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Skriven 2007-08-27 09:23:36 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Re: Korean eats
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Hey Carol!
-> 
-> there.  Real Korea, I recall from a place where we and another
adventurous 
-> soul went to with low tables (sit on floor on mats) and ordered by
pointing at 
-> a wall with a price and no clue of english anywheres on what we were
getting.  
-> 3 hours later and stuffed to the gills, we waddled out, leaving food we
just 
-> couldnt eat all of.  I think it was about 8$ for both of us.  Little of
it was 
-> meat but it was all great stuff.
-> 
Thank goodness they had tables and booths here...with my back I can't sit
on the floor very well! (btw you should get and MRI done on your back so
you KNOW what's going on with it!)

-> HN> venturing in. Most Menus are in Korean and only some of them have
engl
-> HN> listings included.
-> 
-> Eat there.  Thats a good sign actually.  They do not have to cater to
round 
-> eyes if they can stay open that way, so you are getting the real thing.
-> 
-> I've eaten at places where you just close your eyes and point at a menu
and 
-> make sure your buddies do the same but point at something else <g>.  No
english
-> 
-> at all sort of places.  They generally giggle and feed us well.  It's
fun and 
-> my only 'Korean' is to be able to say 'Kimchee'. I do note that as a
round eye 
-> I suprise them as i almost always want seconds of kimchee.
-> 
We have a very (VERY) large Korean Community here so there are lots and
lots of Korean eating places that are very good. I took Michael to one of
my fav's on his last trip out here. 

-> As far as i am considered, there are 5 food groups.  Meat, fruits and
veggies, 
-> bread, cheese, and Kimchee <g>. If you absolutely must separate them, it 
-> becomes 6 as you separate fruits from veggies.
-> 
What? no CHOCOLATE????? (grin)

-> Should Ruth or Steve get up your way, take them to the Korean BBQ place
as it 
-> will be either a bit of home, or a place they will be familiar with and
love.
-> 
Oh I'm sure they'd find our Korean area quite exciting!

-> >> of it was labled! There was a spicy fish cake that I thought was flat
-> >> tofu...but Anne said NO ! it's FISHY tasting! So I loaded up on that!
-> >> It was delish!
-> 
-> > Slightly green looking with dark speckles?  Yes, great stuff!  The g
-> >probably there but not noticed.  To cook the garlic, you thread it wi
-> > fatty pork (or whatever) on really thin skewers and set over the
grill.  Whe
-> > both are browned to your liking, pull off and eat a piece of each
together
-> > (wrapped in cabbage to make a sort of taco like you say).
-> 
-> HN> the fish cake was tan colored (which made me think of tofu) and flat
c
-> HN> into small ribbons about an inch wide and less than 1/4 inch thick.
-> 
-> Ah, ok.  A bit gelatinous and made of bone fish scrap'd to make a paste
then 
-> formed with egg or tofu to a paste that then holds it's form.  It's
brushed 
-> with various sauces then grilled.  I like the hot oil and bits of garlic
with 
-> that one. The hot oil may be one of the things you looked at and didnt
know 
-> what it was.  A red oil (very distinctly red) and quite hot, as if you
pressed 
-> it from chiles.  It may have floating bits of garlic and other things in
it. 
-> Apt to have been at the table too. Much like we have a salt and pepper
shaker, 
-> they have that.
-> 
the fish cake was not gelatinous at all...but quite good anyway (grin). and
I'm very familiar with korean hot oil...and didn't see it but I'm sure it
was there somewhere!

-> >> If you show up we'll go! The biggest trouble for me is that there's
so
-> >> much neat stuff to try I get full before I get to much of the meat! I
-> >> loved exploring the different kimchee's and such! chat with you soon
-> >> hap
-> > Heheh I'd be in heaven!  To me, eating in Korea comes in little noshes
just
-> >like that.  Tea smoked chicken with whole garlic cloves and kimchee!
-> > of the red-hot oil <g>.  I skip the rice to make room for other stuff.
-> > xxcarol
-> 
-> HN> I made such a pig out of myself I was uncomfortable afterwards
(grin)!
-> HN> I don't usually do that, but there was SO much to explore! chat with
y
-> 
-> I know the feeling!  I'd wear a loose elastic waist skirt to such a
dinner, but
-> 
-> then, I can get away with that <g>.
->                                        xxcarol

I think I'll buy suspenders before I go there again! (grin)
chat with you soon
ha
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