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dantheman650 posted:I'm all moved in here in Gwangju! My apartment rocks, my co-teachers are wonderful and my school is lovely. I'm crazy far away from downtown but a motorcycle will solve that problem. Thanks everyone for the help over the last six months that got me here! Pics of apartment plz
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Good, fresh blood.
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Aug 28, 2013 10:28
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 My girlfriend just told me gimbap is 500 calories.  She. Was. Right. H- How?
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Aug 28, 2013 10:40
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Eifert Posting posted:
Rice, sesame oil, salt and bunch of other shits.
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Aug 28, 2013 10:50
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Look at the calorie counts on some of the snack foods. I'm not a scienticien but I'd say they generally underreported by like 30%.
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Aug 28, 2013 11:08
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THE LUMMOX posted:Look at the calorie counts on some of the snack foods. I'm not a scienticien but I'd say they generally underreported by like 30%. Somebody mentioned that in Kakao when I first noticed the calories being on the front of all the packages. Then I started adding up the protein/fat/carbs and it all seemed right. Try it out - carbs/protein have 4 calories a gram and fat has 9, so unless they're under reporting the macronutrients I don't think those calorie counts are incorrect.
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Aug 28, 2013 11:17
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Eifert Posting posted:
You didn't know that? Yeah, gimbap is not a healthy food to be pounding. Homemade is better, you can cut down the amount of rice you use, use fresh vegetables instead of sugar soaked ones, and just not brushing on the sesame oil saves you like 100 calories and I've never noticed a flavor difference. They always ignore me when I ask them not to put it on at a restaurant. I'd guess the ones I make at home are 250-300 calories. I don't pack with excess rice and I use a lot of no/low-calorie things for flavor, like sriracha or fish sauce. Aesis posted:salt Salt doesn't have calories ya mook. 
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Aug 28, 2013 12:14
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Grand Fromage posted:Salt doesn't have calories ya mook. Well you just had to pick on one thing I got wrong on, didn't you?!
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Aug 28, 2013 12:38
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Grand Fromage posted:They always ignore me when I ask them not to put it on at a restaurant.
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Aug 28, 2013 12:43
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ReindeerF posted:If we ever have a pan-Asia thread, this could be the subtitle. The Taiwan thread story about the well-done steak despite specifically ordering (in Chinese) rare because "Americans like their steaks well-done" is still one of the saddest things I've ever read.
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Aug 28, 2013 12:46
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Many years ago, I tried taking my ex Chinese girlfriend to a fancy pants steak house called Morton's of Chicago. She wanted the fillet mignonfully cooked with no trace of red  It was a waste of good meat. To this day, I regret for not stopping her and ruined a nice 80 dollar steak  Never again. If I take someone out to a nice steak house and they are ordering like an idiot, I'm going to step in.
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Aug 28, 2013 12:54
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Yeah, fluency is a total non-issue for sure. I'm even fluent in restaurant Thai. Once they see that non-local face, though, it's a crapshoot as to what comes next. My favorite is when some truly provincial younger person taking the order is staring at me with intense anxiety, mouth hanging open and is listening to the words spoken in her language, but is so overcome by the interaction that she is not able to understand me. She'll eventually giggle and run off to get some older relative who is less interested in the whiteo piggah and who just listens to what I have to say and writes down the order. Hasn't happened in a while, but it does happen on occasion and it's about the only time I get a little irritated, because Goddamn. I have no idea if this happens in Korea, but given the propensity for Japanese and Koreans to just eschew or wave off dealings with foreigners, I wouldn't be surprised (we normally don't have this issue here).
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Aug 28, 2013 13:00
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ReindeerF posted:I have no idea if this happens in Korea Yes, constantly. Though I've never had anything like the China thread story of the white guy speaking perfect Mandarin to someone who just kept saying "I don't speak English" in reply, and some other Chinese dude saying "He's speaking Chinese, idiot".
