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korean food
i'm a big fan of these food threads. what can i say, i love to eat. i'm not too qualified to talk about korean food but i've had it, and liked it a lot. i'll talk about what i've had and maybe some guys like aloy and punkass can chime in w/ some recommendations
i've been to a few korean restaurants in boston and some korean bbqs which are great. for those that don't know korean bbq is basically korean side dishes such as kim chee http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/STUD...ng/TONGKIM.jpg which is basically spicy cabbage seasoned with chili pepper mmm it's tasty but maybe not for everyone and what's that other stuff... they bring out these big lettuce leaves and you put this brown spread on them, it's so salty.. probably some kind of mashed up bean. also usually some white carrot that may or may not be pickled, but that's good stuff then there's like a grill in the middle of the table, and they come around with plates of raw meat, stuff like galbi http://www.kimsguesthouse.com/kimseng/photos/galbi.jpg which are just ribs, there you can see them on the actual grill in the table at a korean bbq bulgogi http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kssgorg/K...es/bulgogi.jpg and other meats. you take a piece of lettuce, put some of that salty bean paste on it, put some meat on it that you cooked up, and enjoy.. it's fantastic. http://static.flickr.com/39/82267104_f3f9a338b0.jpg any other recommendations? |
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and what's that other stuff... they bring out these big lettuce leaves and you put this brown spread on them, it's so salty.. probably some kind of mashed up bean. [/ QUOTE ] Daryn - that stuff is called "gochujang": [ QUOTE ] Gochujang is a spicy Korean condiment, made from glutinous rice powder mixed with powdered fermented soybeans, red chili powder, and salt, and fermented, traditionally in the sun. Other grains can be substituted for the glutinous rice, including normal rice, wheat, and barley. A small amount of sweetener, such as sugar, syrup, or honey is also sometimes added. It is a dark, reddish paste with a rich, spicy flavour. [/ QUOTE ] It's also used to flavor stews (chigaes) and some other dishes notably Hoedeopbap (cubed raw fish mixed with fresh vegetables and rice) and Dol Sot Bibimbap (both you add to taste). Here is an OOT thread on Korean food that also has some great info: KKF's Korean Food Thread -Al |
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Korean food: These are my favorite, and probably more popular things you'll find at any good Korean place.
Appetizers - Favorites are dumplings (mondu), light pancakes filled with either veggies (pajon), kimchee (kimchee pajon), or seafood (haemul pajon). I also like squid (oh-jing-a) Depending on the restaurant, there will be others, but everyone korean place has these staples. Mondu - http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...1224/mondu.jpg Pajon - http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...1224/pajon.jpg O-jing-a http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...224/ojinga.jpg Meat BBQ - Note: The term "BBQ" is used wrongly here, since BBQ denotes cooking with smoke. Korean BBQ denotes usually raw meats brought to the table and cooked on a small hot grill placed in the middle of the table. The diners control the cooking. Bulgogi - Slivers of beef marinaded in sweet garlic soy sauce Kalbi - Short ribs marinaded in sweet garlic soy sauce Daeji-gogi (or daeji bulgogi) - marinaded pork, usually spicy Dak-gogi (or dak-bulgogi) - chicken, which may or may not be marinaded Bulgogi - http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...24/bulgogi.jpg Kalbi - http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...1224/kalbi.jpg Daeji - http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...1224/daeji.jpg There will probably be other assorted meats, including plain unmarinaded versions of the above. Hotpots or Soups Jam-bong - hot and spicy soup with (hopefully) lots of seafood and vegetables. Noodles as well. Seafood can vary including squid, shrimp, clams, mussels, or fish. Udon - Noodles in mild soup. Specialty udons will have beef, pork, or seafood. Jigae - a thicker soybean soup base. Kimchi jigae (kimchee, tofu, pork) or dengjang jigae (beef, tofu, vegs) are the more popular ones. Gook or tang - means soup. Mando guk is dumpling soup with beef and egg. Gom tang is oxtail soup with a white rich beef stock. Sullang tang is tender beef slivers in white rich broth. There are many many more soups, but these are my favorites. Rice or noodles: Note "bap" means "rice". Bibimbap - rice dish served in a very hot stone bowl. Most popular is dolsol bibimbap, which has veggies, bulgogi, a fried egg, and seasonings, served with sides of hot chili sauce and sesame oil. You get to mix everything together. Bokumbap - Korean fried rice. Veggies, bulgogi, and rice topped with a thin egg omelette. Other variations are kimchi bokumbap (w/kimchi) or seafood bokumbap. Japchae - This can be an entree or appetizer. Thin clear noodles with marinated beef and assorted seasoned veggies panfried. There are many many things I'm leaving out, but these are dishes you'll find at any place, and they will be good, if you're at a good restaurant. With any entree, you'll get side dishes and perhaps some miso soup. The side dishes are called banchan, and include picked veggies of any kind, beans, egg, tofu, kimchee of any kind, or seaweed. The better the restaurant, the fresher and more banchan you get, in my opinion. Also, when you get a meat bbq, you usually get big leaves of lettuce, slices of garlic, korean chili peppers, hot chili sauce. I'll add more pictures as I find them. |
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Mondu and pajon look yummy. Bulgogi looks like boiled cat fat.
