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dr wu23 
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 Topic: Four Ways: Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai?
Posted: July 10 2013 at 21:59 |
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I'm a huge fan of thai especially pad thai chicken
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Posted: July 10 2013 at 17:31 |
JAPANESE!!! ALL THE WAY MAN!
Eating big globs of wasabi on its own for dares does this though...
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 23:43 |
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Thai for me. Chicken satay and yellow curry with fried banana and coconut ice cream for afters...mmm!
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 23:33 |
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All of them.
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 22:45 |
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I struggle with Sushi in USA. They love to throw in the " mock" crab all the time which is synthetic in taste. I need to find the right susi provider :-). Love sashimi too!
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 22:13 |
I was lucky enough to have a Vietnamese friend growing up, as well as an
Indian one. I've never tasted food in a restaurant that was quite as
special as the homemade dishes my friend's Moms and Aunts cooked up in
their respective homes. I was pretty spoiled from a young age eating
real Vietnamese. It was also great learning about their cultures, though both boys were very eager to ditch their home ways, much more interested in Americanizing.....I liked hanging out at their house, they wanted to go to my house or fast food places 
Edited by Finnforest - July 03 2013 at 22:14
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jude111
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 21:42 |
Thai food for me, with Vietnamese in second. Strangely enough, even though I've been to Vietnam twice, the best Vietnamese restaurant I've ever been to was in China (where I lived for 5 years; plus my wife is Chinese, so I still eat Chinese food on a nearly daily basis :-). On the other hand, Thai food in Thailand beats the Thai food one gets in the US; there's so much more variety, and everything is very fresh. I like Korean food, although it can't hold a candle to those two. Japanese food is excellent, but I don't have nearly enough experience with it as I do with the other 3. (Korean restaurants are very popular in China.)
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 18:38 |
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Definitely Vietnamese of the 3 I've had, but I've not tried Korean I don't think...
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zappaholic
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Posted: July 03 2013 at 18:32 |
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Just wanted to mention that I went to Atlanta a month or two ago (business trip - Siebel Tools class), and introduced my coworker and fellow traveler to the wonders of Viet food, at Com Dunwoody. He was suitably impressed.
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Textbook
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 21:30 |
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Recently went to a Brazilian restaurant for the first time btw, awesome.
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 19:25 |
 zappaholic wrote:
Textbook wrote:
Whenever I eat Korean food, I feel I could've made it myself which is not a compliment. It often seems to be just stuff in a bowl but with less craftsmanship than Chinese or Japanese. |
The Korean menu does seem rather soup-intensive, at least at the place I go to. I'm a bulgoki fan myself - puts fajitas to shame.
And I do enjoy the banchan (sides), including kimchi. (Figure this out - I don't like sauerkraut but I do like kimchi, despite the fact that they're both pickled cabbage. Maybe the spiciness makes the difference?)
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You're kidding, same thing here with me, I think it's the spiciness. Korean restaurants aren't all exclusively soup though. We actually have one where they have Mexican staff bring out real chunks of charcoal wood to the table grills.
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 19:14 |
Textbook wrote:
Whenever I eat Korean food, I feel I could've made it myself which is not a compliment. It often seems to be just stuff in a bowl but with less craftsmanship than Chinese or Japanese. |
The Korean menu does seem rather soup-intensive, at least at the place I go to. I'm a bulgoki fan myself - puts fajitas to shame. And I do enjoy the banchan (sides), including kimchi. (Figure this out - I don't like sauerkraut but I do like kimchi, despite the fact that they're both pickled cabbage. Maybe the spiciness makes the difference?)
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Textbook
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 18:31 |
South Korean cuisine = stuff in a bowl. North Korean cuisine = bowl.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 18:25 |
Are you sure you aren't having North Korean instead of South Korean?  Well, I can't see having a boiling bowl of tofu soup on a plate.
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Textbook
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 17:52 |
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Whenever I eat Korean food, I feel I could've made it myself which is not a compliment. It often seems to be just stuff in a bowl but with less craftsmanship than Chinese or Japanese.
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 16:07 |
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I like them all, though Japanese would usually get my vote. But there are too few votes for Korean, so my vote goes there. I love bulgogi and kim-chi.
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Textbook
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 06:33 |
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I've always thought Korean food kind of sucks, seems I'm not alone. Thai for me.
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Posted: May 28 2012 at 15:11 |
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Funny that almost all of these "cuisines" are derivatives of another cuisine.
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Posted: May 28 2012 at 09:47 |
zappaholic wrote:
If we can revive the Mexican vs. Italian poll, we can dredge this one up too.
I understand that Thai places are starting to "water down" their cuisine to suit the undeveloped tastebuds of the average American - making everything sweeter and what not. It looks like Thai in America is going to end up as a slightly more exotic version of Chinese.
And that cheeses me off.
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Yeah, we have the same problem, most Thai restaurants around here serve "americanized" dishes.
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Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:30 |
I'm actually half Thai on my mother's side so I've been having Thai food regularly all my life. I don't have it as much anymore since my mom has kind of lost her Thai touch from living in Canada for many years. I love it though, especially stir fry. 
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