Foreign Food in Korea...Koreanized!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- We love Korean food, but sometimes we crave something different, and we find that foreign food here is often Koreanized. What's that mean? We'll tell you how the food you might be craving here will taste very different than what you're expecting in this week's TL;DR!
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Growing up in America, I've realised that what people think is Mexican food is not Mexican at all!! I remember once a girl in school told me she loved Mexican food so I asked her what her favourite was. I was expecting something like enchiladas or chiles rellenos but she said Taco Bell and was completely serious :| wtf man. No.
Lol the perks of growing up inner city is we usually have tons of authentic foreign foods. well at least in DC and NY.
witchoftime You have to go back.
No way in hell would any person I know call that legit Mexican food. That's just fast-food with Mexican-INSPIRED flavors. Nothing more.
Lol, same here. I'm Italian, and people keeps mentioning things that don't exist in Italy...like what the hell is "garlic bread"?
@Butt McAss I don't even know what it is, but it seems like everything that contains garlic is Italian food for many people in the States. I've tried explaining that Italian food isn't like that, but there was little to no progress. Apparently yes, garlic bread is Italian and I've never eaten it in Italy because I live in the wrong side of Italy 🤦♀️
I have had frozen sashimi just once... and it was because it froze in our refrigerator. Every bite was confusing and tasted like disappointment.
Also, I literally recorded a video less than 12 hours ago talking about live streams being blocked in Germany. It's almost like there's a secret evil TH-cam elf somewhere who gets in my mind and figures out what I'm going to talk about and then makes it appear on TH-cam right before I upload my video. WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN
-Rachel
OMG! Rachel and Jun in Simon and Martina's channel?!
Whaaaat Rachel and Jun?!?! Wow my two most viewed channels *_* So excite!
my aunt who is mexican(married a japanese man) lives in Japan and owns a mexican restaurant and she always says to my mother over the phone how hard it is to find some good high quality ingredients for proper mexican food. and she also said the same thing about avocados, and how difficult it is to get them. although, my grandma who lives in mexico always sends her ingredients so sometimes she only goes out to a get few ingredients because literally my grandma hooks her up with everything.
One time my friends and I got "tacos" in Hongdae and ended up getting gochujang instead of salsa and curried meat instead of taco meat. My friend's sausage breakfast burrito just had a hot dog in it.
I guess we should've been more wary of a "Mexican" restaurant with a picture of the Eiffel Tower inside...
Foreign Food in Korea - what up wit dat, yo?
Try to learn grammar yo!
Haha luv dat grammar, yo!
Ikr no??!! *say it like yo*
The Sushi rolls in Australia also have mustard on them and I'm like WTF- Sushi isn't supposed to have mustard on it!!
I used to have western food in my country and I loved them more than my country food. But now i live in US so i eat a lot of western food. And it tastes like sadness. Like wheres all the spices at. You'd think a country that fought for spices so much would put some in their food. And i love spicy food. Here they would advertise like "wow super,mega,extreme, dothraki men warrior spicy chicken" but to me and my friends it tastes like regular chicken. Western countries need to step up their spice game.
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I would totally make u guys mexican food if i lived in korea
at 1:59 the caption said korean hoe not korean hweh, awkward......
Japanese food tends to be more subtle and simpler on the palette. Korean food is more aggressive with their sauces and seasonings.
Erika Suzuki I appreciate both cuisines. Korean food does tend to have more spices. Are you from Japan? I'm not a huge expert on what both countries have to offer. I do love Korean barbecue and Japchae. I also love sushi and ramen. I'd love to try Takoyaki some day. I'm half Chinese so I'm most familiar with Chinese food.
Erika Suzuki You dont even know a cuisine and have the guts to mock it? Just goes to show how short minded you are
I live in Japan and can say Japanese food tends to be more subtle than Korean. It's a lot lighter and isn't heavy on sauces or spice. Also, in the town I live, there are several pizza, Italian, American, Thai, & Chinese restaurants - even a French bakery. Everything has been excellent and overall authentic tasting. Haven't found a Mexican restaurant yet, though.
Erika Suzuki I'm rarely in Tokyo, unfortunately. It seems a little queer that there are so many other types of restaurants, but so few Mexican. I'll have to keep looking. Sometimes you just crave a good enchilada or taco.