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more pictures:
Dubu jigae (or Tofu jigae) http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m.../dubujigae.jpg Gomtang (which is beef and tripe soup, not oxtail soup, which is Goli-gomtang. I was mistaken) http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...24/gomtang.jpg Jampong http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...24/jampong.jpg Udon http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...s1224/udon.jpg |
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Japchae -
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...24/japchae.jpg Bibimbap http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...4/bibimbap.jpg banchan (assorted stuff you get with meal) http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...24/banchan.jpg The crabs are not banchan, by the way. |
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Everything I usually get when I go to a korean restaurant has been posted in the 3 posts, sweet job.
My standards the pancakes, potato noodles (posted by punkass I believe), and whatever meats my heart desires. I love it. |
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Korean BBQ (Pork):
Samgyeopsal - pork bacon cut from the belly. Fatty and awesome. Once the pork is finished grilling in front of you, remove from grill (onions / garlic whatever will be grilling also, take that too), wrap in lettuce (some places will give you duk bo sam instead, thin slices of rice cake) dip in samsang (which is a mixture of gochujang, mentioned above, and dwenjang, which is more salty and soybean-y). May also have a more sesame oil based sauce (salt, fermented bean paste mixed in) for dipping: http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/asset...samgyopsal.jpg Daeji Bulgogi - thin sliced pork loin, marinated in a spicy red pepper paste. Very similar in texture / feel to bulgogi, except the marinade is much spicier, and it's pork: http://www.trifood.com/image/daejibu...mage_final.JPG -Al Edit - lol I believe Punkass and I used the same daeji picture but I will keep mine up also! |
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Korean BBQ is excellent and probably the easiest way to be introduced to Korean cuisine.
I just wanted to highlight some of the foods that I love that you might not get to try if you only stick to the basic Korean BBQ fare. http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4...imagefimb2.jpg Soon dooboo (aka hot tofu bowl, aka soon tofu) is basically a spicy stew consisting of lots of tofu, your choice of meats, and some random vegetables. It comes served boiling hot in an equally frakkin' hot bowl. At this point, you can opt to crack a raw egg into the stew (or not). You can choose to get it mild or really spicy -- mild should be safe for most people. Spoon out parts of the stew into your rice bowl, eat together, enjoy. This is close to the best food to get at 2 AM in LA on a weekend (eff pho). If you're in LA, the standard place is BCD Tofu. My family knows the owners, so buy lots of tofu. If you like the soon tofu, you may want to try some of the jjigaes (stews, pronounced chi-geh) mentioned by other posters, like doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew, relatively mild, mmmmmmm) and kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew, spicier). http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6...engmyundl6.jpghttp://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2...649069bvl0.jpg Finally, my favorite Korean dish: naengmyun (nang-myun). There are two basic dishes, mul naengmyun (cold buckwheat noodles in a cold, tasty broth) and bibim naengmyun (cold buckwheat noodles mixed with some spicy pepper paste and vegetables). I'm a huge, huge fan of the mul naengmyun -- it comes with some brilliantly fresh-tasting pickled vegetables, and half a boiled egg, all in a refreshing broth. Lots of places will put ice cubes in it to keep it cold. I eat it with some vinegar and hot mustard paste. It is [censored] excellent. TIP: there's a reason why a lot of Korean joints will have a galbi + mul naengmyun combo -- it just goes hand-in-hand. Something about the contrast of hot BBQ beef and the cold noodles just works. Also, the buckwheat noodles aren't soft so they can be a bit tough to chew. The trick is to chew just enough to allow the noodles to be swallowable, then just go for it. |
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I wouldn't say I am a big fan, but there are a few dishes I really like. Bulgogi and Garbi are awesome, as is dak-bulgogi. I have also had the seafood pajon (w/ octopus) I believe. Thought that was ok. I really like japchae. The noodles are especially tasty. But overall, Bulgogi is the bomb.