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Aug 28, 2013 13:04
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ReindeerF posted:
Just today at the soccer game:  <<One Cass>> <<Yeeeeess!>> kkkkkkk <<Thank you.>> <<Do you speak Korean?>> <<No. Goodbye.>> kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
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Aug 28, 2013 14:16
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OH poo poo SON. The sun is hot, the air is humid, but hark! What is this I hear? It's the first whispers of the Falltime! That means that we need to start getting our poo poo together for: Come on down (or up) to Songtan, Gyeongido to the luxurious KCC Switzen Apartments on the weekend of November 30th to enjoy home-cooked (and prepared) foods while avoiding making eye contact and enjoying the gaming experience of the OUYA! First off, SIGN UP ON THE SPREADSHEET HERE IF YOU ARE EVEN PONDERING SHOWING UP! Better to have too much than not enough food! When is this shindig? November 30th, Last Saturday of November. Bit late, yeah, but most teachers aren't going to get Thursday off or anything. We'll be setting up and cooking around 2 or earlier, so just show up whenever? We're shooting for Dinner rather than lunch. Also, all are free to come the Friday before and help cook or just crash out at my place. I have plenty of room and blankets! How many bitcoins is this going to run me? I'm personally doing this all gratis, you don't owe me poo poo. But a few people will be catering and it would be nice to kick a few bucks to them. Figure that if you toss in 10k~20k it'll be much appreciated. As anyone who was here for last year will proclaim, the food volume and quality was worth it. If you don't have any cash don't let that be a deterrent though, tis the season for feeding freeloaders and I'll make up the diff. How do I get to Songtan? In Seoul/The Civilized North? Songtan Station is on Line 1 of the Seoul Metro. Waaaaay towards the end of that line. Bring a book. Down South/The Sticks? gently caress, I dunno, take a bus? I believe that the city bus' that run to Suwon or Pyeongtaek will also stop in Songtan, but your results may vary. For you farther out guys I could use some more pointers. I am hereby designating MAXSMART to be the Moses of the Southrons. Maxsmart posted last year: I went through the train schedules and such. The best option seems to be to take the train to Pyeongtaek and then hop on line 1. Ok I got there, now how do I get to your place? I haven't made the map yet! GET OFF MY CASE IT'S FRIGGIN AUGUST. But I'll edit it in here later. Ok, you _can_ walk. It's maybe 30~45min from the subway station, but drat it'll be cold. Since I wont be cooking, if you guys can get in groups I wouldn't mind picking you up at the station. Especially if you're hauling food in. From the Bus Terminal it's about 20~30min, just head straight East and follow the North side of the street. Otherwise, (bear with me, my computer at work won't let me type Korean into the forums) take a Taxi to 'SWITZEN APARTMENTS'. I'm in tower 103. If you can get there we'll talk you the rest of the way up. SO ANYWAY if you're a lurker or a Meme-posting Kakao junkie, bring some booze, bring some food, bring an empty belly and we'll goon it the gently caress up! Where All The White Women At Also, we'll go to GI/Americatown after to party if you're down. (Please make sure your dental insurance is paid up) Accommodations! Hotels are cheap, if you want to crash at my place I've got a lot of blankets and stuff, whatever, we'll figure it out. Otherwise I can easily direct you to some of the less seedy places to stay. I'll be reposting this sporadically over the coming months, but I just wanted to get everyone thinking about it early this year.
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Aug 28, 2013 14:16
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This isn't your typical sad expat Thanksgiving. This is the real deal bros. Everyone get in on this.
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Aug 28, 2013 14:29
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Im in and i hope caberham can make it as well.
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Aug 28, 2013 14:51
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EasternBronze posted:Im in and i hope caberham can make it as well. What's your Kakao ID and is it searchable? Add it to the doc in the OP!
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Aug 28, 2013 15:01
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Jerks I'll be in UK.
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Aug 28, 2013 15:03
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drat it, that will be my rugby team's Movember shave off
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Aug 28, 2013 15:47
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I put my name on the list but it is going to be difficult to make time that weekend edit: I love the Dokdo poster
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Aug 28, 2013 16:32
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Grand Fromage and I will be cooking. We are each first among equals (I need help/don't want to do it sorta solo again this year). After my self made menu + requests last year I am simplifying the menu. None of my fancy pants bird seed from south of the Mason Dixon. I will try to accommodate requests. Your request will receive greater attention if multiple people make it or it's fun to make. Because of oven space I probably won't make flan, but I could do panna cotta. Is there a good way of making a sort of poll of what people want? No more soup, you jerks didn't appreciate it last year. I'll be doing at least one turkey as a dry brine sort of Peking duck style. Probably one smoked/grilled. I am a fan of vegetables, I feel strongly about this, you will like them or I'll send goon mom after you and he will be drunk. If you have a specific family recipe that sounds interesting, feel free to submit that, I'll look at everything. Caveat: I will be doing almost everything from scratch, so just accept that your canned chicken 'stock' or bouillion cubes will be made from roasted chicken bones and chicken feet. Trust me it's better for you and me. Does anyone have pictures, I remember food just kind of going into the lions den and seeing pieces later. Grand Fromage posted:Yes, constantly. Though I've never had anything like the China thread story of the white guy speaking perfect Mandarin to someone who just kept saying "I don't speak English" in reply, and some other Chinese dude saying "He's speaking Chinese, idiot". If I remember right, I was out with MomonariKun and he had a similar situation arguing over some potatoes. Guy just didn't process that he was asking about seasoning and whether it had flour or anything like that and just kept saying 'gamja GAMJA!'
