/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19616633
never had a particularly good experience. it's all full of twigs and berries and everything has a sameness of flavour which is weird, and I can't figure out if this or that is food or if it's meant to be garnish half the time. no thank you.

>>19616633
we hate everything foreign desu.
Japanese? Shit
Italian? Overrated
French? Dog shit
Chinese? literal trash
Mexican? spic shit

That's what it means to be redpilled, son. I will never eat ethnic trash, only the American way for me. Foreign things scare the fuck out of me.
For me, it's Mac and cheese and sloppy joes. And if you don't agree, I suggest you fuck off back to your third world shithole, you disgusting subhuman piece of shit

>>19616633
Okay. Thanks for sharing.

>>19616633
Korean food is overrated, and everything tastes like gochujang.

>>19616650
it's just confusing

>>19616640
All of those are good but korean sucks. Sorry Edith that we insulted your bishie Dae Wook Sum, fifth member of STAR*POP.

>>19616658
I hate all gooks more than you could ever possibly imagine. To me, they are nothing more than insects and I'd gladly see every last one of them brutally murdered

>>19616640
Mac and cheese is British

I can't wait for school to reenroll it's not even
Between summer and the Reddit crash this has been a difficult time

>>19616746
I always get overwhelmed by the amount of Korean condiments

>>19616746
Korean restaurants recycle these side dishes.

Funny you thought you were getting a bargain deal with all these little extras.

>>19616633
I actually hate korean food. I think it looks disgusting.

>>19616633
Any cuisine that just dumps a ton of spice all over the food so you can't even taste what's in it is bad, yes.

I like a lot about korean food, namely the plethora of fermented ingredients and all the tasty pickle and vegetable sides, but at the end of the day its very unlikely that i end up choosing to go to a korean restaurant
it ends up being expensive as shit basically without fail and always tastes the same place to place.

>>19616633
Bulgogi is pretty good but yeah the rest of it is lame.

>garlic
>salt
>chili pepper
>fermentation
>cabbage
>meat
>rice
Korean food solved.

>>19616753
what's this rice pizza called?

kimchi and mayo sandwich is good

Jap > Korean
There, I said it.

>>19616700
Noooooooooo

>>19619522
There, I posted it

Agreed. Spent 4 months in Korea, the food was all over the place. What I do like is all the pickled veggies, a lot of them taste amazing, korean chicken dishes, especially fried ones are good too. Some of their soups/noodle dishes are okay, but not as good as their neighbors in Japan.

Rest is just super mediocre. Even though I prefer hot/spicy food, I like Japanese cuisine a lot better which is hilariously mild comparatively.

>>19616700
America inherits British culture and history. Dont bother replying, I won't read.

>>19619836
lol Americans can't even remember which foods they invented

>>19616711
korean food in japan

>>19616746
korean food in japan

>>19616633
>overrated
How about trying again with an actual opinion? "Overrated" doesn't mean anything, because nobody knows where you're getting your ideas from, what your experience is, or the quality of the food you've had. Your post makes it sound like you're just trying it for the first time, and the food doesn't look very good (or even representative of anything).

>>19616700
Imagine having such a poor food culture that you have to rewrite history to try to appropriate fucking mac and cheese. Pathetic. Literally grasping at straws.

>>19616640
indian food is the only food universally loved by everyone

>>19621092
Fuck off

>>19616633
who rated it?

>>19616633
based op baiting anons into posting tasty korean food

>>19616633
Agreed.

Shit soup.
They put cheese on fucking everything.
Fried chicken is over rated.
They also eat the worst part of the pig such as feet and ankles yet charge as if they are the most expensive cuts.

>>19621183
>WHOOA Gookslop so good!!!

>>19621213
yes

>>19620767
fried chicken isn't american either, stay mad you beige mutant

>>19621191
tell me you've never been to a proper korean restaurant without telling me you havent. going to shitty overcharging bars and gastropubs dont count

>>19616640
I honestly cannot tell if this is sarcastic or not

>>19616633
>>19621183
I had some korean fried chicken and tteokbokki with cheese the other day. It was all very average. Despite the bright red sauces it was all very mild even though I ordered them spicy. The tteokbokki just tasted like spaghettios with a piece fish cake or mozzarella every other bite.