BTW, thank you for listing the names because there is no way I could spell them. Whats the name for this dish: Meat wrapped in an egg coating, usually beef. I am not a big fan of the cabbage kim chee, but I do like the bean sprouts one. |
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Soon dooboo (aka hot tofu bowl, aka soon tofu) is basically a spicy stew consisting of lots of tofu, your choice of meats, and some random vegetables. It comes served boiling hot in an equally frakkin' hot bowl. At this point, you can opt to crack a raw egg into the stew (or not). You can choose to get it mild or really spicy -- mild should be safe for most people. Spoon out parts of the stew into your rice bowl, eat together, enjoy. This is close to the best food to get at 2 AM in LA on a weekend (eff pho). [/ QUOTE ] There is an awesome Thai place called Sanamluang by me that's open til 6AM.... but I still agree with you. -Al |
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http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/asset...samgyopsal.jpg
Al - samgyeopsal with dduk bo sam is effing delicious. |
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I'm a huge fan of Korean food. Any recommendations for a Korean restaurant in or near Minneapolis? I've tried three, none of which are near the quality I'm used to in LA.
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Al,
I'm not sure I've seen Samgyeopsal at the places here, but I usually just go straight for kalbi and bulgogi, so maybe I just haven't noticed. It looks great and will try it as soon as I see it! I am so craving some Korean BBQ right now. I love it. |
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Jampon is hot noodle soup?
I've been looking for a place that serves hot noodle soup, but most of them serve cold noodle soup. Basically, all Korean food are good, except for the raw stuff like the crab in one of the pics above. |
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Al, I'm not sure I've seen Samgyeopsal at the places here, but I usually just go straight for kalbi and bulgogi, so maybe I just haven't noticed. It looks great and will try it as soon as I see it! I am so craving some Korean BBQ right now. I love it. [/ QUOTE ] Kalbi/Bulgogi = beginner Samgyeopsal/Chaedol/RossGui = advanced For you LA denizens, Shik Do Rak on Olympic/Hoover is THE place to go to. Just order one of the combos, which feeds 2-3 people(more as you move up on the combo ladder). Everything else will play itself out nicely. Non-korean friendly, too. DN |
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This thread is making me hungry. A couple of my favorites:
the whole turnip kimchi particularly when the turnip greens are still attached that spicy lamb stew with the herbal tasting green vegetables |
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I've never seen a thread with so many words I didn't recognize.
that said, I need to go get some Korean food. |
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What are best Korean places in SF ?
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cbloom - there's a really good Korean BBQ place in Japan town. I know because an honest to goodness Korean took me there. You might want to go someplace less expensive if you've never BBQ'd Korean style, for practice.
Korean food is my favorite Asian food. |
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i will add more love for bibimbap (you must get it with the fried egg).
and the pancakes are pretty filling and tasty for an appetizer. KBZ, there is a decent Korean place at Prospect and Broadway. |
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kimchi - never get tired of eating it. Has to be one of the best side dishes.
mmmm Fermented cabbage with chilli It's wiki entry quotes "Kimchi was profiled by Health Magazine as one of the world's five "healthiest foods" for being rich in vitamins, aiding in digestion, and even possibly preventing cancer." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi |
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cbloom,
The most popular Korean BBQ in SF is Brother's, on Geary out in the Avenues. It can get pretty crowded. There used to be a second branch a block or two away, not sure if that's still there. Right in the same area is my favorite, King Charcoal. As an added bonus, it's open super late, 'til 4am. |
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One of my favorite Korean foods is jajungmyun: noodles in a rich, dark sauce with onions, meat, and bean paste. Jajungmyun isn't usually served in Korean BBQ places; you have to go to a Korean noodle place or a Korean-Chinese restaurant to get it.
Korean grocery stores also sell ramen-style mixes ("Chapaghetti") which are not bad if you add the other ingredients. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...a13e9dbbb3.jpg Jajungmyun Wikipedia article Jajungmyun is cheap. I'm told that it's the correct dinner to buy for a Korean girlfriend just before breaking up. |
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jja-jung-myun is very delicious and very inexpensive, usually around 6-7 bucks for the meal. It is a simple dish. Like many simple dishes, restaurants can either make it very well, or horribly. The bad ones will be oily, bland, and with very hard overcooked noodles. The better ones will have lots of meat and veggies in the sauce with noodles that don't stick.
I believe we stole this dish from the Chinese. Much like udon. |
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KBZ, there is a decent Korean place at Prospect and Broadway. [/ QUOTE ] yes, Koreana. any others you suggest? |
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I eat korean 3-4times a week next time I'll go i'll get some photos of some of the stuff I like. I'm not sure of English names but I will try to translate what I can find or get the Korean names. My favourites are the spicy soups with very soft beef stomach and fish. The other dish is a hot rock pot with rice and stuff.
And ofcourse the bbq beef is good, important to get the good quality beef. |
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kahlbi was by far my favorite from my time in korea. There you sit outside around a little grill on your table and cook the meat to your liking, with garlic, peppers, onions, etc, get a piece of lettuce, load it up with rice, veggies, meat and stuff it in. delicious. I also liked the spicy rice cakes a lot, and some of the chicken BBQ. Kimchee, and kimbob were both awful, IMO.
