Comments on: Korea Burger Hunt - Navy Club

By: Dram_man

Dram_man — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:03:05 +0000

The cheese question is interesting. First, nothing sucks more than unmelted cheese on a burger, particuraly if its the chedder Americans go for in these cases (real chedder is a very poor choice). Colby has a simular problem. Monterrey Jack is too bland to stand up to beef. And anything else just seems like overkill at best, pearls to swine at worst (I cringe at Bleu Cheese burgers).

Er go, I am kind of amviliant, if not inclined, to American/Velveta.

By: yankabroad

yankabroad — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:49:52 +0000

A good burger is essentially very easy to make. Given you got some “Grade A” beef.

The important thing to do is to flatten it out and make it bigger than the bun, so as it cooks (and shrinks) it fits the bun. There is nothing more unpleasant than eating a “golf ball” burger.

Also, you need: Crisp lettuce, crisp onion (I like to dice mine–with garlic–and knead it into the meat before cooking) fresh tomatoes, and a good–make that FRESH–bun. Not that full of preservative shit that comes wrapped in plastic at the local conveniencse store.

Finally, if you want a cheeseburger, you’re probably out of luck. Koreans wouldn’t know decent cheese if it hit them upside the head. At all costs avoid those “Velveeta squares” wrapped in plastic.

By: gbnhj

gbnhj — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:52:18 +0000

Wedge convinced me about the value of a base pass. AMCHAM’s dues for individuals run W530,000 annually, and AUSA’s are $130 a year. What is that - twelve thousand and change a week? It’s steep if you just go by yourself for a burger, but if you’re going a couple of times a week for dinner and drinks, or with friends or family (to the Navy Club, or any other restaurant), the savings are there.

By: seouldout

seouldout — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:40:18 +0000

That, my friend, is an awesome summary of AMCHAM’s current state. Lapdogs the powers-that-be are. I belonged years ago, socialized w/ Tami’s younger sister (smokin’ hot BTW–genes must have been huffin’ glue the day Tami was assembled), and saw AMCHAM morph from an organization that stood up for US interests to one that advances Korea’s. From ‘88 to ‘97 AMCHAM actually had some backbone–can’t speak of pre ‘88.

Jeffrey Jones scholarships, Jeffrey Jones golf tournaments, Global Korea award recipient Jeffrey Jones, yada yada. Don’t want to get any Mormon’s magical panties in a knot, but by having a Mormon (or any other cult member) leading what should be a secular organization you have someone with his own (and his cult’s) agenda.

Of interest is that he takes credit of “narrowing the emotional gap” between Korea and the US since 1998; if you believe that you believe in magical panties.

By: Brendon Carr

Brendon Carr — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:32:20 +0000

Don’t run down AMCHAM. For your W850,000 (or more) membership fee, you don’t just get the right to buy a base pass. You also get the privilege of attending rubber-chicken “networking lunches” for W60,000 each, your name signed — without anyone asking your opinion — to some AMCHAM policy selling out the interests of America and American businesses in favor of “good feelings” for the Koreans (for example, the visa waiver endorsement), plus a “free” — yet still a bad value, when you consider your time spent reading it — monthly magazine advising you of the latest places Tami Overby has smoked a cigar and the up-to-the-minute report on how former AMCHAM Presidente-for-Life JEFFREY D. JONES has personally usurped the credit for your donations to the Partners for the Future Foundation. There is, of course, the AMCHAM Ball where you get to put on a tuxedo and laugh it up with other executives once a year; at the Ball you’ll get to cheer and applaud JEFFREY D. JONES’ latest self-congratulatory award. They do put on some golf tournaments, also titled JEFFREY D. JONES. Oh, and that excellent phone directory (but no other publications at all, unlike other AMCHAMs around Asia — despite a staff of 20). Of course, try to understand that you probably won’t get to vote in AMCHAM elections, and that the accounts of the organization are TOP SECRET (CODEWORD), even from its own Board of Governors. Compare to what the EU Chamber of Commerce produces with your membership fee (just a bunch of informative publications), and try to see the value. Can those Euroweenies get you access to the excellent onion rings at the Navy Club? (Them rings look goooood.) I think not!

By: Max Watson

Max Watson — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:09:18 +0000

Wow, a several-hundred-dollar burger. Sounds like the price the US goverment would pay to private contractors to make a burger.

So, how about making your own burger? The meat is good here, the seasonings are available, along with all the toppings. The only thing that comes up blank in my mind is the bun. Guess you’d have to go to a hotel and buy some overpriced french bread, since the local bakeries usually, um, suck.

By: Angrycareb

Angrycareb — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:55:20 +0000

hahahaha! then it’s a $836.25 burger! (and that’s sick because no one should ever have to pay more than ten bucks for an awesome burger).

so …

I think it’s reasonable to include the Battleship in this series since everyone but the Chinese (and perhaps other less savory nationalities) has the potential to get on base. Nike: Just do it.

… this needs a revision: Just do it if you have eight hundred and change.

fooey.

By: Wedge

Wedge — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:45:53 +0000

Uhh… AMCHAM’s not free. Your burger would be in the neighborhood of $700 if you were to amortize your expenses at once.

By: Angrycareb

Angrycareb — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:33:33 +0000

so join AMCHAM for free, then AUSA for $130, then my Navy Club Battleship burger would be $136.25!

not a very good bargin, and certainly not three and a half stars at that price.

By: iwshim

iwshim — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:35:34 +0000

Dear Dram Man,

I would like to put my burger to the test. You can contact me at jollyrocsta@hotmail.com I know a few other bloggers on this site and maybe we could gather a few of them for a bbq.