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A mom and pop kimbap shop near my apartment converted to a Mom's Touch recently. Not replaced, converted. It's still the same ajumma and ajoshi working there, the interior is the same except with Mom's Touch themed wallpaper. The ajoshi sloooowly works the register with a great deal of confusion, then the ajumma takes like 40min to make the sandwich. They don't have fountain drinks so they just give you a mini can of pepsi. I went there once. It's faster to walk ten minutes more to the normal location the next neighborhood over. There's always people eating at the mom and pop one though, so I guess they're doing alright. Bugblatter fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Jul 29, 2016 |
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All of you Europeans who love mayonnaise so much digust me.
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Love Stole the Day posted:All of you Europeans who love mayonnaise so much digust me. Delete your account
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Jul 29, 2016 16:33
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Love Stole the Day posted:All of you Europeans who love mayonnaise so much digust me. Sounds like you need to listen to your Mom. She loves mayonnaise.
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Jul 31, 2016 16:51
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Maxsmart posted:Sounds like you need to listen to your Mom. She loves mayonnaise.
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Jul 31, 2016 23:40
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Semen!
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Aug 1, 2016 00:31
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Semen Gongwon!
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Aug 1, 2016 01:38
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Hans Deli seems like an upjumped Kimbap Sarang. It's not really something you compare to Mom's Touch, a fast food restaurant that specializes in chicken burgers. And regarding mayonnaise, we discussed this in chat. It's definitely a low-tier condiment. High Tier: Mustard BBQ sauce Sriracha sauce Mid Tier: Brown Mustard Subway Southwest sauce Miracle Whip Low Tier: Mayonnaise Ranch Dressing Ketchup Tartar Sauce
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Aug 1, 2016 01:47
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Do any of you have renters' insurance here? If so, did you get it a policy from your home country that provides coverage abroad or were you able to find something here? I've only found one company that seems to offer coverage to expats here and their quotes are much higher (~55,000/month) than I'm used to back home.
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Aug 1, 2016 05:01
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I have renters insurance at like 16 a month from USAA in the US. Though I haven't used it because jewelry is really hard to claim in a robbery. Also mayonnaise below miracle whip. You guys are monsters.
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Aug 2, 2016 03:52
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DontAskKant posted:I have renters insurance at like 16 a month from USAA in the US. Though I haven't used it because jewelry is really hard to claim in a robbery. Current K-Goons are apparently beyond inhuman.
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Aug 2, 2016 04:01
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What, no love for artisan aioli?
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I've just moved to Changwon a week ago, and have a couple questions for more Korexperienced goons; 1) Is it possible to find a reasonably priced weightlifting gym? What are some keywords I can search on Daum Maps or the like? 2) How can I find normal (non-Western) restaurants easily? I live on Jungang-dong, in what amounts to Changwon's foreigner area, but after a week I'm sick of paying ~10k won for food at places with English on their menus. I read hangul slowly but have almost no Korean vocabulary.
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Aug 2, 2016 13:16
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Mameluke posted:I've just moved to Changwon a week ago, and have a couple questions for more Korexperienced goons; I have a korean friend in changwon, let me ask her EDIT: just go to kimbap cheonguk 김밥 천국(kimbap heaven) it's everywhere. The jae yook dop bab (spicy pork and rice) was a favorite of mine. Don't eat the side dishes there, tho. EDIT 2: or even hansot, that's a cheap chain too ladron fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Aug 2, 2016 13:19
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ladron posted:I have a korean friend in changwon, let me ask her hansot is fast food quality, kimbapcheonguk is slightly higher than fast food quality (I love bongu bapburger). They are safe go-to's so you don't have to resort to McDonalds the whole time you're here. I would say English on the menu is a marker for 8k+ food, if you want to go cheaper than that you want to find a local mom-and-pop(mostly mom) ie non-chain brand restaurant. If they care at all about making money then they won't mind taking a minute making a few recommendations for you. Whatever you do though don't be like those 4 foreigner guys that camped out Brooklyn burger the other day I was there. They were already done eating when I sat down and were still chilling when I got up to leave, with 3+ teams waiting to grab a seat. ps. the word for gym is 헬스 (health), check out several because quality varies widely and some may try ripping you off
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nervana posted:
ALSO don't ever pay for more than a month to month membership because they can just close the doors and disappear, which happened to me personally with three different gyms EDIT: friend wrote back. Says Bombay is a nice Indian restaurant, good korean places near the International hotel not many gums where you are, sangnamdong or yonghondong is where you want to look, also sangnamdong if you like gukbap ladron fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Aug 2, 2016 15:18
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Best cheap Korean food is around Changwon university. e. Or pretty much most of Masan Unfortunately, you're in the expensive part of town. People there rave about El Loco, but I find it horribly average
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ladron posted:month to month membership I know this is A Thing but I don't think this is good advice because 1) you are paying a lot more going month to month 2) I haven't actually had this happen to anybody I know personally I guess the key point is to just be careful and don't hand them your money without looking around first, maybe ask a friend to vouch for a place.
