Speaking of Dokdo

by Robert Koehler on February 12, 2009

This (scroll down) is probably not the best name for a restaurant, unless you want Choi Yearn-hong on your case.

(HT to reader)

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1 Seth Gecko February 12, 2009 at 2:38 pm: “Dokdo Sushi”?

Maybe someone should open “Takeshima Hwae”
2 chiamattt February 12, 2009 at 3:53 pm: The sad fact is, that shop is probably owned by Koreans. Don’t most of them open Japanese restaurants in the States rather than Korean restaurants?
3 ZenKimchi February 12, 2009 at 7:46 pm: Doesn’t sound any more ironic than Korea’s own 독도 참치.
4 Seth Gecko February 12, 2009 at 9:22 pm: “Doesn’t sound any more ironic than Korea’s own 독도 참치.”

참치 is Korean, though. So from a Korean perspective, “Dokdo Chamchi” is natural.

But “Dokdo Sushi” is ironic because sushi is actually Japanese.

(Did I miss something? Is Chamchi originally a Japanese word?)