Back in my day they used Ondol, which was a round charcoal briquette with holes running through it which they also used to heat and cook in the average home.
Posted on 06/17/2018 5:41:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So you want to go out in town and try out a restaurant your friends told you about? Well, Here's some helpful tips on how to order, even if your Korean speaking skills are limited.
Meats: When you go out to eat at a Korean restaurant with meat as the main dish, you will want to order a bit differently than you would at an American restaurant. Of course, if you are ordering a steak or a hamburger it is no different. However, if you are ordering meat to be grilled at your table you will normally order by the serving:
Give me three servings of ribs . > 갈비 삼인분 주세요 / gal-bi sam-in-bun ju-se-yo. The “sam-in-bun” part of the request is asking for 3 servings/portions.
Beef: 소고기 / so-go-gi
Common beef orders: * Beef Ribs > 소갈비 / so-gal-bi. * Rib roast cut into small grillable portions but without the bone: 소갈비살/ so-gal-bi-sal. * Sirloin cut for grilling Korean style: 등심 / Doong-shim.
Pork: 돼지 고기 / Dwe-ji-go-gi
* Pork ribs: 돼지갈비 / Dwe-ji-gal-bi. * Side pork (uncured): 삼겹살 / sam-gyop-sal.
* Though you can eat each of these directly from your grill, when you order them in a restaurant there is normally a way to truly make the experience more enjoyable. With each order of these meats will come a variety of vegetables and condiments. Normally you will receive lettuce leaves, garlic, red pepper paste, and, depending on the restaurant sesame leaves, Julian sliced onions, mushrooms, etc. (With the sam-gyop-sal, you will receive a small bowl of Sesame oil with some seasoning.) When the meat is cooked to your satisfaction, take it from the grill and place it on a lettuce leaf. Then add a dollop of rice and a little of each of the extras, pepper paste, garlic, onions, mushrooms, etc. Wrap it all into one large ball and stuff it into your mouth. It sounds rude but it is really the best and least offensive way to eat this.
Chicken: 닭고기/ Dalk-go-gi
Chicken Ribs: 닭갈비 / Dalk-Gal-bi. Not really what it sounds like. This is actually normally chicken breast cut into pieces and seasoned (spicy) then mixed with vegetables and cooked at your table in a grill or wok. (Boneless: 뼈없는 / Byeo-eob-nun) Fried chicken: 닭 튀김 / Dalk-dwi-gim. (It is just as common to hear “Chicken Fry.” Fried chicken with spicy sauce or flavoring : 양념 닭 /양념 치긴 / Yang-nyom-dalk / yang-nyom-chi-kin
Rice is a staple of Korean life and there are a number of ways to get it in a restaurant:
Rice: 밥 / bab
Fried Rice : 볶음밥 / Bok-kum-bab
If you want a certain kind of meat in the fried rices just add in the appropriate meat Pork Fried Rice: 돼지 고기볶음밥 / Dwe-ji-go-gi-bok-kum-bab
Chicken Fried Rice: 닭고기볶음밥 / Dalk-go-gi-bok-kum-bab Shrimp fried rice: 새우 볶음밥 / Se-u-bok-kum-bab Rice mixed with vegetables and seasoning: 비빔밥 / Bi-bim-bab. One variation of this dish is to have the bibimbab served in a hot stone bowl 돌솥비빔밥 / Dol-sot-bi-bim-bab.
Noodles: 면 / Myeon
Ramen: 라면 / ra-myeon Cold noodles: 냉면 / Naeng-myeon There are two common varieties of cold noodles 1. One is with the noodles served in a broth and is called water naeng myeon: 물냉면 / mul-naeng-myeon 2. Second is mixed with spicy red pepper sauce, hot mustard, and vegetables which is 비빔냉면 / Bi-bim-naeng-myeon.
One favorite Korean noodle dish of many westerners is Chap-chae and though it doesn’t use the “Myeon” is a noodle dish normally using vermicelli noodles (당면 / dang-myeon) mixed with vegetables stir fried in a mixture of sesame oil and other ingredients.
During the next couple of weeks try ordering some of these dishes you won’t be sorry.
Eat well: 많이 잡수세요 / Ma-ni jab-su-se-yo.
Does Subway there have a bulgogi or seafood sandwich?
or billiards. In Ktown here, they are like Starbucks...there’a always a pool/internet cafe. And people dont believe me when I say there are places here where they are openly hostile and racist towards whites in their restaurants. One of my best buds is a Filipino dude and I bring him along sometimes to show they I’m no racist cracka..
I’ve been going to Korean restaurants since my last tour in 1982. Never run into trouble, but I look like the fat guy in a biker movie.
So the Shepherd’s Pie might really be shepherd?
Of course they like you. Fat guys means you will eat more, and spend more..
And I did. I’ll double-check the bill at McDonald’s but put me in a Korean or Chinese restaurant and all bets are off.
It’s also considered polite to slurp loudly when sipping soup or noodles.
Been to Korea four times, IIRC. Had my first taste of Korean BBQ in a small restaurant in Suwon, near Samsung’s factory. They were giving us a tour and a quick introduction to Korean culture. Cooked the meat over glowing red bricks, not the gas fed flames you’ll find in local So Cal restaurants. Loved it. Kimchi is okay, but it takes a bit of getting used to.
Back in my day they used Ondol, which was a round charcoal briquette with holes running through it which they also used to heat and cook in the average home.
Replacement depot at Casey (the colonel would steal the real school-trained chefs as they came in), 8th Army Religious Retreat in Seoul (no longer exists) and the food at Osan AFB.
IIRC these were smaller bricks, maybe 2 inches in diameter and about 3 or 4 long. Hollow in the center. May have been octagonal. This was in 1987.
I grew up eating kimchee so I love the stuff, and there are all sorts of different varieties. My favorite dish is kimchee chigae (kim chee stew, although it is closer to a soup), it has kimchee with various types of vegetables and meat also thrown in, depending on what’s available. It can be extremely hot (spicy) though. I also think kimchee is good for you, although now there are “studies” saying it causes stomach cancer. I don’t believe that, I think it is drinking too much soju (or any soju in my opinion) that will do you in. Makgeolli (a type of milky low alcohol rice wine) is fine though.
Yep - loved it during my stint - never learned enough Korean to order like the article but being near American bases has it’s benefits - the locals know enough English to fill in the gaps - even if Mom and Pop need to ask their kids to help interpret.
There is a Korean grocer near me that sells the bulgogi beef by the pound already marinaded and ready to cook. All I have to do is add green onions and fry it up. I buy bibimbab vegetables to go with it, without the rice, for a lower carb dinner. They also sell chap-chae already prepared sometimes, which I’ll get as an occasional indulgence. Oh, and kimchee and anchovies, always.
I thought Jackson was better than the Turtle Farm. Jackson served non- army menu and had civilian cooks. The “Jackson burger” was huge! I did a religious retreat in Seoul but didn’t know if it was the one you’re talking about. Never ate at Osan.
Veal is calf (beef) not pork...
Those were two separate questions.
Ah, OK...never mind then!
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