Erika Suzuki That doesnt really mean anything, at best you would have only have skimmed the surface of a nations cuisine. Im sure you would have felt the same if someone said 'Japanese food is boring, get much more variety and flavor in my country's food' and says 'I went on a food trip so I know well about Japanese cuisine'
As a Mexican myself I would like to let you guys know that sour cream is white people topping XD XD XD We have crema. It's creamier and thicker than sour cream. Sour cream is watered down.
I am British and I have never ever been given random corn on my pizza. I was shocked to hear this from EYK. Yes I'm not even eggagerating. Shocked. Literally shocked. This is one of the strangest things I've ever heard about my own country.
Really? That's fascinating! I've seen a bunch of comments here in the comment section from people saying they get corn on their pizza in England!
Eat Your Kimchi As the person before, I was shocked. I've NEVER seen corn on pizza, I can't even think of one that has corn on it!
Eat Your Kimchi Ahh, so basically I was so perplexed by this... I'm gonna say it, accusation, that I went to dominos pizza for some... research. There is sweetcorn on 3 out of 17 pizzas on the menu. One is tuna and sweetcorn, which is quite a common combination here, not sure bout you guys. Then the vegetarian supreme, then the slightly weirder chicken and sweetcorn. Of course, this was on a purely scientific basis and I didn't enjoy a minute of my research. But now I've given it more thought, I kinda agree. If I saw someone eating pizza with corn on it, I wouldn't bat an eyelid, and I actually love corn on pizza. But If I asked for a margherita or Hawaiian and it came with sweetcorn, I would be rather nonplussed. So I think having corn on pizza is kinda normal here, but it would be wrong to say that it pervades the British pizza market as I may have mistakenly thought you were implying. Sorry for sort of gushing, it's just that this was bugging me so much!
I second this, it's unusual to have corn on pizza in the UK as a rule. You get the occasional cheap supermarket frozen pizza (generally veggie pizzas) that use it because they clearly can't think of anything more inventive to put on, but other than that, you don't come across it that much.
Same here! I've not seen it on any, unless it's vegetarian or with chicken.
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All of those things are chemicals.
+The Walrus not really
It's all chemicals. Life is a chemical process.
In Sweden we have kebab-pizza. It has kebab meat, salad, chili fruits and garlic sauce on it. People say the Swedish pizzerias made it up (they are often run by immigrants from the middle east) and I haven't seen it outside of Scandinavia.
germankiwigal Ah, I thought it was Swedish because there is a pizzeria here that is famous for being the first to serve it.
germankiwigal Very possible.
what about pizza salad? Is that a local thing too?
Shiroari Nah, it's probably just a consequence of pizzerias here serving both pizzas and kebab. Of coarse they will try putting kebab on pizza if they make both in the same kitchen.
mimimurlough Yeah, I think Pizza salad is another swedish thing... Man I thought our food was authentic because of all the immigration, but guess not hahah XD
Simon and Martina love CoCo curry a lot right? so... does that mean they're in love with the CoCo?
OMG PLS COME BACK TO SINGAPORE!!! I'LL GIVE Y'ALL ALL THE CURRY YOU WANT! By the way I like this week's video. Thanks for the info guys! Eat Your Kimchi
I will take you up on your offer. I would like curry everyday forever, plz :D
Eat Your Kimchi I will be glad to take y'all around Singapore for some curry! Singapore is like a food paradise. If you guys actually come back here, maybe you can try out more dishes of different cultures! Thanks for commenting! :D
+Simon and Martina "curry everyday forever" ... haha
In Brazil, the most popular sushi flavor is fish mixed with cream cheese. Tuna, salmon, white fish, shrimp, Kani. Doesn't matter as long it has cream cheese.
I had Korean food once in restaurante owned by to elderly Korean. They didn't allowed us to drink alcohol because we were "two little girls" ( me and my friend were around 30). Pretty delicious food.
When I lived in Brazil the thing I missed the most was fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and iced tea. It just doesn't exist there!
Growing up in the SF Bay Area, all of the food is pretty authentic and there is a large variety of cultural food to eat
Right? And now I'm completely spoiled Haha. When I'm in certain other regions of the country and I order ethnic cuisine, I'm like "No... this isn't right." xD
True dat!! We are so lucky to live in SF Bay Area.
We are! :D
Born and raised here in New Zealand. We're one of the most multi-cultural countries in the world (between 150-200 different ethnicities that live here). I'm not really sure if the food here is completely accurate haha but the Korean, Indian, Chinese food and pizza and etc are hella delicious~
New ZEALAND represent! lol
im korean living in NZ, and personally i never find Korean food spicy enough, even though I'm quite bad at spiciness than other Koreans.
