Comments on: Request For Assistance: Korea’s Best Chinese Restaurant? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/ Korea... in Blog Format Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tamika http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-149061 Tamika Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:57:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-149061 Perhaps my taste buds are not as refined as the previous bloggers. Or has Korea had a food revolution in the past two years? I have been in Korea 8months now and I have tasted some of the best food of different nationalities, ever. There is a wonderful Chinese/Korean restaurant in Pyongteak just under the main walk-over bridge and a great Indian spot also a street over btw. In Apujeong a place called Dim Sum reminded me of home with their tangy yet spicy Hot & Sour soup...their Chinese type kim che was the best kim che I ever tasted. I dont know many fancy words for describing food but I know what I like and I think Koreans know too! signed A GI Touring Korea With Her Taste Buds Perhaps my taste buds are not as refined as the previous bloggers. Or has Korea had a food revolution in the past two years? I have been in Korea 8months now and I have tasted some of the best food of different nationalities, ever. There is a wonderful Chinese/Korean restaurant in Pyongteak just under the main walk-over bridge and a great Indian spot also a street over btw. In Apujeong a place called Dim Sum reminded me of home with their tangy yet spicy Hot & Sour soup…their Chinese type kim che was the best kim che I ever tasted. I dont know many fancy words for describing food but I know what I like and I think Koreans know too! signed A GI Touring Korea With Her Taste Buds

]]> By: Max Watson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34575 Max Watson Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:39:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34575 Well, there's always Ho Lee Chow for greasy American-style Chinese food. But I can't say that the food is either outstanding or value priced. Well, there’s always Ho Lee Chow for greasy American-style Chinese food. But I can’t say that the food is either outstanding or value priced.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34413 sewing Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34413 Shelton, what is the scope of this project? Is the author looking for the best Chinese restaurants (say, the top thousand) around the world? Or is he or she looking to write up the best restaurants in each country? Will they be covering the whole gamut of styles—Beijing, Cantonese, Szechuan, etc., etc., etc.—and the out-of-China variants—e.g., North American or Korean-style Chinese cuisine? (I'll understand if these questions go unanswered...if it's a work in progress, the author might not want to divulge too much. But at any rate, these are some issues for the writer to consider....) Shelton, what is the scope of this project? Is the author looking for the best Chinese restaurants (say, the top thousand) around the world? Or is he or she looking to write up the best restaurants in each country? Will they be covering the whole gamut of styles—Beijing, Cantonese, Szechuan, etc., etc., etc.—and the out-of-China variants—e.g., North American or Korean-style Chinese cuisine?

(I’ll understand if these questions go unanswered…if it’s a work in progress, the author might not want to divulge too much. But at any rate, these are some issues for the writer to consider….)

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34412 sewing Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:30:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34412 There are also a couple of places in Gyeongju (a city but just barely—more of a large country town) that serve great 쌈. There are also a couple of places in Gyeongju (a city but just barely—more of a large country town) that serve great 쌈.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34411 sewing Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:28:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34411 michael wrote: <blockquote> Some of the best restaurants in Korea are the unpretentious ones in the countryside, where the food is fresh and seasonal. There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast, and one of the best things about them is their low cost. </blockquote> Very true. One of the best meals I've had in my life was some 산채 비빔밥 in a restaurant in Juwangsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The veggies were unbelievably fresh. And I haven't been to any <i>really</i> fancy-schmancy restaurants...just the average but decent ones that cater to families going out for dinner. I'd say if anything, Korean restaurants outside of Korea are generally not as good as those inside Korea. I suspect a lot of people who start up Korean restaurants abroad were not in the restaurant business in Korea, and are counting on the fact that Korean- and non-Korean customers alike are a captive market, faced with a limited choice of places to eat Korean food. michael wrote:

Some of the best restaurants in Korea are the unpretentious ones in the countryside, where the food is fresh and seasonal. There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast, and one of the best things about them is their low cost.

Very true. One of the best meals I’ve had in my life was some 산채 비빔밥 in a restaurant in Juwangsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The veggies were unbelievably fresh. And I haven’t been to any really fancy-schmancy restaurants…just the average but decent ones that cater to families going out for dinner.

I’d say if anything, Korean restaurants outside of Korea are generally not as good as those inside Korea. I suspect a lot of people who start up Korean restaurants abroad were not in the restaurant business in Korea, and are counting on the fact that Korean- and non-Korean customers alike are a captive market, faced with a limited choice of places to eat Korean food.

]]> By: Iceberg http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34400 Iceberg Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:36:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34400 <i>There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast.</i> If fresh and cheap sashimi is what you desire, Yeosu is the place to be. You should visit the strip of hoi restaurants in Soho-dong when on a date or the little hole-in-the-wall restaurants near the fish market in the old downtown if you're with friends. There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast.

If fresh and cheap sashimi is what you desire, Yeosu is the place to be. You should visit the strip of hoi restaurants in Soho-dong when on a date or the little hole-in-the-wall restaurants near the fish market in the old downtown if you’re with friends.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34379 sewing Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:05:57 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34379 "Sorry—Gangnam" Ya know, I was thinking of adding a disclaimer just for your sake, Kushibo ;) , but decided against it at the last minute. “Sorry—Gangnam”

Ya know, I was thinking of adding a disclaimer just for your sake, Kushibo ;) , but decided against it at the last minute.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34275 michael Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:16:45 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34275 Some of the best restaurants in Korea are the unpretentious ones in the countryside, where the food is fresh and seasonal. There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast, and one of the best things about them is their low cost. Chinese food here blows in comparison to L.A. or NYC. There's no good, cheap, all-around Chinese restaurants. Also, for all the gochujang people dump in Korean food, you would think there would be a decent Szechuan restaurant here, but I have not found one. Oh wait, Szechuan is actually very spicy, not pretend-spicy, that's why :) Some of the best restaurants in Korea are the unpretentious ones in the countryside, where the food is fresh and seasonal. There are really great raw fish (hoi, sashimi) places on the coast, and one of the best things about them is their low cost.

Chinese food here blows in comparison to L.A. or NYC. There’s no good, cheap, all-around Chinese restaurants. Also, for all the gochujang people dump in Korean food, you would think there would be a decent Szechuan restaurant here, but I have not found one. Oh wait, Szechuan is actually very spicy, not pretend-spicy, that’s why :)

]]> By: kushibo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34271 kushibo Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:50:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34271 <b>Sorry—Gangnam.</b> Sorry for what? Sorry that an obscure government agency railroaded through a tried-and-failed Romanization scheme that cost tens of millions of dollars to implement and that forces people to routinely mispronounce words, all the while threatening supposedly independent corporate and organizational entities with various measures in order to pressure them to adopt it? Well, if that's what you meant, then I'm sorry, too. Sorry—Gangnam.

Sorry for what? Sorry that an obscure government agency railroaded through a tried-and-failed Romanization scheme that cost tens of millions of dollars to implement and that forces people to routinely mispronounce words, all the while threatening supposedly independent corporate and organizational entities with various measures in order to pressure them to adopt it?

Well, if that’s what you meant, then I’m sorry, too.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/04/24/request-for-assistance-koreas-best-chinese-restaurant/#comment-34216 sewing Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:49:46 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2763#comment-34216 Sorry—Gangnam. Sorry—Gangnam.

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