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The spicy broth soups in this thread look really awesome; I'm always looking for good asian soups and had no idea the Koreans had so much to contribute. I think I'll keep getting my Udon from the Japanese though.
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soon doo bu is a draft tofu stew thats available in seafood and beef variants. done poorly, it tastes like ramen. done well, its the most hearty, soul-warming, life-affirming antidote of all time for a chilly day.
if you like the spicy soup thing, most decent places will typically do a good yukhaejang (yook-hay-jang), which is a spicy beef broth with a nice helping of brisket meat in it. |
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The spicy broth soups in this thread look really awesome; I'm always looking for good asian soups and had no idea the Koreans had so much to contribute. [/ QUOTE ] Korean food in general is very rustic and hearty. Humble, even. The BBQ thing is just our way of putting our best foot forward, but the stews and soups are the realest thing we do IMO. |
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Over the years I'm becoming more & more fond of hearty stews & soups, things with deep flavor that combines & develops over time with long slow cooking. I find grilled/seared stuff and typical bistro food less & less interesting.
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Over the years I'm becoming more & more fond of hearty stews & soups, things with deep flavor that combines & develops over time with long slow cooking. I find grilled/seared stuff and typical bistro food less & less interesting. [/ QUOTE ] The marinaded bulgogi and kalbi have many layers of flavor (if done right) since they should be marinaded for more than a day or so. Bad places will just have a sauce on the meat, which will be noticeably bad. The soups and hotpots are the specialties of Korean cuisine. Keep in mind that usually a hot pot will feed 2-3 people, and all korean cuisine encourages group sharing. The only thing that is truly yours to eat is the bowl of rice in front of you. |
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Samgyetang is one of my favorite heartier soups - very restorative great if you have a cold. It's a small chicken (stuffed with sticky rice), cooked in a very gingery, garlicy, scallion broth. It's light tasting and the chicken is falling off the bone if prepared well.
http://www.korea.net/image/news/today/20060512022L.jpg Gook Soo based soups - "Gook Soo" is handmade wheaty Korean cut noodles. Noodles cooked in a clear broth of garlic, anchovy, and potatoes, garnished with seaweed and maybe some kimchi. It's a very light, tasty broth. Meat is usually chicken, can be seafood. You can spike the soup with a chile-scallion condiment, if you want a little more kick (to taste). http://www.losanjealous.com/img/madang/gooksoo_4x3.jpg -Al |
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samgaetang is the best soup, so good. jajang myun and jjam pong are chinese foods.
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Ja Jang Myun is stolen from the Chinese but is very much Korean in the modern version of it.
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Misc. things:
Bo-shin tang (also named young-yang tang, or gaejang gook) - has dog meat. Some restaurants don't have this, but you may see it. If you don't want to eat dog, don't get this. Tangs and gooks are soups. Most simmer for long periods of time, with all ingredients in the soup. This usually produces thick stocks. Served in individual bowls. Jjigaes and jims are more stews. They contain more meats and veggies than the broth. Usually these are cooked to order, with the ingredients often cooked before being added to the stew. And usually the restaurant will put the stew in the middle of the table for the enjoy at own pace. |
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jja-jung-myun is very delicious and very inexpensive, usually around 6-7 bucks for the meal. It is a simple dish. Like many simple dishes, restaurants can either make it very well, or horribly. The bad ones will be oily, bland, and with very hard overcooked noodles. The better ones will have lots of meat and veggies in the sauce with noodles that don't stick. I believe we stole this dish from the Chinese. Much like udon. [/ QUOTE ] this is my fave dish of all time. ok, maybe a bit exaggerated, but it's definitely worth a try. some good locations i think at and around k-town, one in flushing, and a lot in northern jersey area. |
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oh yeah they only really exist in really korean areas, or korean/chinese fusion restaurants tho...
the packaged ones kind of suck, imo |
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Samgyetang is one of my favorite heartier soups - very restorative great if you have a cold. It's a small chicken (stuffed with sticky rice), cooked in a very gingery, garlicy, scallion broth. It's light tasting and the chicken is falling off the bone if prepared well. http://www.korea.net/image/news/today/20060512022L.jpg Gook Soo based soups - "Gook Soo" is handmade wheaty Korean cut noodles. Noodles cooked in a clear broth of garlic, anchovy, and potatoes, garnished with seaweed and maybe some kimchi. It's a very light, tasty broth. Meat is usually chicken, can be seafood. You can spike the soup with a chile-scallion condiment, if you want a little more kick (to taste). http://www.losanjealous.com/img/madang/gooksoo_4x3.jpg -Al [/ QUOTE ] Al, the first picture reminds me of childhood. |
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