SOMEONE I guess it also depends where you live in New Zealand? I personally find that some places in the city in Auckland are really nice! Specifically: Bansang on High Street :)
San Soo Gab Sun on Queen Street (Midtown) is okay but not as great as Bansang :D
yaaay, come to germany! thumbs up, fellow germans! we need you here :)
the Mcdonalds in Philippines sells meals with rice. breakfast meals even have corned beef and a sausage called longanisa. they even have filipino spaghetti, which is generally a bit sweeter (and in my biased opinion the best spaghetti out there) than italian spaghetti. but its weird cause i find filipino restaurants here in california awful, while a friend of mine find them the best thing in the world. i guess its just differences in how we grew up.
"There's corn." That voice made me lol heartily.
As an Australian in the US, Outback Steakhouse was a bit of a surprise.
+wwaxwork When I first arrived in Korea, my roomates and the program coordinator for my study picked me up at the airport and told me they would take me for a special meal. I was excited to taste "real" Korean food for the first time! They took me to Outback Steakhouse.
wwaxwork What is "australian food" though? Besides fairy bread
A video from Simon and Martina ! Right when I woke up!!!!
Good morning!
Eat Your Kimchi
Have a good night!
Foreign food is rather accurate in Malaysia, at least the Chinese, Indian and Malay food are spot on. *Cough Better than Singapore too *cough. I might get hate here. Haha!
On a side note, I'm pretty sure our Pizza here will never be great.
This brings back some great memories watching this at a Korean cafe in 2014 near Yonge and finch Toronto. Man nobody has been able to do what you guys did in Korea...seriously miss your shows. Hope to see you guys back at it again when this pandemic is done in one way or another. God bless
interestingly, in america, we have a lot of sour cream, mustard, LOTS of mayonnaise, etc etc on sushis. LOTS of avocado as well
Idk where in America you're getting your sushi but dear God I feel sorry for you. I NEVER get mayonnaise or any sauce besides soy sauce on my sushi.
I'm American, and I lived in Scotland for a while, and their Mexican food was just shamefully bad. The Chinese food was also very different from what I'm used to. It was basically meat, gravy, and rice. Terrible. Their pizza was tasty, but it didn't have the same herbs and spices I'm used to.
On the other hand, the Indian food there was abso-flippin-lutely amazing. Oh, my gosh, I miss it so much.
I'm Mexican and........... I noticed that certain Mexican food resembles that Asian palette. More the Chinese than the Korean though. Especially in spices and stuff.
You can still do lots of stuff without cilantro and avocados and sour cream though. Those fall under the stereotypes of mexican food but the variety is broader.
And we do eat a lot of rice though........................
yeah Mexico! hahha but it's fried rice, not steamed rice(??) tacos need cliantro! and I hate guacamole so I don't care about not having avocados in Korea(??)
I don't eat fried rice so I don¿t know what you are talking about lol. Avocados are awesome.
I mean, the korean, chinese, thai, japanese rice is like in water, steamed(?) and, well, in my family we fry de rice, and then add the tomato sauce and stuffXD that's what I meant XD
Ahhh Yeah I sometimes eat that but in my house it's usually more white rice with vegetables :))))
I I actually always thought Mexican food was similar to Indian food more than anything with the use of tortillas and salsas. Plus the spiciness (I think) is a little more not fatty, but not as acidic as Asian spice but idk I was raised eating Asians foods and the other foods occasionally so idk
OMG you guys pronounced palak paneer, matar paneer and dal fry so well!!!!!! Much love from this desi in the US
The editing is always ON POINT.
Where I come from in Germany, there is like no restaurant.. I'm just from this really small town in Bremen. However, since I moved to California, this is basically food heaven, there is EVERYTHING here, Mexican (of course), good Korean food, Japanese, Indian etc. I noticed, though, that "German" food here is pretty bad, lol.
And in Germany, you often find pizza with corn on it, too, it's quite common and I think it tastes really good (in combination with broccoli, for example).
Outside Korea Food: Pizza Hut Philippines got a good variety of stuffed crusts, not just cheese varieties it got a burger and sausage (pull out) ear crust, hope you visit the Philippines just so you can experience the nice beaches and food :D
There is Pizza Hut in Korea as well but the people in the video are more talking about the smaller individual owned pizza places
oh cool :D
i should go to korea and open a Mexican restaurant!
