular in a relatively short period. Ten or fifteen years ago, you would be hard-pressed to find any Korean restaurant here in Montreal; now they are everywhere. Within a ten-minute walk of where I live, there must be at least eight Korean restaurants, some of them very popular, with people lining up outside even when it's cold and snowing.
My favourite Korean dish is dolsot bibimbap. It's rice with vegetables, meat, an egg and a spicy sauce, all served in a hot stone pot. You mix it all up inside the pot and eat it.
I DON'T have it as MUCH as OTHER Asian (Oriental; East Asia) foods such as Chinese (Sichuan, Hunan and Mongolian cuisines). Thai IS my FAVORITE!!! I'd LOVE to try Korean BBQ one day.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Feb 4, 2020 21:25:59 GMT
I've never had Korean food, is all of it spicy? The HOTTER & SPICIER the BETTER!! That's WHY Thai's my FAVORITE!!!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 4, 2020 21:53:57 GMT
I've never had Korean food, is all of it spicy?
No, not everything is spicy. There are plenty of dishes that are not spicy at all. The one that I mentioned, the dolsot bibimbap (or its simpler variant, the bibimbap without the dolsot), isn't particularly spicy unless you want it to be. Same for Korean BBQ.
The soups are usually very spicy. And of course kimchi (the fermented cabbage side dish that is always present) can be spicy. That's definitely an acquired taste!
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Post by divtal on Feb 4, 2020 22:11:33 GMT
I've never had Korean food, is all of it spicy? There are degrees of heat/spiciness, much like with curries. The hottest are really hot. I like it, but tend toward moderation. My neighborhood has a significant Asian population, and Korean stores, and restaurants are well represented. My late uncle loved the hottest/spiciest foods, from all cuisines. He lived about an hour from me, and when I went to visit he requested a specific Kimchee, from a specific market, near me. The first time I bought it, the check-out clerk made clear, to me, that I was very hot. That was gracious of him, but I knew that's what my uncle wanted. I was stunned, when I opened the carton, WOW! I couldn't have taken that.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 4, 2020 22:12:33 GMT
It's amazing how Korean food became so popular in a relatively short period. Ten or fifteen years ago, you would be hard-pressed to find any Korean restaurant here in Montreal; now they are everywhere. Within a ten-minute walk of where I live, there must be at least eight Korean restaurants, some of them very popular, with people lining up outside even when it's cold and snowing.
My favourite Korean dish is dolsot bibimbap. It's rice with vegetables, meat, an egg and a spicy sauce, all served in a hot stone pot. You mix it all up inside the pot and eat it.
I DON'T have it as MUCH as OTHER Asian (Oriental; East Asia) foods such as Chinese (Sichuan, Hunan and Mongolian cuisines). Thai IS my FAVORITE!!! I'd LOVE to try Korean BBQ one day.
Korean BBQ is pretty good. Among the Korean restaurants around where I live, a few are All-You-Can-Eat BBQ places. You pay a fixed price and you can order portions of various meats and vegetables, which you grill yourself on a hot surface right in front of you.
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Post by onethreetwo on Feb 4, 2020 22:14:22 GMT
I don't believe I've ever had Korean food. I should seek it out.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 4, 2020 22:52:55 GMT
mandu in d.c. is epic!
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Feb 4, 2020 23:24:31 GMT
I can't eat hot & spicy foods so I guess Korean food is not for me. I don't think there are any Korean restaurants in the Mobile, Al. area. When I lived in New Mexico there was a Korean restaurant in Albuquerque but I never ate there.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 4, 2020 23:43:42 GMT
mandu in d.c. is epic! That dish looks like the dolsot bibimbap that I mentioned in my OP.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 5, 2020 1:56:01 GMT
I can't eat hot & spicy foods so I guess Korean food is not for me. I don't think there are any Korean restaurants in the Mobile, Al. area. When I lived in New Mexico there was a Korean restaurant in Albuquerque but I never ate there. oddly, the only good ones i've been to are on the east coast.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 5, 2020 1:56:25 GMT
mandu in d.c. is epic! That dish looks like the dolsot bibimbap that I mentioned in my OP. sounds about right!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 5, 2020 19:42:24 GMT
I can't eat hot & spicy foods so I guess Korean food is not for me. I don't think there are any Korean restaurants in the Mobile, Al. area. When I lived in New Mexico there was a Korean restaurant in Albuquerque but I never ate there. oddly, the only good ones i've been to are on the east coast. That is odd. Near my Manhattan office there are a bunch of great little Korean spots in the Garment District and Midtown. Some are Korean BBQ and others are just more traditional Korean fare. Those are all quality. But the Korean places I've been to in LA and San Francisco piss all over those places. They're just so much better with greater flavor profiles and everything just has an extra bit of pop to it.
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Post by poelzig on Feb 5, 2020 20:11:35 GMT
Koreans.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 5, 2020 20:38:17 GMT
Except over there it's just "food", not "Korean food"...
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Post by Catman on Feb 5, 2020 21:23:57 GMT
Catman likes K-Pop.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 6, 2020 19:35:06 GMT
oddly, the only good ones i've been to are on the east coast. That is odd. Near my Manhattan office there are a bunch of great little Korean spots in the Garment District and Midtown. Some are Korean BBQ and others are just more traditional Korean fare. Those are all quality. But the Korean places I've been to in LA and San Francisco piss all over those places. They're just so much better with greater flavor profiles and everything just has an extra bit of pop to it. do they have a wide selection of beers? this one korean place is the only place--not even a store---that i found this red rice beer from japan ZolotoyRetriever. highly rec if you can find it!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 6, 2020 19:36:44 GMT
That is odd. Near my Manhattan office there are a bunch of great little Korean spots in the Garment District and Midtown. Some are Korean BBQ and others are just more traditional Korean fare. Those are all quality. But the Korean places I've been to in LA and San Francisco piss all over those places. They're just so much better with greater flavor profiles and everything just has an extra bit of pop to it. do they have a wide selection of beers? this one korean place is the only place--not even a store---that i found this red rice beer from japan ZolotoyRetriever . highly rec if you can find it! I'm usually there for lunch so no beers. When I go for dinner, I prefer Soju. When I was in Denver, we went for sushi to some random spot for lunch and they had all sorts of beers I'd never heard of.
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Post by llanwydd on Feb 7, 2020 4:06:37 GMT
I like kimchi but I have never had any other Korean food. One that I find interesting, though is that scallion pancake with a name that looks like pigeon if I remember right. It must be delicious with a little soy sauce or hoisin.
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