Egregious hijack: we went out to eat at "Chicken Plus" which is easy to figure out is a Korean franchise; the tiny salad bar includes dried seaweed, which is no more Vietnamese than salad bars; the CEO is grandfather Park and Park is a Korean name. Korean is for Vietnam what Italian is for America: the second cuisine. Even rural people…
Egregious hijack: we went out to eat at "Chicken Plus" which is easy to figure out is a Korean franchise; the tiny salad bar includes dried seaweed, which is no more Vietnamese than salad bars; the CEO is grandfather Park and Park is a Korean name. Korean is for Vietnam what Italian is for America: the second cuisine. Even rural people who won't eat Vietnamese sandwiches will eat Korean.
The chicken is inexpressibly delicious. Just wow.
Almost nothing is open right now, Lunar New Year, but this place was.
Korean BBQ is just indescribably good. I've passed through Korea on layovers but never stayed long, only ate the complimentary hotel buffet. But the food on the planes is just amazing, I remember a few ... bibimbap, ssambas (yes two S at the beginning), a few others.
Funny thing is that it doesn't taste at all like Vietnamese but they're crazy about it.
On a two-week trip to the Korean Airlines maintenance facility in Pusan, on the weekend the guys fetched me Sunday morning. First stop, by the shore, a squatting breakfast of raw squid, garlic cloves, hot peppers and Soju. We start our old-time music jam sessions with the tune, "Whiskey for Breakfast." I had that in Korea.
They took me to a church service. Must have been Baptist (it was in Korean language) because they had an "amen" guy saying that constantly throughout the service. Then off to where they lived for a piano recital by one of their daughters and a wonderful meal. They are an exceptionally gracious people. If there was chicken, it was lost in the variety of wonderful food.
Egregious hijack: we went out to eat at "Chicken Plus" which is easy to figure out is a Korean franchise; the tiny salad bar includes dried seaweed, which is no more Vietnamese than salad bars; the CEO is grandfather Park and Park is a Korean name. Korean is for Vietnam what Italian is for America: the second cuisine. Even rural people who won't eat Vietnamese sandwiches will eat Korean.
The chicken is inexpressibly delicious. Just wow.
Almost nothing is open right now, Lunar New Year, but this place was.
Like the Chinese Christmas dinner in the movie "A Christmas Story."
I missed trying chicken when I was in Korea, opting for sea food instead.
...Which is now a general store here in Toronto (where part of that movie was shot ;)
But, but, that was a cult classic ;0)
Korean BBQ is just indescribably good. I've passed through Korea on layovers but never stayed long, only ate the complimentary hotel buffet. But the food on the planes is just amazing, I remember a few ... bibimbap, ssambas (yes two S at the beginning), a few others.
Funny thing is that it doesn't taste at all like Vietnamese but they're crazy about it.
On a two-week trip to the Korean Airlines maintenance facility in Pusan, on the weekend the guys fetched me Sunday morning. First stop, by the shore, a squatting breakfast of raw squid, garlic cloves, hot peppers and Soju. We start our old-time music jam sessions with the tune, "Whiskey for Breakfast." I had that in Korea.
They took me to a church service. Must have been Baptist (it was in Korean language) because they had an "amen" guy saying that constantly throughout the service. Then off to where they lived for a piano recital by one of their daughters and a wonderful meal. They are an exceptionally gracious people. If there was chicken, it was lost in the variety of wonderful food.