At the Risk of.....

[Scanker19]

Sounding like a racist, Why are Chinese restaurants always the biggest assholes around.

Anything is your fault. If anywhere else messes up your order, they fix it and usually make it better, i.e. comp your meal and give you a free one.

Like if you order a big mac and you get a dog turd they will refund and give you like 6 big macs. Chinese restaurants will just go "you should not order dog shit!"

And i get that its their business they can run it how they want, but its always chinese.

And it all of them too, I always feel like I'm about to be caned when I go to one.

mmmmm.... General Tso's chicken.......

[Gunner]

So what happend

[Scanker19]

nothing, they just always have that attitude about them. Reviews, little quips on the menus and what not they always seem so uptight.

[DD977GM2]

Dont eat at dog and cat meat establishments? [Tooth]

[Scanker19]

I usually skip the dog and go for the Robster.

[theGinsue]

http://www.arcade911.com/games/images/fortune-cookie.gif


Just sayin. Of course, after a year in Korea - eating on the local market often and willing to "try new thinks" at many restaurants while in the company of Korean nationals, I can honestly say that I know what dog tastes like. Now cat, well, that's still a mystery. Perhaps I've consumed some and just don't know it, but I'll remain blissfully ignorant of that fact (hopefully until I die).

[OneGuy67]

Hey Ginsue, I'm heading to Korea in two weeks for a planning conference. Anything I should or shouldn't do or try?

[ghettodub]

On another note related to eating weird stuff, anyone else watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? There was an episode where Frank told Dee and Charlie that they ate human meat, so they believed they became cannibals. They went around eating other meats to try and replicate the taste, and went to a chinese market and got stuff like that. It was funny as shit

[Byte Stryke]

Hey Ginsue, I'm heading to Korea in two weeks for a planning conference. Anything I should or shouldn't do or try?

watch for adam's Apples
[ROFL1]

[hollohas]

On another note related to eating weird stuff, anyone else watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? There was an episode where Frank told Dee and Charlie that they ate human meat, so they believed they became cannibals. They went around eating other meats to try and replicate the taste, and went to a chinese market and got stuff like that. It was funny as shit

Yes. That show is awesome...

[Ah Pook]

Sounds like your going to the wrong restaurants.

All those round eyes do is bitch, bitch, bitch. [Poke]

[ChunkyMonkey]

That goes the same as Vietnamese, Korean, Middleeastern etc.. I think it's the cultural thing. So is tipping!

[funkfool]

Sounds wike you going to Wong Westwants.


Fixed it for you.
[ROFL1]





(apologies in advance...)

[Mtn.man]

Before most of the people on here's time is up China will rule the world.
They are far more advanced than us on energy, technology, economics and world polotics. + they have 1.8Billion fighting souls, so learning Chinese is a must if you want ot continue to walk the earth.

[Byte Stryke]

you aren't a racist because of the mistreatment you dislike from Chinese restaurants.
You are a racist because you don't like Obamacare.

[Mtn.man]

I like the Brand/handle/terminology.

I am a white, heterosexual, gun toting, family oriented, hunting for meat, killing things, drinking scotch/beer, voting, mother fucker, and country boys will survive.

[Not_A_Llama]

That tightness improves the survival rate of Chinese restaurants in an industry that (reputedly) has one of the highest failure rates around.

High personal involvement is associated with improved business success - most Chinese restaurants are worked by the owner(s). They're not going to be as loose with comps as a minimum wage outsider at most restaurants.

[Ah Pook]

Fixed it for you.
[ROFL1]





(apologies in advance...)
Wats! Got me. [Stooge]

[Elhuero]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/elhuero/sein_soup_nazi.jpg



no flied lice for you!

[jerrymrc]

I have to say this brings up memories of this morning. We have a worker that is very nice and speaks excellent English with just a hint of an accent normally.

For some unknown reason the guy in front of me had his items rang up and out of the blue came "Two Dollar" and those that have been know exactly how it came out.

I started laughing and turned red. The guy left and she was laughing. She says "Yes, every now and then the old me comes out" . And yes she is Korean.....

[xiondavis]

?.. I'm heading to Korea in two weeks for a planning conference. Anything I should or shouldn't do or try?

A couple of tips from my time in Korea ...

1. Fermented is a nice way of saying "spoiled". I can't do it.
2. The toasted bugs do not tasted just like nuts.
3. A "sexy bar" is not what you think.
4. Korean BBQ is pretty darn good, but it might have just been the liquor.
5. Nothing says garnish like a 3" pink octopus floating in your soup :)

My culinary recommendation (and the reason I didn't starve):
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Gu1DzO8d4pU/Sg45t9VI1gI/AAAAAAAABtg/LQ8chreK0Es/s288/IMG00037.jpg

[Irving]

Yes Ghettodub. That was a great episode.

[Troublco]

I couldn't do the dog thing. I stayed away from the street vendors, and I didn't get sick. Even with the drinking, I had to be careful. When they say snake bowl, they're not kidding. At least the snake is pickled in advance.

I found out later there's no real regulation on soju. Some can be 20 proof, and the next bottle could be 80. Which could explain a couple of the times I couldn't remember how I got back to my hooch...[Abused]

[KevDen2005]

Several years ago I came across some kids killing rabbits and cats for one of our local chinese places. This is right after DOW put the info out that rabbits carry the plague.

I choose my eateries very carefully when it comes to chinese. I will pretty much only eat at P F Changs...

How spicy would you like your Chang Sauce?

[MrPrena]

Hey Ginsue, I'm heading to Korea in two weeks for a planning conference. Anything I should or shouldn't do or try?

I think Seoul has one of the most restaurants per capita/population. They got everything. Here's WSJ.com link.


Seoul Becomes a Foodie Destination - WSJ.com

By HELEN SEUNGHEE YOON

SEOUL—For many years, dining in Seoul was distinguished mainly by mom-and-pop restaurants and a late-hours dining called pojang-macha in outdoor tents—all serving cheap Korean food.

But over the past few years, Seoul has quietly become a city for foodies. Just this spring, Zagat's, the U.S. publisher of survey-based dining guides, produced its first Seoul edition. The variety and sophistication of restaurants has exploded; foodies seeking Spanish tapas, Uzbeki shurpa and even New York-deli style pastrami sandwiches can now find them here. And Korean dishes are being revamped to mirror the broader upgrading.

So while gourmands from outside Asia are still more likely to stop in Tokyo, Hong Kong or Beijing than Seoul, a visitor who hasn't seen the city for a while will be stunned by the options, cuisines and quality that it now has to offer.......

Read more:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575424473797840454.html?m od=wsj_share_facebook

[OneGuy67]

We are going south of Seoul to Camp Carroll, I believe. Not exactly sure, as I've not seen the itenerary yet.

[ERNO]

Refuse to order shark fin soup.

Help save the sharks from this carnage!