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Remember that not all korean food is the same?
My fear of... Korean food
- Thread starter Lassy
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Remember that not all korean food is the same?
This is so funny to me... Because I'm korean! I totally understand. I dont think i ate the vast majority of the cuisine until i was an adult. Anything red or spicy, i stayed away from until i was well into my 20's.
My advice to ease back in, as it were, is to start with the most bland and widely loved stuff: meat oriented dishes. The kalbi (ribs), bulgogi (also beef), etc. Stay away from spicy, red or anything pickled initially.
And then accept the fact that you may never acquire a taste for some of the korean food. I certainly havent. I can eat Japanese raw foods, like sushi, but not Korean raw. There are some soups that are just too spicy, some types of fish that still turn me off.
I guess my advice is look at individual dishes and decide if you like it or not as oppose to the whole cuisine.
And as for trips to korea, there will be plenty of options if you decide to go! Its very westernized now, sandwiches everywhere, and plenty of chinese food which has always been there, so you could totally survive there. And if the rest of the family is having korean food at a restaurant or something, eat rice and something egg based, like the onion pancakes, or just nibble on a few meat dishes.
Its an acquired taste, for sure.
. Dont feel bad.
My advice to ease back in, as it were, is to start with the most bland and widely loved stuff: meat oriented dishes. The kalbi (ribs), bulgogi (also beef), etc. Stay away from spicy, red or anything pickled initially.
And then accept the fact that you may never acquire a taste for some of the korean food. I certainly havent. I can eat Japanese raw foods, like sushi, but not Korean raw. There are some soups that are just too spicy, some types of fish that still turn me off.
I guess my advice is look at individual dishes and decide if you like it or not as oppose to the whole cuisine.
And as for trips to korea, there will be plenty of options if you decide to go! Its very westernized now, sandwiches everywhere, and plenty of chinese food which has always been there, so you could totally survive there. And if the rest of the family is having korean food at a restaurant or something, eat rice and something egg based, like the onion pancakes, or just nibble on a few meat dishes.
Its an acquired taste, for sure.
. Dont feel bad.
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Lassy
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Thanks for the advise, anyway I don't spicy in any kind of cuisine, I can't stand it, my tongue dies otherwise xDThis is so funny to me... Because I'm korean! I totally understand. I dont think i ate the vast majority of the cuisine until i was an adult. Anything red or spicy, i stayed away from until i was well into my 20's.
My advice to ease back in, as it were, is to start with the most bland and widely loved stuff: meat oriented dishes. The kalbi (ribs), bulgogi (also beef), etc. Stay away from spicy, red or anything pickled initially.
And then accept the fact that you may never acquire a taste for some of the korean food. I certainly havent. I can eat Japanese raw foods, like sushi, but not Korean raw. There are some soups that are just too spicy, some types of fish that still turn me off.
I guess my advice is look at individual dishes and decide if you like it or not as oppose to the whole cuisine.
And as for trips to korea, there will be plenty of options if you decide to go! Its very westernized now, sandwiches everywhere, and plenty of chinese food which has always been there, so you could totally survive there. And if the rest of the family is having korean food at a restaurant or something, eat rice and something egg based, like the onion pancakes, or just nibble on a few meat dishes.
Its an acquired taste, for sure.