Korean food in Australia seems very legit cos so many Koreans live here!
in Singapore you can get legit foreign food and also singaporeanized foreign food...
what i mean by legit foreign food, is like korean food made by actual koreans.
at the same time i can get singaporeanized korean food( just like u guys saw at lau pa sat the last time you guys were here).
one of the things i love about my country, its literally a food paradise.. u can never go hungry...u are actually spoiled for choices :):)
btw come back ANYTIME :):)
note: there is no corn in singaporean pizza ;)
Yes singapore has so much good food , i feel so lucky ~~~
I live in South Korea, and I am Russian. To be honest Russian(or let's say USSR, because it's also include Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan e.t.c) food is pretty accurate if you will visit Russian restaurant, since most of the chief's is ex-USSR people.
прочитал как "in Soviet Korea"
I'm from Mexico but I grew up in the USA. Mexican food here is so hit and miss. Even in the southwestern states that are very close to Mexico are not always that authentic because of tex-mex food. My sister is going to Seoul for a year starting in August and I'm teaching her how to cook because I thought she would have no way of finding it, lol.
As a Korean living in Paris, I have a LOT to say about koreanized French foods.
Firstly, the 'french' breads in Paris Baguette or Tous Les Jours are definately not French. Koreans put more milk in bread manufacturing which creates softer bread, while you can taste more crunchiness in French counterpart, even in cakes (btw, French baguettes and croissants rule).
Crepes are more colorfully decorated in Korea compared to French ones. I mean, the last thing you would expect to find in Parisian crepes is big scoops of ice creams with thick layers of sausage pieces over a thick pretty layer of cream altogether. Street crepes in Paris usually have a single simple layer of something (sugar, jam or nutella) and restaurant versions have several thin layers of stuff (depends on the menu) folded&wrapped inside.
As for pho, that was my favorite 'foreign' food before going to Paris (I know it's a Vietnamese food). But when I came back to Korea for vacation and ate the same favorite pho menu at my ex-favorite pho restaurant, I was surprised at how bland the soup is and how 'fake' the noodles taste like, and that is one of the most favored menus in the restaurant by other Koreans.
American treatment of foreign food is arguably the same. they've even opened up an "American restaurant" in China that serves American Chinese food. they've never seen that kind of food before. its surprisingly a big hit but probably because it's so different from what they're used to. American Chinese was created in the US for Americans. Italian is heavier in terms of the sauce and the pizza has way too much cheese and toppings compared to those in Italy. scones doesn't resemble European scones at all. its no where near as sugary
Theres a pretty good ramen place near yall in Hongdae called Butanchyu ramen, as for mexican food, the only one I can truly vouce for is Don Charly's if you manage to get there before its sold out
i live in NYC and you literally find every type of food here and you have your pick of whatever. best part, you will find a 24 hour food joint of your choosing
I actually felt the opposite about the garlic bread when i moved to Canada! xD After i moved out of Korea, i thought the bread was not sweet enough and was actually super salty.. but then i realized that Korean garlic bread was wrong..
Yes! Come back home!!! To Singapore!!!
I live in India, and I can say that this definitely happens in India too. There's like, ONE restaurant I know which has actual Italian food like what you'd expect, and all the other places seem to think that Italian cuisine doesn't involve salt. We don't have a single Mexican restaurant in my neighbourhood, and Chinese food is made with coconut oil in a majority of the restaurants. Oh, and all the cheese tastes like milk. Yay.
haha come back to Singapore! :D I think Singapore is pretty ok as we have so many races in Singapore and many foreigners as well so the food should be mostly ok, only slightly altered to suit Singaporeans' taste buds a little more but not weird additions to make it Singaporean instead. But well the variety of food from all over the world is everywhereee :D
i live in the netherlands and the foreign food is pretty legit. but this one time i went to a japanese restaurant and asked for ramen the waiter looked at me like i orderd a bowl of shit. they had never heard of it.
it's a hit or miss here in the netherlands... there are a very few authentic and cool restaurants. but then you have the tons of chinese and indonesian etc restaurants that are just heating or frying deep-frozen stuff and serve it as if they made it. i eat out quite a lot, but so far i've found like 2 good japanese and 1 good chinese restaurants. i've yet to find a good korean here, although there are more and more popping up, so i'm sure i've just yet to try the good one.
