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monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013
Any other lovers of soondubu jigae (aka soft tofu soup)? A Korean friend at work introduced me too it - I worked my way up to 5 star authentic. I'm disappointed if I order it and it doesn't make me sweat (which is sadly all too often.)

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monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013
Tonight I steer away from the usual and order haejangguk, which translates to "hangover soup" - this had blood sausage and beef brisket (along with lots of bean sprouts and some greens), in a really tasty broth. Of course I had some Hite to go with it. Good stuff.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013
That sounds like soondubu to me. The seafood one is really good, I usually get it with pork and kimchi.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013

orphean posted:

I have a Korean colleague at work and went to lunch with him yesterday at a local Korean joint in town. I was pretty boring and just got the kalbi (which was delicious). We got about eight hundred plates along with our order with side dishes on them ranging from boiled potatos, to little salads, to some sort of vegetable mix that was like hyper garlic flavored, etc. All good stuff.

There was also this little plate of what looked like flat rectangular pieces of white uncooked pasta or something. My friend said this was pressed fish and is super common. Have you guys had this stuff? What is it exactly? I actually quite liked it a bunch and wanted to see how I could go about getting some.

I've seen it frozen at the local H-Mart, though they also have it 'fresh' (and with those hot peppers that are soooo good.)

At the very least try bibimbap, that's one of the more 'accessible' dishes in Korean cuisine; even my mom likes it.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013
Maybe bindaetteok? There are yellow mung beans.

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