Comments on: I Don’t Cook (Korean Food)

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:41:56 +0000

SF - You must mean the place that’s actually on 33rd in midtown NYC. That place is awesome. Starts with a W, but off hand I forget the full name. I haven’t eaten there in years. As for in the Richmond district, you mean Brothers. It’s very good there. There are TWO locations, and the second spot is for overflow at the first spot. The food is also good there. (Which is not always the case with small mom and pop places that open up.) In the east bay, there is the wooden charcoal place south of Berkeley where the karaoke place is, and the large gate in the parking lot. Love that place too.

Bob- Screening places before I go would entail eating there first, and because it’s usually so expensive, I don’t dine out for Korean food EVER. I just go home to have my mommy cook me all my favorites, or else we have something special to do and I’m helping her cook all weekend. The only way I dine out for Korean is to force myself into a situation where I am taking other people.

By: sfmoneymusings

sfmoneymusings — Wed, 02 May 2007 06:18:25 +0000

I went to a very famous Korean restaurant in NYC a few years ago - it was on 34th/Broadway in between all the “massage parlors.” It was more expensive than the Korean bbq places in the suburbs. the four of us split a $100 bill and because it was family style it felt like I ate so little.

Someone mentioned to me a cheap korean bbq restaurant in SF’s Richmond district. My mouth is drooling just thinking about Korean bbq but I’m trying to avoid eating out at all including lunch this month. I need to put more away for vacation.

By: Lacey

Lacey — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:44:36 +0000

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Saving up for a wedding

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:28:16 +0000

I had a friend who’s mother was Korean. The best BBQ I ever had was at his wedding. She stuffed a pig with two chickens and buried it in a pit. It was wonderful.

I’m a little surprised you didn’t know where the good Korean restaurants are. I usually try and screen out places prior to taking friends out.

By: English Major

English Major — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:40:35 +0000

I was lucky with my first experience of a full Korean meal–it was in Seoul, under the guidance of a (Korean) close friend from high school.

Hopefully, your friends’ interest was piqued enough by the things they liked that you could entice them into trying some more exotic things next time you all go out together for Korean food (at your preferred place, of course). And because it’s no longer their first experience, maybe you can each pay for yourselves next time?

By: db

db — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:55:10 +0000

mapgirl, I totally understand! I’m not a bad cook myself (my Italian great-aunt and mother taught me), it’s just not something I like doing for one that much. So I’m constantly struggling to eat at home.

And I have the same reaction to Italian food — you want me to PAY you to make what I could make BETTER?

Anyway, in May I’m trying really hard not to eat out — wish me luck!

By: Debt Hater

Debt Hater — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:57:17 +0000

Yikes, sorry about the experience.
It’s a little like eating soul food with people who didn’t grow up with it — It amazes me how much somebody can charge for things as simple as fried chicken, mac’n'cheese, corn bread, sweet potatoes and collard greens. And it’s not even good! I always laugh when people tell me I gotta eat here or there. Why? I can make you that meal at my house!