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nervana posted:I know this is A Thing but I don't think this is good advice because 1) you are paying a lot more going month to month 2) I haven't actually had this happen to anybody I know personally I'm not calling you a liar or trying to get into a thing, but California Fitness was a well known chain that just took all the money and poof one night. They were selling lifetime memberships (at something pricey but reasonable like 3 million) up until the very end. People were loving pissed and banging on the doors of the myongdong branch with like pipes and poo poo. I was like "guess the gym's not open today" and walked right past them, went home, and found out wtf. That was the SECOND gym that closed on me. edit: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/04/113_22543.html ladron fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Aug 2, 2016 16:12
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ah, gimbap cheonguk, where gimbap goes when it dies They've done multiple news segments on KBS and so on, but: I joined a gym 4-5 times during my 6 year stay in Korea. Of those, all but one or two closed on me in the middle of the membership that I paid for up front. They apparently have a habit of doing that in Korea. So, I dunno, don't pay much up front or find one that's been open for more than 2 years? LOTS of them open and then quickly close. They're quite expensive, too. edit: I see someone else mentioned this
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ladron posted:The jae yook dop bab (spicy pork and rice) was a favorite of mine. That's always my go-to if I can't decide on what to eat when I go there.
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Aug 2, 2016 20:36
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superm0nk posted:Do any of you have renters' insurance here? If so, did you get it a policy from your home country that provides coverage abroad or were you able to find something here? I have have Samsung for both my renters' and cycling insurance. The renters' comes out to 30,000 a month.
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ladron posted:I'm not calling you a liar or trying to get into a thing, but California Fitness was a well known chain that just took all the money and poof one night. They were selling lifetime memberships (at something pricey but reasonable like 3 million) up until the very end. Ok but that was the second one that happened 8 years ago. It's more expensive to go month by month so I would say caveat emptor
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Am I cheating myself if I get the curry rice from kimbap cheonguk? What about Jajjang deubbap?
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Arctic Baldwin posted:Ok but that was the second one that happened 8 years ago. It's more expensive to go month by month so I would say caveat emptor after the 3rd (a few months later), I just used the gym at my uni. It was there I learned that without someone working there, the weights don't get re-racked because every Korean thinks his mom is going to do it.
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Wanna meet that dead lifting mom.
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nullscan posted:Wanna meet that dead lifting mom. dude, she's jacked
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Aug 5, 2016 01:43
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I move we go back to calling Jeju 탐라. Much nicer name.
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Aug 6, 2016 09:02
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Just call it Macau 2.
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Whizbang posted:Just call it Macau 2. What do we call the new casino for Koreans in Jeollado?
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I am potentially going to be in Seoul for 2-3 days. I am doing this as kind of a last minute thing to escape China and know little of Korea or Seoul. I have done some quick wikitravel research on sites and stuff, but does anyone have any suggestions for a first time visitor, especially when it comes to food/drink?
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Cheesemaster200 posted:I am potentially going to be in Seoul for 2-3 days. I am doing this as kind of a last minute thing to escape China and know little of Korea or Seoul. I have done some quick wikitravel research on sites and stuff, but does anyone have any suggestions for a first time visitor, especially when it comes to food/drink? Eat bbq, drink makgeolli. Myeongdong kalguksu is famous for a reason, go there and get noodles. Go to Seoul Pub at 3 AM.
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Grand Fromage posted:Eat bbq, drink makgeolli. Myeongdong kalguksu is famous for a reason, go there and get noodles. Go to Seoul Pub at 3 AM. pretty much this. I'd say there's probably no reason to go South of the river, so get a place up North. If you tell us what you're interested in we may be able to make suggestions. Install kakaotalk and join chat.
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Grand Fromage posted:Go to Seoul Pub at 3 AM. do this twice. once drunk to be part of it, once sober to observe it like a safari.
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Aug 7, 2016 05:52
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Don't forget Ashley's.
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It's a good thing I didn't go to Maxsmart's Goonsgiving dinner because he obviously went overboard on the salt.
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Aug 7, 2016 13:26
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Recommending Ashley's will never not be funny.
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Random guy going to seoul - ashley's is a chain that has Sizzler-level buffets and all you can drink poo poo wine with your meal for just a few dollars more
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He's on vacation, treat yourself and go to Ashley Queens.
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Hey Korea do you guys have a cafe robouchon yet?
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