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| Sake Bombs and Bi Bim Bap |
| Sake, please! |
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| Bi Bim Bap, please! |
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| WHOA! SAKE BOMB BEEYOTCHES! |
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| Sushi, please! |
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| Nothing for me, I'm against eating outside my culture. |
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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:58 pm
Jeebus I am not allowed to go out during weeknights any more.
I went to Seoul Kitchen and DK Sushi tonight for Korean. I had half a pot of sake, and some sushi. I also had a hearty helping of Bi Bim Bap. *drools*
However, it appears that I'm full of sleepy from sake, as well.
Interesting side note: The owner of the restaurant does gong show karaoke and provides extremely ribald commentary about all the audience members. He also offers free sake bombs to all singers.
Sake bomb = a shot of sake dropped in a double shot of beer, and downed in one gulp. Everyone is encouraged to sing, and to shout SAKE BOMB at the top of their lungs. The owner drinks one sake bomb for each individual singer. Sometimes more.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:41 am
SAKE! Warm sake is a killer! Drink with extreme caution! It sounds like you had fun. 3nodding  I dunno what Bi Bam Bip is, but I'm teaching myself to read and write Korean for no reason. And, exactly how drunk is the owner by the end of the night?
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:24 am
I've got nothing against eating foods outside my culture, but I've actually never had any Asian foods aside from Chinese and Thai (which was very interesting). Although I've tried sushi before, and I have to admit, I'm not really a fan...
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:41 am
*coughsniff*
I don't know what Bi Bam Bip is, either, and I've never had sake. is it any good?
I love sushi, though. heart
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:24 am
Orange Blossom I've got nothing against eating foods outside my culture, but I've actually never had any Asian foods aside from Chinese and Thai (which was very interesting). Although I've tried sushi before, and I have to admit, I'm not really a fan... I don't like sushi either. I'm glad I'm not the only one! biggrin
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:05 am
`|"[What I've found really peculiar is how people find sake fairly strong.
Because I don't think it is.
And everyone I've asked doesn't think it's strong.
But I suppose it could be because most people I know who've tried sake are around the age of thirty to fifty and started drinking it from their childhood.
But, myself, haven't, and don't find it strong. Just the smell fairly strong.]"`|
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:05 am
Never had sake...only had chinese stuff. Hehe. I like more european foods. I'm a mutt of european bl**d....
LONG LIVE THE IRISH!
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:09 am
The smell is strong if the sake is not as good. The stuff we had tasted more like wood alcohol starting out. However it was too hot to shoot. So we sipped. A good sake will taste slightly of fermented rice with a little toast in it...which I prefer more. However, the place we went to offers only the cheapness. By the second or third sake, though, it gets smoother. Such is the nature of alcohol. biggrin
The stuff is sneaky though. I get really warm and sleepy--but then it takes me forever to sleep. *laughs*
Sushi is an interesting call for me. I prefer salmon based sashimi, but last night we had a 69 roll, which is a variant of california roll with surimi and avocado, with masago and a spicy hot sauce on top. Surprisingly it's very good. I also don't mind some of the smoked octopus ones, but I hate uni. Tastes like sea infused oil paste with the color of a fresh orange soda. ICK! However, I prefer other foods to sushi most times. I find that here in America the bites for "bite size" are too big for me. I hate having too much food in my mouth, especially given that some of the textures are a bit difficult for me in large amounts.
Bi Bim Bap is a popular and traditional Korean dish. Basically, the sliced meat that is used for bulgogi (beef bbq) is placed in a bowl with some rice and a variety of Korean condiments...most of which are pickles. I had some pickled cucumbers, bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts in my bowl, along with what looked like wakame (a narrow green seaweed), and lettuce. The whole thing is topped with a fried egg, and served with a a container of a sweet sauce, not unlike plum/hoisin. You eat some of the beef, some rice, some condiment, or a combo...and it's great fun!
The waiter also brought out a tray with more of the condiments that were in the bowl, and some fresh kimchee pickle and cabbage pickle as well. Those condiments were fabulous.
Oh, and the host gets really schnockered. He likes it if he can't walk out the door, or so he says.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:12 am
If only they had an irish pub around here like that... *eagerly awaits the legal age to drink*
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:15 am
We have a really pleasant Irish pub here that serves boxty and shepherd's pies with colcannon and all that fun stuff. Sometimes they do these funny drunken quiz things, and hold a contest amongs the patrons...winner(s) get free beers.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:46 pm
Bi bim bap is rice mixed with... anything, pretty much. Not fried, mixed.
I eat Korean food a lot. Although, majority of the food is spicy. Darn.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:14 pm
I've never had sake. ^^
But I LOVVVVE sushi. Droool.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:59 am
Cerro Bi bim bap is rice mixed with... anything, pretty much. Not fried, mixed.
I eat Korean food a lot. Although, majority of the food is spicy. Darn. I've only seen bi bim bap served with beef in most Korean restaurants. And I thank the stars it's not fried rice. Too greasy. What's your favorite Korean dish, Cerro? I am willing to try just about anything, but I also know that regionally and restaurant to restaurant you get more variations on what a dish is composed of... I like that Korean is not as Americanized as Chinese is here. And I love spicy! smile
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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:41 am
I really wish that more of my friends were adventurous eaters. Perhaps there is one friend I could convince to go out for Indian food... But I don't know of any Indian restaurants around here. There just aren't many Indian people in this region. The people up here are mostly Polish, Irish, or Jewish.
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