I think my main problem with living in Korea would not be able to get a good pizza xD
Japanese curry is like it's own special thing.. It's not even trying to be something different. It's like a delicious thick stew with rice *v*
Hi! Love your videos... My town in Kansas just got a Ramen shop and IT IS AMAZING! We have a college and the students keep it booming. It is a little 30 seat shop, and I too live for the soft yolked egg. It is glorious!
OOOO. Kansas. I live there. Which city? I've always wanted to try Ramen.
I am from India and I have always wondered what is Indian curry that foreigners often mention. There is no one specific dish you could call as Indian curry. Here in India also food from other country is "Indianized"...especially Chinese food. there will be nothing Chinese about it!
As a Brit, I hate corn off the cobb, it's got to be on it. I don't understand why anyone would want it on a pizza. It's equivalent to mushy peas in my head. *Shivers* >_
im the same way lol, i also prefer eating corn on the cob instead of just corn already plucked from the cob :S
I'm Mexican and I live in California and the Mexican food is really good since I eat it weekly because my mom usually cooks. The Chinese food here is Americanized I doubt that what we eat here is actually Chinese food. There is a buffet that has Asian food but I never actually tried actually Korean or Japanese food so I don't know if it similar favor to Asian food. Recently I actually meet up with some people from Brazil and they told me their food portions were smaller than Americans and that we eat a lot of sweet foods. They also gave us candy that looked weird but kinda of tasted like an almond joy. So that what I have experienced. And I just wanted to say I love your guys videos a lot. I have learned a lot about Korea through guys thank you!! fighting!!😊👊✌️
I'm British and I can gladly say I have never had corn on my pizza. :) really interesting thought now I know what too expect when I go to Korea.
When I lived in Japan I ate cocos curry house so much!
Could you guys take us through Korean Costco sometime? xD
6:56 XD "gimme that curry son" lmao I died 😂😂😂
I think it's an Asian thing. One time I went to Vietnam and order pizzas from two largest brands over there- Pizza Hut and Pizza Inn. And they actually have a variety of herbs pizzas and sweet potatoes pizzas (what?). And of course they came with pickles and bags of dried cheeses like Costco
I'm Mexican and I want to go to Korea, I guess I'm fucked if there's no Mexican food. :/
the only thing i can think of is greek feta cheese, in greece it is amazing and delicious and just heaven and in Australia it is just basically a block of salt that has liquid that makes it liquidity salt, also i guess where i am from in australia there is no in between in the amount of spice, it is either not spicy AT ALL or it is just a big old slap in the face with death and spiciness
The freshly pressed dried squid (Korean streetfood) blew our minds. My mom loved it. In the Philippines, dried seafood are usually salty and crispy.
SO true! I studied abroad in korea and i had crazy cravings for italian & mexican food!!
Foreign food Koreanized------ SOOOOOOOO AGREEEEEED! Another one is Vietnamese food in Korea…no basil in the Pho noodles, and sometimes they add PICKLED onions (instead of fresh ones) in them. There are so many Pho restaurants here, but I have stopped going. I am going to check out Ansan this weekend because I have heard that Vietnamese and Thai food are more authentic (more SE Asian population there). ANOTHER ONE: Chinese food here with black bean noodles. They are yummy, but very Koreanized. I can go on and on…...
Ughh...pickled onions on pho?? -_-
Ngoc-Tran Le EW!!! There's this Pho place (well I pronounce it "faux" place as they put in pickled onions, I think I even had one their that tasted like it had pickle juice and other weird things (i.e. pickled radish and cabbage)! This is a semi-upscale place run 100% (except maybe the dishwashers) are ALL Korean! Yet, they think adding ALL this nastiness makes it SOMEHOW pleasing to the "American" palate!?! WTF!?! O.O!!!
TheMechanicalGirl999 Ugh that just sounds gross. Pho isn't even my most favorite food (despite what some non-Viets think LOL).
I know you didn't mention jajangmyeon in this video, but I saw your new TLDR and thought I might comment. I have a friend who's Chinese-American and her family says that jajangmyeon is Chinese. I've also had Chinese jajangmyeon (very, very different from Korean jajangmyeon). So I guess it is Chinese food? Although it's definitely been Koreanized in Korea. Hope that helped :P
ooh yes Jajangmyeon is originally Chinese but it tastes completely different in China than in Korea. The sauce is completely different (in Korea is more sweet but in northern China it's super super salty so there is only tiny bit of sauce) and to be honest the Korean version is a bit better lol :D
I live in the southern United States. I'm not in a big city but we have plenty of foreign food options: Indian, Vietnamese, Greek, etc. We have had a LOT of immigrants from Mexico move here over the past few years. So many that some Mexican restaurants serve cuisine from just a specific region. It's been crazy to see taquerias, supermercados and bodegas popping up all over the place. I love it!
