Comments on: Bibimbap Voted Favorite Food by Foreigners

By: scott

scott — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:14:16 +0000

Ah, kamja tang. Good stuff. I avoided trying it for a long time due to its less than appealing name (translates into ‘potato soup’). It’s basically a pork dish.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:51:46 +0000

My all time favorite is spicy samgeopsal which was served in a restaurant I frequented in Uijongbu and also on Cheju Island where there is a number of restaurants there that serve excellent samgeopsal from the pigs they raise there.

Bulgogi if cooked properly is also excellent. The best bulgogi I have ever had was at a restaurant at Sanjeong Lake in northern Kyeongi province.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:21:04 +0000

I’ve always liked bibimbap for it “fill me up” quality and the gochujang (red bean paste) that is used in it is a delight to the mouth and to another orifice where it ends up eventually.

As for why this made it tops in the survey, I kind of agree with Jon Allen when he asks about whether the survey was done amongst fat ESL teachers trying to spend as little money on food as possible.

My favorite all time Korean feast has always been Bulgogi with rice and all the side dishes that you can muster and, of course, the obligatory fried garlic and soju chaser.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:37:52 +0000

skippy, if you think that Korean news is fluff, then have you seen U.S. news lately? Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Anna Nicole Smith dominate the headlines. Little airtime is given to the soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:27:42 +0000

Ni de yonghuming zhen shi kelian de.

By: wo buxihuan hanguoren

wo buxihuan hanguoren — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:02:23 +0000

Scott, what about gamjatang? Ridiculously over-priced, but probably the best Korean food out there IMO.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:56:58 +0000

bibimpap? It’s OK. Just like ramyon or fried rice is OK, but who really gets excited about a dish comprised of rice and vegetables?

kalbi, samgyeopsal, and ‘Mexican chicken’. That’s all any foreigner really needs to know about Korean food.

By: Jon Allen

Jon Allen — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:03:47 +0000

I wonder what the demographics of the sample were?
Cheapskate ESL teachers spending as little as possible on food?
Bulgogi and Sam Gypsal are never going to take off in the West as there’s too much fat in them.

By: wo buxihuan hanguoren

wo buxihuan hanguoren — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:22:03 +0000

Actually I tried mok sal for the first time the other night. It is pork, but way better than sam gyeop sal as there is more meat and less fat, yet cooked the same way. The side dish of onions in vinegar was really good, too.

As for bibimbap, I’d rather eat one of my dog’s turds than that meatless poo-poo.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:13:27 +0000

Sounds like Mark has spent to much time in ma’s tent.