So I guess I'm doing requests now? Sort of? Let's end sentences with question marks?

So a fan was wondering what the eats are like.

Generally I eat lunch, during the week, at work where people volunteer to cook lunch for the staff.  So has ranged from a Texas Chainsaw Massacred Denver Omelet (a.k.a. scrambled eggs with stuff in it) and fried potatoes (I promise nobody died when I cooked) to Kimchi Jjigae (김치찌개, a kimchi soup) to Burritos.  It was actually pretty amusing to see Koreans make Burritos... one of my roommates just balled it all up, and told us not to look when people noticed.

In the Gangnam area, where I work, there's a decent amount of food that fits a Western palate.  Like... Popeye's Chicken, Subway, Starbucks, McDonald's, Burger Hunter, Taco Rico, Dublin (a pub/restaurant) and some others.  Korean food, while it has a deserved reputation for spice, has a pretty solid array of foods that lack it.  Donkass (똔깟?) is fried pork, Bossam (보쌈) is steamed pork, and Samgyubsal (삼겹살) is grilled pork.  Donkass is actually Japanese but seems to have endeared itself in Korea.  And yes Koreans do love pork.


Pork aside, there's a decent array of food and I don't imagine it would be terribly hard for someone to find stuff he or she likes here.  Though, it doesn't seem to take very long until you're a bit numb to spice.  I had something with Tabasco in the sauce... it was tangy.  I guess it could be that there just wasn't much in it.


Street food is kinda interesting.  Go to 3:45.





The first item, which he mispronounces, can be romanized Tteokbokki (떡볶이) was voted the most popular street food by expats in a recent-ish survey.  Sundae (순대) isn't too bad... but it's still blood sausage.  I had a somewhat humorous encounter in a class with Sundae.  Myself and another teacher were playing a take on Pictionary and one of the words, Sundae as in ice cream, was misinterpreted as blood sausage.

A street food staple not found in the video is Odeng (오뎅), it's... kinda like Spam but fish instead of ham.  I can't say it's my favorite food but it's not terrible.  I don't think I need to discuss Bundaegi anymore.


For someone in search of something pretty benign there's always Kimbap (김밥).  Think California Rolls with some fish (cooked) or some other meat.  It comes in a pretty wide range so yeah.  There's also the standard fare that people are usually aware of, Bibimbap (비빔밥), and Bulgogi (불고기).  I'm kinda tired of listing foods already.

So...

For the picky ex-roommate there's a bit of news I know you'd appreciate... pretty much every restaurant will either place a jug of filtered water on your table or have some self-service filtered water.