I just tried adding cheese to my ramen. 'Twas delicious. Thank you Simon and Martina! :D
With GEMA, it depends on the content of the video. GEMA is only responsible for music copyright affairs (and not all artists are represented by GEMA as far as I know). GEMA and TH-cam used to have some sort of agreement or contract, but it ran out a few years back and since GEMA demands pretty high fees that TH-cam doesn't wanna pay, we live in this dumb situation that doesn't allow access to a lot of music videos or videos that contain music by artists represented by GEMA. Very annoying, especially when you're looking for a song by a lesser-known artist.
Oh~! And a question:
I'm a junior in high school right now, so I'm preparing to apply for Korean colleges. I watched the video with Leigh, but I was wondering if she could elaborate about the application process. Either what she's experienced or what you guys have heard from people. Is it hard for foreigners to get picked? Since the Korean school calendar starts in March instead of August, did they have to wait until March of the next year? Things like that~! Thanks
It's like how some people think panda express is actually chinese food or taco bell is mexican food. It's all americanized
I live on Long Island in NY and you can't throw a stone without hitting a Pizzaria or a Chinese place. From what I understand, most Chinese food in America is not what you would get in China. I'd have to shuffle my way over to Queens/China town in the city for the real stuff, which is never a letdown. Greek and Mexican food is also kind of all over the island as well, I feel like more now than when I was a kid.
Im 100% mexican and here in México we have a LOT of foreign food and it´s really good
Foreigns come to México (to live here) and they open their own restaurants even we have asians markets and stuff like that (italian, indian, bla bla bla)
But what i´ve seen is that Mexican food in other countries its just crap xD seriously that shit of "taco bell" when i saw it for the first time i was like "what the fucking god, that´s not a taco thats shit" LOL
Im so proud to be Mexican♥ mexican food its one of the best things in the world xD and its not just tacos and burritos we have more delicious food *¬*♥
Italian food even in North America it's really bad....Garlic Bread is not even Italian, I teasted for the first time when i move to Australia.
I'm from cincinnati OH and most of the people who immigrated here in the past century were from Germany. So, the German American people came up with this delicious thing called goetta. It is mainly made of ground meat (pork, or pork and beef), pin-head oats and spices. Maybe they have it all around the US and I don't know if they even have it in Germany, but all I know is it's amazing and I will never stop eating it. Some people eat it in sausage form, but if you want good goetta, you should eat the homemade kind that is cooked flat and either crispy or soft and juicy. Mmmmmmm. Good stuff
You guys gotta check out Hokkaido now that you're living in Japan. Went snowboarding their last winter, and they had so many local, artisanal cheeses that were fantastic.
Great video. I'm a Korean from L.A. currently living in Seoul and also come to realize, not just Mexican, Italian, and Japanese, but pretty much ALL foreign food in this country is awfully off.. with the one exception being Chinese food. The Chinese food in Korea seems better than in LA. Especially the fried meat dishes like Orange Chicken are more crispy, carmalized, and flavorful than typical Chinese restaurants in LA.
Oh yeah, and the porn.. GET WITH THE TIMES: Google Chrome browser with Spotflux Lite extension (or VPN addon of your choice). Porn in any freakin country! ;)
Maybe I should move to Korea and open a Mexican restaurant and make real Mexican food.
Let's go together! Mexican traditionalists, on food, unite!
Yes! \o/
LexiLove777 We would rock it!
***** Well, I was born in Mexico and moved to the US, but my mom makes the best Mexican food! It's the real deal!
Thanks for the heads up about the sweet potato mousse. That's going to be a nightmare tbh.
I live near Portland, Oregon and so I feel pretty confident that the foreign food here is as accurate as it gets. Portland is covered in restaurants and food carts that offer a wide range of different foods. Also, most of the foreign food carts/restaurants here seem to be owned/operated by people from that culture.