All korean noodle and mochi dishes are really disappointing. Soups are bretty good

i like pork bone soup, but for a country with so many dishes and pretty high tech country, and only having only 1 dish i like, yeah, pretty shitty cuisine overall.overrated.

>chikken and soondubu or jiggae
that's because you're eating basic bitch shit op
We don't post pics of meatloaf and say American food is overrat- oh wait
that is what we do

They don’t smell like BO but all Koreans stink of pungent garlic and fish all the time.

>>19622814
meatloaf beats the shit out of sea snails and corndogs covered in granulated sugar

>>19616715
Average anon in 2023.
Grim.

>>19622814
meatloaf is complex and requires some skill to make good. all that korean shit you mentioned is one dimensional.

>>19622829
might be all the spicy food they eat too which really opens up the pores

>>19622835
>seasnails
>corndogs

If you actively choose to eat bizarre shit and low quality street foods, that is what you will get.

>>19622848
I didn't mention any food, and even the staples in Korean cuisine are far from one dimensional.

Maybe it's because you're ordering from American restaurants where the workers don't give a shit?KlR YHR

>>19622878
i live in a big city so the food i eat is authentic. every culture has some food that is enticing, mainly due to universal ingredients and taste. like fatty, salty and savory with a broth or sauce. but for some reason, korean cuisine, literally, only has ONE item i like. even the potatos, a simple potato, which even most third world countries get right, the korean appetizer version is so unappealing.

>>19622873
what is this? is it served hot or cold?

>>19622873
im going to assume korean food is popular in the west because many non-orientals eat it and their palete isnt too developed. like korean food isnt "well developed.' it simply isnt.

>>19622701

>frying meat in oil
>invented by anyone particular people or culture

>>19622878
even drunk korean food isnt enticing. idk, the korean palette just isnt for me. I tried quite a few soups and stews (i love those in general) but they lack the it factor.

>>19622903
>i live in a big city so the food i eat is authentic
unless you know the name of the person cooking, and can verify that they are yellow, it ain't authentic chief
>fatty, salty and savory with a broth or sauce
>imfuckingplying that a country with three variations for the word SOUP doesn't know how to make soup
>>19622908
Piggy feet, served hot with ssamjang and lettuce wraps and usually a 된장찌개 or kimchi soup

>>19622878
>>19622917
dont let the modern social media phase and foody culture and all the online cooking chefs fool you into think lots of people have good palettes and are good at eating and truly enjoying food. Most people are fking simple minded people. Most popular ethnic spots in the west are huge disappointments and the rave review it get online are from people that dont know how to eat.

>>19622917
In the same way that fast food is popular all over the world, but is not a real representation of American cuisine... you know how expensive it is to get a real quality steak in some countries? Apply that to any food that requires preparation or knowledge around it or ingredients that are sourced from a specific environment/landscape, and there you go.
(forgot my pic)

>>19622929
since you put it that way, im chinese but i dont want to turn this in to a race war. however i will say this, the chinese palette is very developed and chinese people are known for their cuisine and the chinese food culture is leaps and bounds over korean food culture. in asian and in the west. HOWEVER, its not just about the biggest of the cuisine, its simply complexity and lengths chinese people go for food. chinese people, in general, are very food conscious. korean food when compared to chinese food is simply "too simple." Like japanese food is simple too, but theres some complexity about it.

>>19616633
>Honestly Korean food is overrated.
They do a good fried chicken. But besides that there's more containers than there is food. And nobody knows what the fuck any of those 18 fucking adds on and sauces are nor what they should pair with.

