Posted on 06/17/2018 5:41:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
X2 2 ID Vet. Bibimbap was a breakfast staple for me the two years I was there. KATUSA snackbar on K-16.
Great food!
I take it you have never lived in Korea.
I get it. We have plenty of Koreans in these parts, and I love my KBBQ joints. Also my dolsat bimibop.
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There was plenty of dog meat available during the Winter Olympics this year there.
In my two tours of Korea I saw dogs offered as meat exactly one time, and I travelled quite a bit. The French eat horses, many cultures eat bugs, insects, snakes, eels, etc. You do know what a veal is, right? A suckling pig?
I agree with your opinion on the Korean people. When I was stationed there in 1969 I also found them to be extremely sad that they had lost contact with family in the North. But their sadness didn’t prevent them from hating the communists. They were fiercely loyal to we Americans, especially the ROK Marines they sent to Vietnam. The VC/NVA were scared _hitless of them. Their military commanders and NCO’s had power of life and death on their subordinates. Many times I witnessed brutal beatings of low ranking soldiers who didn’t salute properly or were chewing gum as they came through the main gate and became Ti Quan Do practice for the gate guards. There were other cultural differences that took some getting used to as you learned that life in the Orient was cheap. I understand that it is far different now.
Humans have eaten everything imaginable since we “evolved” from primates. I guarantee your ancestors ate worse than dog at some point.
I spent a month in Korea, and went out a few times.
I probably broke all their rules of etiquette because I had no clue how we were supposed to eat. There were always several little plates of stuff—much of it unidentifiable—on the table, and we did not know what we were supposed to do with it. One thing they always served in the little plates was kimchee; I have realized that no matter how many times I try it, I will never like it.
I did like the bibimbap.
It’s good to learn new phrases in different languages, but I would just hope the menu had photos of the meals and clear arabic numbers for the prices. The worst thing would be to order way too much food for something I didn’t like, then realize I did not have enough money to cover it.
I don’t think washing the dishes for deficiently paid bills is still an acceptable solution. That may only have been in the movies anyway.
LOL, if you watched KDramas, you’d think all that Koreans ever ate was Subway.
Product placements are a big deal in KDramas.
Just know the difference between bul-go-gi (beef) vs the “other” meats. Ordering ke-go-gi means any meat and no telling what you’ll get. Have never heard of so-go-gi. Be careful!
“In my two tours of Korea I saw dogs offered as meat exactly one time, and I travelled quite a bit. “
Been a few years since I was there. Back then it was mostly a once a year culture thing but none of the Koreans I worked with would eat dog meat.
I did see a few trucks loaded with dogs during that summer event window.
When I was in TDC, I’d say downrange with never a problem. That 2nd S&T mess hall we had to go to because the 2nd Av one was being remodeled, though... Btw, best mess hall in Korea was the NCO academy in Camp Jackson.
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