I'm British and out of everyone I know, i'm the only one who puts sweetcorn on my pizza lmao
it makes sense that dishes in korea are "koreanized", much like how almost every other global cuisine is adapted in a different country depending on that country's familiar spices and flavours. you guys talk about koreanized food like it's something negative that korea should be ashamed of and apologize for. pretty sure the indian curry you guys ate in canada wasn't authentic either, and was heavily westernized.
but they've actually had Indian food in other places. And I think you kind of know when things are westernized. For example, Mexican food, you think, couldn't be Americanized, BUT IT CAN BE!! and for me its a very sad thing. I grew up in an old fashioned Mexican home and now I live with an elderly Chicano lady but she cooks in a very Americanized way which I don't like at all. Apparently, she also had a family restaurant. Anyway, I've had Thai food too and it's very different from what I'm used to but I liked it a lot and I'm pretty sure it wasn't westernized either. I take a Japanese class and my teacher tells us about food she's used to eating and that she can still get with ease here. So there are plenty of places in the US or North America where you can find restaurants that aren't westernized because they are family owned and by people that actually came from the country that they are representing with their food. Regardless, there will still be some exceptions, especially if you are one of those people who thinks that Taco Bell is Mexican food(it is a heavily westernized version), but overall I think you can find plenty of places in the heavily populated areas of the US that will do justice to foreign foods. I think their term "koreanized" is a good way of them looking at it. They're not bashing on Korea, but it is different, and a good way of them describing what they experienced. Especially, since Korea is not being swamped with people from other countries who come to live there. In general their culture and people stay relatively the same. It's like when Japan was pro isolationism, or America was pro isolationism, and that's where you could generalize most of the country because they weren't being exposed to change or influence from other countries. The same thing happens with Korea. They are still relatively new to seeing foreigners and their thoughts on foreigners are also pretty collective. So they aren't going to being exposed new things or change as often. As a result other people/businesses that go there will start changing to better suit the majority, which is Korean people.
Hi Simon and Martina. If you are ever curios about South African food there is a great South African restaurant in Seoul, Braai Republic. Own and run by South Africans. It was a little peace of home while I lived in Korea.
ahh, i agree, i agree. this isn't just a s. korea issue. it involves all sorts of dishes being replicated across the globe without the right recipes/ingredients. just like how everyone's mom makes her own version of dishes, the "it's good but it doesn't taste like mom's" is definitely very true.
Well since I'm vegan I know what I'll be ordering if I ever travel to Korea.
I'm Indian (7-11 kind) and I live in America, I went to an Indian restaurant this weekend and NONE of the food was spicy! It was so bland! I was kind of sick as well and was hoping for some spice to clear my sinuses but NOPE BLAND INDIAN FOOD ALL AROUND.
+Thunderbolt22A10 Most American's cannot handle the spice of Indian food. I hope you can find a good restaurant though.
xD same thing in Germany.. I always bring some extra chilli flakes
yeah I went to my indian restaruant once and it was so freaking spicy I could not even eat. Although my fault for ordering something spicy
The Italian place at Wangsimni has pesto garlic bread- no sugar. ^^
I live in Scotland and in any one city (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow) you will get literally any type of food!! - chinese, japanese, indian, korean, italian, spanish, american, mexican, french etc, its so amazing!
I'm from Greece and I have heard that a lot of people have moved to Korea for navigational business. I was curious if there is any Greek restaurant in Seoul. I'm almost sure that there is no possibility, but still a little bit curious. Thanks for reading this ♡
Hi. I'm a korean girl and I'm not good at English kkk. But I can tell about we have a greek restaurant in seoul. I've been there and I enjoyed it. They have greek rajanya and some wines... etc.
Krystal cho thanks for answering!!!! Yes, i thought that they woukd have things like moussaka, souvlaki or pastitsio,they're kinda traditional! Thanks a lot ♡
Vancouver literally has the best Chinese food outside of China/HK/Macau/Taiwan :)
You've been to each? :D
I'm happy to hear this in that case, since I was never sure, even though a lot of the restaurants are run by Chinese people (or Taiwanese in some cases) it still could have been westernized for all I knew. XP
gotta find the good stuff :)
You've ever tried Chinese Puerto Ricanized food?
In Southern California (and I'm sure in other places with relatively diverse populations), you can get a lot of authentic ethnic food. There are many Italian, Japanese, Mexican, etc. restaurants that are run by a full staff with knowledge of their respective culture. I'm so grateful there's a lot of good food around :)
I'm actually Mexican and most Mexican foods don't involve sour cream, cilantro, or limes..... Most foods are spicy actually
The us does the same.... like tacos are not real tacos, Cuban food is spicy (idk why cuz Cubans don't add anything spicy to their foods), kimchi tastes like fish, and every pasta tastes the same
The US does have food from the places of origin, for me most of the time i look for where there is a mass of the population living in the area, most of the time it's molded towards the population around them.
