The Best Noodles and Banchan Are Hidden in the Back of a Korean Grocery Store Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Nanorisk
Lucas, as much as I love your videos, I have to correct you a bit on the ordering-rice-in-China-offends-people thing. Ordering rice will not offend anyone, as long as you ask if anybody else on the table wants it and order for them as well. It applies to noodles, steam buns and other staple items. It has little to do with dietary differences, just etiquette. But of course if you ask for rice in a noodle-specific place then that's a bit tricky, like asking for a BMW in an Audi dealership. All in all, I absolutely adore your videos, good presentation, very relaxing for viewers.
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Lucas, as much as I love your videos, I have to correct you a bit on the ordering-rice-in-China-offends-people thing. Ordering rice will not offend anyone, as long as you ask if anybody else on the table wants it and order for them as well. It applies to noodles, steam buns and other staple items. It has little to do with dietary differences, just etiquette. But of course if you ask for rice in a noodle-specific place then that's a bit tricky, like asking for a BMW in an Audi dealership. All in all, I absolutely adore your videos, good presentation, very relaxing for viewers.
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ZyklonB95
Some of the best food I've eaten have been from these hidden, back room places in markets. We have one locally here in Birmingham, AL, in the back of an Asian food market. They have the best authentic Chinese food I've had, by far. It's become more well known in the last few years, and they have added on a new beautiful dining room, but back in the day it was just a few simple tables, and never more than 2 or 3 people there at any given time. Prices are reasonable too. It's definitely not the American Chinese food people are used to here.
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Some of the best food I've eaten have been from these hidden, back room places in markets. We have one locally here in Birmingham, AL, in the back of an Asian food market. They have the best authentic Chinese food I've had, by far. It's become more well known in the last few years, and they have added on a new beautiful dining room, but back in the day it was just a few simple tables, and never more than 2 or 3 people there at any given time. Prices are reasonable too. It's definitely not the American Chinese food people are used to here.
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anru
So I go to Chicago fairly often and never knew about this place until I watched how Lucas just devoured all my favs. Went there shortly after with a friend just to do some shopping and eat at this place with a train booked to leave that evening. While we were eating we sorta forgot about time and when we finally remembered to check, we had just barely enough time (maybe) to catch the train. Both me and my friend froze for a sec and then looked at each other, be like oh fck the ticket home let's eat!
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So I go to Chicago fairly often and never knew about this place until I watched how Lucas just devoured all my favs. Went there shortly after with a friend just to do some shopping and eat at this place with a train booked to leave that evening. While we were eating we sorta forgot about time and when we finally remembered to check, we had just barely enough time (maybe) to catch the train. Both me and my friend froze for a sec and then looked at each other, be like oh fck the ticket home let's eat!
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John
Well a bowl of steamed rice is really the center piece of all Korean meals. In fact, those soups count as ban-chan and serve as side dish for your main dish which is rice. After a nice steak dinner with my grandparents, my grandpa would always ask for a bowl of rice. Oh and at 5: 30 that's not root of sweet potato, but rather the stem of the plant with the hard cellulose exterior stripped off. It's really quite delicious and serves as main ingredient in the beef stew.
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Well a bowl of steamed rice is really the center piece of all Korean meals. In fact, those soups count as ban-chan and serve as side dish for your main dish which is rice. After a nice steak dinner with my grandparents, my grandpa would always ask for a bowl of rice. Oh and at 5: 30 that's not root of sweet potato, but rather the stem of the plant with the hard cellulose exterior stripped off. It's really quite delicious and serves as main ingredient in the beef stew.
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ChubbyMonkeys
I'll have to disagree about asking for a bowl of rice at a Chinese restaurant. Rice is a staple for many Asians - no matter Indian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, etc. It's totally normal to ask for a bowl of rice and no one will give you side-eyes or weird looks. The reason why they usually don't serve rice along with the dishes you ordered is that they usually charge you for the rice to make more money.
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I'll have to disagree about asking for a bowl of rice at a Chinese restaurant. Rice is a staple for many Asians - no matter Indian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, etc. It's totally normal to ask for a bowl of rice and no one will give you side-eyes or weird looks. The reason why they usually don't serve rice along with the dishes you ordered is that they usually charge you for the rice to make more money.
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Ndugu
Hahaha Labokki. I can't stop laughing. I didn't even know that this had a name. I have been making it for a while now without even thinking about it. I think it is something that comes naturally that when you eat too much ramoyon and tobokki you will eventually mix them. I don't think it is something new per say. I am sure that Korean have been making it in their home or dorm kitchen for a while.
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Hahaha Labokki. I can't stop laughing. I didn't even know that this had a name. I have been making it for a while now without even thinking about it. I think it is something that comes naturally that when you eat too much ramoyon and tobokki you will eventually mix them. I don't think it is something new per say. I am sure that Korean have been making it in their home or dorm kitchen for a while.
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Ralphone
i don't know which part of China Lucas had stayed in, but what he said about rice isn't true. As a Chinese myself, and friends from different part of China, can confirm that rice is the main part of the meal. At restaurants, rice is served without asked for. Also, when you are invited to a dinner, the host will often ask how much rice you want to eat rather than what dish you want to eat.
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i don't know which part of China Lucas had stayed in, but what he said about rice isn't true. As a Chinese myself, and friends from different part of China, can confirm that rice is the main part of the meal. At restaurants, rice is served without asked for. Also, when you are invited to a dinner, the host will often ask how much rice you want to eat rather than what dish you want to eat.
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Joseph
Went here yesterday after seeing this video. Long line & only a few places to sit but food was great and grocery is really good. Next time I'll bring something to wipe the sweat off my face they only have tiny little napkins and I had spicy squid and it had me lit up. Sat with a young and beautiful Korean couple who just moved to Chicago from Hawaii and happened in
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Went here yesterday after seeing this video. Long line & only a few places to sit but food was great and grocery is really good. Next time I'll bring something to wipe the sweat off my face they only have tiny little napkins and I had spicy squid and it had me lit up. Sat with a young and beautiful Korean couple who just moved to Chicago from Hawaii and happened in
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Aaron
Korean food i noticed is very high in sodium and sometimes intentionally bland in order to create a balance between all the side-dishes and main-dishes. I've grown up on Korean food, because ethnically i am Korean - but i'm more accustomed to a more diverse palette because of my western upbringing and influence: P but they're some benefit to eating Korean food.
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Korean food i noticed is very high in sodium and sometimes intentionally bland in order to create a balance between all the side-dishes and main-dishes. I've grown up on Korean food, because ethnically i am Korean - but i'm more accustomed to a more diverse palette because of my western upbringing and influence: P but they're some benefit to eating Korean food.
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PreventerWind333
to answer your question correctly, most restaurants in Korea will ask or offer you rice, or other alternative 'main' meal. You just gotta tell them what you want and they will bring it to you. This is more common in Korean BBQ restaurants, but for those stew/soup based restaurants, they will simply bring rice along at the beginning of the meal.
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to answer your question correctly, most restaurants in Korea will ask or offer you rice, or other alternative 'main' meal. You just gotta tell them what you want and they will bring it to you. This is more common in Korean BBQ restaurants, but for those stew/soup based restaurants, they will simply bring rice along at the beginning of the meal.
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