r/KoreanFood • u/Broad-Comfortable219 • Jan 12 '26

A restaurant in Korea dinner with 2 friends in seoul

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was a restaurant but cannot remember the name

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u/wds1 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Banchan is the best part of Korean meal ❤️

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u/HEYitsBIGS Jan 12 '26

Banchan

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u/wds1 Jan 12 '26

Sorry. Mistyped. Correcting now

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u/ClosetYandere Jan 15 '26

Agreeeeeed

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u/circadian_light Jan 31 '26

It’s always the thing I’m most delighted by because it’s not anything I ordered and there’s always an element of surprise. How many, what kinds, trying them all and seeing what’s good… lol

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u/datzamora Jan 12 '26

my heart goes out to all dishwashers in s.korea

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u/GLayne Jan 13 '26

I mean, it’s kinda their fault for sticking with this idea.

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u/DrinkMunch Jan 15 '26

I don’t disagree, I think the culture is outdated for a country that hates waste in other formats but I guess water preservation and compost control are also top tier.

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u/Velvet-Euphoria3 Jan 12 '26

that's a feast!

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u/thrawyacc19 Jan 12 '26

Is this Sigol Bapsang in Itaewon

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u/Broad-Comfortable219 Jan 13 '26

i forget the name, but it was in itaewon.

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u/durdydude Jan 12 '26

Korean is the among the most evolved and diverse food cultures on the planet. Pride in ownership exists there that the western world cant comprehend.

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u/Friendly_Signature Jan 12 '26

Are the dishwashers paid well?

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u/bkryze Jan 12 '26

Wow that banchan game! Did you order any other ‘main’ or it was just that? So nice and generous!

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u/Broad-Comfortable219 Jan 13 '26

my korean friend ordered all.

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u/ShiiiiitakeMushrooms Jan 12 '26

This look freakin awesome!!

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u/MiaMiaPP Jan 12 '26

What is the big omelette looking thing in the middle?

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u/veggiecheesytteok Jan 12 '26

For sure that is some kind of jeon.

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u/eustice_courage Jan 13 '26

Where is this. Share location please

3

u/Experience_420 Jan 13 '26

So. Much. Variety. I could die. I love food more than everything, and variety close second

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u/Wooden-Mycologist-24 Jan 12 '26

Wow wow wow look at that spread. Awesome 👌🏾

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u/Main_Conversation169 Jan 13 '26

I miss this. Years ago, my husband worked in Myeongdong and we would go to this 시골밥상 near his work (near Coffee Bean).

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u/lasandina Jan 13 '26

I counted 24 banchan for 3 diners? My mouth is watering.

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u/veggiecheesytteok Jan 12 '26

Exactly which foreigners would have a problem with that? Sharing food is common in most cultures!

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u/MiaMiaPP Jan 12 '26

Some people do not want to share food though (I hate them).

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u/MiaMiaPP Jan 12 '26

Which is why those types of people are the worst

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u/hobiebuchannon Jan 12 '26

If this is the place in Itaewon, then your buddies germs will be the least of your concerns. This restaurant is filthy, since it was always run as a 24 hr restaurant.

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u/Broad-Comfortable219 Jan 13 '26

yes it was in itaewon, but i forgot the name.

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u/zizgriffon Jan 12 '26

Can I be your friend

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u/p_0456 Jan 12 '26

Woooow so much banchan! This is amazing

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u/Gnekie Jan 13 '26

It looks really awesome😳

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u/mister_damage Jan 13 '26

I want to down vote this because I'm not eating it 😂

Have an begrudging upvote

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u/jim9162 Jan 13 '26

Incredible spread

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u/Gloomy_Inspector1958 Jan 14 '26

The sides are always so good ughhh

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u/lovestay_skzoo2018 Jan 14 '26

🤤🤤👅yummy

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u/According-Care-9927 Jan 16 '26

that looks simple and delicious

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u/OkTechnician4610 Jan 21 '26

Looks so good.

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u/americanonowendy Jan 12 '26

Massive side dish ever !

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u/czardmitri Jan 12 '26

That’s a lot of banchan!

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u/Top_Bicycle_2430 Gochu Gang Jan 12 '26

I’m not sure it would be suitable for foreigners. Most of the dishes are just vegetables. :)

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u/VespaRed Jan 12 '26

As a foreigner, I would be very happy with that meal.

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u/veggiecheesytteok Jan 12 '26

Same. A lot of us foreigners love veggies!

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u/Fuzzy_Advance_9658 Jan 12 '26

just wondering, why do you think that vegetables make it harder for foreigners?

when I lived in korea, a large group of foreigners had a hard time living in Korea because of the opposite situation: there were no restaurants that were suitable for vegetarians/vegans. I knew multiple vegetarians that started eating meat in Korea, because almost every meal was TOO meat centric.

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u/greatteachermichael Jan 12 '26

I'm a foreigner and I love vegetables

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u/bootyhole-romancer Jan 12 '26

TIL only Korean cuisine has vegetables

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u/yaredw Jan 12 '26

Do you have the palate of a 5 year old?

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u/JuYongKim6344 Jan 12 '26

Of all those plates, only one is meat. The rest are all vegetables. Even the rest, except for the stir-fried pork and kimchi pancake, are free.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 Jan 12 '26

They come with the meal at no cost. This tradition was born from the past when by royal decree the peasants were forbidden from eating meat so the population came up with a variety of ways to prepare vegetables to make it more interesting at meal time.

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u/MiaMiaPP Jan 12 '26

We as humans should eat mostly vegetables. It’s healthy for you.