You get tacos and kimchi in the wrong neighborhood
Vegas is not divided by "neighborhoods" of different nationalities, we're all mixed together, i buy my kimchi at the korean market (nothing is in english, even the damn clerks are korean) and the tacos i buy them in mexican restaurants, owned by mexicans , however for some reason they're all shit.
nekochii00 thats you're problem right there you don't live in Cali
You just go to shitty places apparently. I live in a much smaller area and we have a lot of authentic foods. Korean store sells awesome Korean food and tasty kimchi. Lots of roadside Mexican food stands that are always busy, etc etc. So yeah... go out and find better places. If you still can't find anything... oh well... make your own shit then.
Oh and I will say the only thing lacking is real Japanese & Chinese cuisine. Both of those are either just sushi/teriyaki and Chinese is all Americanized stuff.
I'll raise my hand, so come to germany ;)
Just to clarify: youtube as a whole isn't blocked, but many videos, especially containing music are. For example alot of korean music :/
In the region where I live (in germany), mexican and american food is very hard to come by. American food is usually associated with McDonalds and Mexican food is Chilie con carne and that's it. Very disappointing
I'm from a suburb of Vancouver, but for school, I actually live in the city, and back home, ALL sushi restaurants are owned and operated by Koreans. Like I mean ALL. So comparing the sushi they make to the actual Japanese sushi here in the city is really interesting. It was a whole different experience.
Brazil is so big that we have this between some areas. The Açai berry is from the north and sometimes eaten with local cassava flour,or with both sweet and savory components, and in the southeast is frozen with guarana berry and banana always sweet.
OH no you BOTH are in trouble.....Simon a curry aka "cocaine crack" fiend and Martina discriminating against "old farts" shaaaame for shaaaaaaaame!!! XD I have a feeling come xmas Martina you're gonna get the most CRAPPIEST present ever from mom......the tag will say "I know sorry it's lousy but what can you expect from an old fart" xD xD
We (hy from Germany) can watch your videos :)
But not many MVs by KPop artists, which is really sad - but I use Proxmate to unblock videos :D
Not only mvs are blocked but also videos from official entertainments in general! I use Proxytube on my computer but there is none for phones >.< Actually, the GEMA sign is the most *watched* TH-cam video in Germany...
Giyongchy Style
Jep! And it annoys me every damn time! >_< Even German songs are blocked (Silbermond for example)... -.-
Ipputo in NYC literally has the best Ramen , the reservations in that place are literally a week ahead because it's so packed
I actually have a friend who's been living in Japan for 2 years, now; and things like corn, mustard, and mayo, are really popular in japan, right now.
Sorry but if you want good italian food and pizza you have to go to italy XD
we have the original flavor
Yes Italy is amazing !!!!
^^I agree with this.
Nothing quite like true Italian pizza & gelato.
if you want the original marvellous flavor you have to came here.
PS: we have plenty of michelin star restaurant, and full of real authentic restaurants.
PPS: we don't put pineapple or corn in pizza XD
Sorry but the last time I went to Italy, I starved. Italian food isn't my thing
why are foreign foods in USA, americanized??????????
Bruce Lee yep they are
I love this topic! I'm going to Korea next year to study, your videos have helped me a LOT thank you Martina and Simon
Fellow Torontonian & Blue Jays fan here! Authentic Indian food is really difficult to find here, and a lot of the times when you ask for SPICY the owner will not make it so if you are white... (got lots of friends who can attest to this, being Indian themselves and seeing it happen). However I believe we have several good Korean restaurants, just have to know where to look & they tend to be spot on (just had pork bone soup yesterday actually)!
Visiting Korea in October, hope to see you at your cafe perhaps! I'll bring gifts (Blue Jays memorabilia!!!).
Now to find a good tour agency T_T
GEMA = Gives Everybody More Anger
You have to pay just playing a song in your shoe store or hair salon, because it is public. Everyone has to pay. Night Clubs pay tons of money for every song. Even old granny who only reads the newspaper and deaf people have to pay !!!
It´s just insane.
I guess there's our lesson in extremity. Or something like that