“What is in Korean bar-b-que? Is it tomato or vinegar based?”
Neither really. It is generally based on ginger, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic, onions and lots of red pepper paste. In some restaurants the meat is cooked on a metal pan that is then directly served sizzling hot. This is generally beef.
Another way you’ll find it is where they have a grill in your table and the meat is cooked there. You’ll get pork, beef, chicken, fish, and goose this way. Then you take a big leaf of lettuce (not iceberg) and put the cooked meat inside along with spices, rice, pepper and then pop the whole thing in your mouth. This way is technically not bulgogi but the meat is prepared pretty much the same way just cooked and served differently.
man I love sweet and spicy, salty and vinegary and beefy!
Ok, then its not much different than Thai...cool.
Wild oinkers around here get cooked with brown sugar, soy, ginger, pepper and garlic. Its all good then.