RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

Makes no sense. Korean food is insanely salty. Especially ramyeon. The soup is like pure salt

Especially kimchi, have you seen how much salt they put into it when they make it?   

All foreign food, regardless of makeup or cooking technique, is:
salty
fatty
too sweet
greasy
too much
too expensive
very unhealthy
fried

All [food from native land], regardless of makeup or cooking technique,  is:
healthy
delicious
perfect every time
seriously flawless in every way
definitely never fried
internationally important


I hope you have enjoyed my primer on race relations and cuisine.

Makes no sense. Korean food is insanely salty. Especially ramyeon. The soup is like pure salt

This is true but I think Koreans don't see it this way as they always have the option of piling more rice on to neutralise any surplus of salt/spice.  In Italy with a plate of pasta and sauce, you're stuck with what you get served , which is why Koreans probably think it's saltier.

Salt is a contributor to stomach cancer.
Koreans have on more than a couple occasions admitted to me that Korean food is too spicy AND salty, as part reason why there's so much stomach cancer here.

The human body doesn't need table salt (NaCl), it needs sodium, found in healthier forms in root and leafy vegetables, and seafood.

We met up with one of my wife's (Korean) friends in Hong Kong and spent the day with her. For both lunch and dinner she would only eat Korean food. She would not countenance the idea of eating anything else, let alone Cantonese food.
"Too oily!". She had been there for 4 days and she hadn't actually tried any local food yet, but in her mind, all Chinese food, from Manchuria all the way down to Yunnan was swimming in oil.

Makes no sense. Korean food is insanely salty. Especially ramyeon. The soup is like pure salt

Especially kimchi, have you seen how much salt they put into it when they make it?   

You do realize that probably about 98% of that salt gets rinsed away, right?

We met up with one of my wife's (Korean) friends in Hong Kong and spent the day with her. For both lunch and dinner she would only eat Korean food. She would not countenance the idea of eating anything else, let alone Cantonese food.
"Too oily!". She had been there for 4 days and she hadn't actually tried any local food yet, but in her mind, all Chinese food, from Manchuria all the way down to Yunnan was swimming in oil.

An old colleague of mine spent a week in Thailand one summer, and he said that he only ate Thai food until he could find a Korean restaurant near his hotel. He found one on the second day. It was all Korean food the rest of the trip because Thai food was, you guessed it, too oily.

Oh well. At least he didn't bring a box of ramyeon with him, I guess. Baby steps forward.

This must be absolute torture for DM hahaha 

These comments are making me pissed. Not at the posters, at the subjects.

"Oily" is such a lazy way out. Hey, try this. "No, every food that isn't made in my country is oily."

God, imagine being that boring. It's like people who only eat ham sandwiches and sketty.

An old colleague of mine spent a week in Thailand one summer, and he said that he only ate Thai food until he could find a Korean restaurant near his hotel. He found one on the second day. It was all Korean food the rest of the trip because Thai food was, you guessed it, too oily.

I had a co-teacher years ago who went to Thailand but couldn't eat the food because it had such a strong smell.   

When someone opens one of those massive containers of kimchi or 'jongkak' kimchi, I do have to hold back a gag reaction.

This must be absolute torture for DM hahaha 

How long is he banned for?

An old colleague of mine spent a week in Thailand one summer, and he said that he only ate Thai food until he could find a Korean restaurant near his hotel. He found one on the second day. It was all Korean food the rest of the trip because Thai food was, you guessed it, too oily.

I had a co-teacher years ago who went to Thailand but couldn't eat the food because it had such a strong smell.   

When someone opens one of those massive containers of kimchi or 'jongkak' kimchi, I do have to hold back a gag reaction.

mate. i've had so many arguments about this. in our old apt, we had no space for a separate fridge (for the kimchi). it would literally stink out the whole fridge, and make EVERYTHING taste of kimchi. it was my MIL's kimchi, but, my god, it was one of the stinkiest things i've ever smelt (i'm not exaggerating - it made me gag!). good grief. i'd open the fridge, but hold my breath every time :(


but i've heard the same thing about thai food. what's the specific "strong" smell that's the complaint i wonder?

An old colleague of mine spent a week in Thailand one summer, and he said that he only ate Thai food until he could find a Korean restaurant near his hotel. He found one on the second day. It was all Korean food the rest of the trip because Thai food was, you guessed it, too oily.

I had a co-teacher years ago who went to Thailand but couldn't eat the food because it had such a strong smell.   

When someone opens one of those massive containers of kimchi or 'jongkak' kimchi, I do have to hold back a gag reaction.

mate. i've had so many arguments about this. in our old apt, we had no space for a separate fridge (for the kimchi). it would literally stink out the whole fridge, and make EVERYTHING taste of kimchi. it was my MIL's kimchi, but, my god, it was one of the stinkiest things i've ever smelt (i'm not exaggerating - it made me gag!). good grief. i'd open the fridge, but hold my breath every time :(


but i've heard the same thing about thai food. what's the specific "strong" smell that's the complaint i wonder?

Maybe it's the galangal, it can't be the lemongrass, considering that's a fairly popular aroma oil. 

Boris Johnson is a fukcing twaat.

The only country that isn't making us the laughing stock of the world is the US. 

This must be absolute torture for DM hahaha 

How long is he banned for?

I'm not sure but I love how everyone is completely letting loose in here now without any comebacks haha.  It's like being at school when your teacher doesn't turn up for class and everyone goes a bit crazy 

This must be absolute torture for DM hahaha 

How long is he banned for?

I'm not sure but I love how everyone is completely letting loose in here now without any comebacks haha.  It's like being at school when your teacher doesn't turn up for class and everyone goes a bit crazy 

Imagine literally being this petty.

Speaking of food, can we talk about how most cream pasta is actually gross? Especially pasta alfredo. It's like eating a big bowl of fat and noodles. Now that
is greasy. And it's usually a fairly large portion at restaurants. I don't know how people eat that.

Boris Johnson is a fukcing twaat.

The only country that isn't making us the laughing stock of the world is the US. 

and brazil!

This must be absolute torture for DM hahaha 

How long is he banned for?

I'm not sure but I love how everyone is completely letting loose in here now without any comebacks haha.  It's like being at school when your teacher doesn't turn up for class and everyone goes a bit crazy 

Imagine literally being this petty.

Lol do you know what petty means?

Speaking of food, can we talk about how most cream pasta is actually gross? Especially pasta alfredo. It's like eating a big bowl of fat and noodles. Now that
is greasy. And it's usually a fairly large portion at restaurants. I don't know how people eat that.

I didn't even know that carbonara wasn't creamy in Italy. It's eggy? haha

Yeah, the oil pastas here SWIM in that shit. Ugh.