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Aug 28, 2013 17:39
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DontAskKant posted:Because of oven space I probably won't make flan, but I could do panna cotta.
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Aug 28, 2013 18:03
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If November 29th was not a mandatory "YOU WILL BE AT WORK" day, I'd consider buying tickets for this event. Koreagoons are the best goons.
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Aug 28, 2013 18:09
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ReindeerF posted:What kind of communist Thanksgiving are you people having here? Good lord! Last year i made polenta/grits/birdseed and was going to make gnocchi until people got confused and scared.
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Aug 28, 2013 18:31
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I would make cha siu and siew yuk but I don't know how I'd get it there, since it has to be started days in advance.
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Aug 28, 2013 18:33
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Spend time with goons in real life? Ha! Yeah, that's real likely  (don't be me)
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Aug 28, 2013 18:50
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DontAskKant posted:Last year i made polenta/grits/birdseed and was going to make gnocchi until people got confused and scared.
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Aug 28, 2013 19:09
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Jeoh posted:If November 29th was not a mandatory "YOU WILL BE AT WORK" day, I'd consider buying tickets for this event. Koreagoons are the best goons. But Eat Day is the 30th! 29th is just pregame.
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Aug 28, 2013 22:10
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DontAskKant posted:No more soup, you jerks didn't appreciate it last year. Christmas is ruined.
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Aug 29, 2013 00:28
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DontAskKant posted:Grand Fromage and I will be cooking. We are each first among equals (I need help/don't want to do it sorta solo again this year). After my self made menu + requests last year I am simplifying the menu. None of my fancy pants bird seed from south of the Mason Dixon. I will try to accommodate requests. I request grits. But I am a superstitious man. Should some unlucky act befall the grits, should they hang themselves in their jail cell, should they get shot in the head by a police officer or if they get struck by a bolt of lighting then I am going to blame some of the people in this chat-room, and that I do not forgive. Eifert Posting fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Aug 29, 2013 00:37
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Aug 29, 2013 01:23
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Did you guys know that America doesn't have four seasons, only Korea does.
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Aug 29, 2013 01:30
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Except that Korea completely forgot to have spring this year.
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SqueakyDuck posted:Will there be military special tequila?! The exact same bottle from last year  Nah, just kidding, I poured that poo poo down the sink when I was leaving the old house to sterilize the pipes. But more can always be acquired.
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DontAskKant posted:Did you guys know that America doesn't have four seasons, only Korea does. I'm from Texas, so its true for me. I kinda miss the cycle of Winter and MegaSummer.
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Aug 29, 2013 03:54
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If caberham is actually coming I call dibs on sleeping with him because we have some unfinished business.
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A fairy tale story, with many happy endings.
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dantheman650 posted:I'm all moved in here in Gwangju! My apartment rocks, my co-teachers are wonderful and my school is lovely. I'm crazy far away from downtown but a motorcycle will solve that problem. Thanks everyone for the help over the last six months that got me here! Holy crap a Gwangju goon. I went back to America but here are things you must do. -Hike Mudeungsan all the goddamn time -Go to the 6k vegetarian buffet in that barn at the foot of Mudeungsan -Go to the makkeoli/jjeon place at the chosun back gate. It's underground, near the board game cafe -Acceptable foreigner bars: German Bar 2, the underground one with the huge record library, First Alleyway, uh, maybe Tequilaz -Go to a Kia Tigers game -Don't get involved with the weird groups who gossip all the loving time -Go to the BBQ place around the corner from Tequilaz -Go to the nice restaurant run by the German guy and his Korean wife (The Kunsthalle) -Go to the Bamboo Forest in Tamyang and get food nearby -Look out for the Coffee Girls, who ride behind shady-looking men on motorbikes and deliver 100k cups of coffee to men. All else that occurs is consensual. -Don't break my heart and tell me that you're in the Gwangju near Seoul Edit: -Ride a bike on the river path big boi fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Goonsgiving is worth flying to visit! I propose that everyone chips in 5000 won as a cleaning fee. I will probably compromise with the China goons and do Canadian thanks giving with them  If my schedule is ok, I will definitely hop on an airplane  THE LUMMOX posted:If caberham is actually coming I call dibs on sleeping with him because we have some unfinished business.  It's a Saturday too, so I can fly in Friday night and leave on Sunday! This time guys, hire a helper to do the clean up work. Don't have Kant and Lummox be stuck in the kitchen doing dishes while everyone just goes out to the bars. caberham fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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