Repatriate Me!

Just started thinking about food since it’s lunch time here. Here in Korea I don’t even think twice about eating out. It’s so easy to get a good meal for less than $7 and probably closer to $4.5 – $5 as long as your willing to eat Korean food. One can even go as low as $1.50 and have a roll of kimbap, but I don’t find that particularly tasty though some people do.

Good examples of food that one can get for less than $7 and include a number of side dishes include:

1. various jiggaes
   1. doenjang jiggae (eat this at home all the time)
   2. kimchee jiggae
   3. soondubu jiggae
2. bibimbap
3. dolsot bibimbap
4. don kassu
5. Japchae (available at Chinese restaurants)
6. Jajang myeon (available at Chinese restaurants and in an earlier post)
7. Mapa Dubu (available at Chinese restaurants and in an earlier post)
8. Kalkuksu
9. Naeng myun (I personally don’t like this one)
10. Samgye tang
11. Galbi Tang
12. Seolleong Tang
13. Bulgogi

There are of course many more to choose from at this price point. If i upped the price to about $10 then I could add a ton more. And don’t forget this is the total you pay, there is no added tax and none of that insanely stupid North American practice of tipping. Really eating out in Korea is a pleasure and incredibly cheap.