>>19622929
the pig feet does look good, but the base flavor is? (l google it) Its hard to explain. Like you would think a spicy dish or noodle soup would taste good, but there something in the korean ingrients that gives it this korean flavor. it is a spicy flavor, but it lacks depth. its like drinking a liquid that is spicy but its not thick with underlying flavors. its not tasteless but it isnt strong. it can be full of a flavor, but its weak.

>>19622942
>>19622929
the chinese have a simple shrimp and egg dish, and for chinese restaurants, some people say that dish can be a good gauge of it skilll. you might be thinking thats like few ingredients and how can it be complex, but its the method of cooking. and the dish comes out well put together. simple but not lacking.

>>19622945
thats lacking too, ive visited famous korean chicken retaurants that koreans go to and its overrated. like its just not good. i also tried korean fried chicken before it became famous or a think and its just not that good.

>>19622971
That just means you have shit taste, Anon. A good friend chicken is always simply delicious.
>visited famous restaurants
kek
Fried chicken is not a $$$+ meal. You're just going to get overdone flair or tourist traps by going to "famous" places.
It sounds less like the food was overrated, and more than you don't know how to apply ratings.

>>19623116
its not shit taste. i have good taste. its not good though. flavor all depends on how it hits the palette. Cheap whisky and expensie whiskey are both good. but the expensive whisky hits the pallete differently. doesnt mean the cheap one isnt drinkable.
>>19623116
>Fried chicken is not a $$$+ meal
youre right, but when i visit korean chicken places that ALL koreans go to and is the main korean chicken places. that authetiic koreans run and own and authentic korenas go to and line up for, then its a very legit place. youre imagining me visiting a non korean place. Do you live in the west and in a big city?

>>19623116
>It sounds less like the food was overrated, and more than you don't know how to apply ratings.
the food isnt overrated if all koreans go there, and i have visiting very popular korean chicken place before korean chicken became a hit. this convo goes nowhere if all u say is i dont eat real korean food. ive looked up korean recepies and there a certain flavor profile that makes korean food lacking. Also, i do have to say im chinese so i have a better pallette when it comes to rating oriental foods.

>>19623132
sure you say "flavor and taste is all subjecting" but profile and depth isnt really subjective. theres certain mixture of ingredients in korean cuisine that make it not as highly rated.

>>19622701
>ur mad!
No. Just calling you a retard. You've been citing that same article for like a month now ever since you first discovered it (most likely saw it on reddit if I had to guess). Nobody gives a shit about who invented fucking mac and cheese; it's just hilarious that you think people would, or that anyone would care what one specific random person on the internet says. It's on par with saying that burgers are German. Pure cope.

>>19622938
i think i figured it out. apparently koreans use "korean red chili peppers." to me, that pepper lacks flavor. its just spicy. similar to how many people eat spicy korean food and say "its just spicy but lacks flavor."

>>19622814
What is the meatloaf supposed to be in the analogy? Korean fried chicken is honestly better than most American fried chicken. Soondubu is literally just soft tofu, and jjigae just means stew, which there are a million different types of.

>>19623170
the meatloaf is supposed to represent, dried over cooked ground pork and ketchup, and dry tasting and chalky texture while you chew and also lacks flavor.

>>19623170
the meatloaf is simple but isnt easy to make taste good and can be a centre piece, just like a korean stew.

>>19623170
>jjigae just means stew, which there are a million different types of.
but for it to be korean, it has to be a korean stew.

>>19622873
meatloaf is hardly a staple ESL-kun

>>19616633
its just american food with gochujang and seasme seed oil. they even eat literal raw hamburger in honor of the united states.

https://youtu.be/QPrsv8wLo2I

>>19619499
it's a kind of 볶음밥 (fried rice) that you can order at the end of a meal, especially one with a nice spicy sauce like that (e.g. 낙지볶음) that's cooked on a hot plate in the middle of the table. You order rice and they ask you if you want it stir fried, they put it in and it goes crispy on the bottom and soaks up the sauce from the meal (which is the point in the photo), then they break it up and mix it all around. I haven't had it for years but seeing it makes me want to go back to Korea