Why oh why?

I went to a Kraze Burger for the first time tonight.  It's a Korea-based burger franchise.

I ordered the KO Burger because it sounded delicious with its beef patty, bacon, swiss cheese and jalapeno peppers...

When I got the burger, it was cut in half and it had two plastic sword things sticking out like they do with club sandwiches.  The taste was alright...but throughout the meal, I couldn't get my head wrapped around the concept of eating a cut burger.  Eating a burger cut in half is a no-no in my burger world.

Who cuts burgers?  The fuck.

Won't anybody think of the children?!

Delivery

Culture shock: You can get anything delivered anywhere in Korea in a blink of an eye.

I love it!  It's so convenient!  I live by myself in Seoul, so I often get home from work to face the dilemma of how I should feed myself.  I'm far too lazy to cook anything nor keep any perishables in my fridge, so I end up ordering food most nights if I haven't eaten outside.

I choose food from about 30~40 different menus, ranging from sushi to sandwichs to pork bone stews.  It's like my personal room service... I just pick up my phone, call the number on the menu and I get it delivered within half an hour.  After I finish eating, I just pack up the dishes, put them outside my place and they come pick them up.  There a lot of 24-hour places that deliver as well...

Lately, I've been addicted to McDelivery... Sure, my zero regard for health will put me in a (big ass) coffin sooner than later, but I just LOVE eating Big Macs when I'm jonesing for them at 3AM in the morning.

There are also delivery services where somebody on a scooter delivers anything from point A to point B; they call this "quick service" (another Konglish word).  Also, there are personal errand services where you can request some dude to do shit for you like pick up dry cleaning, pay parking ticket fines, get you takeout from non-delivery restaurants or do grocery shopping.  In addition, most of your online purchases arrive on your doorsteps within 1 or 2 days.  I've been desensitized to delivery durations because of the usual "4 to 6 weeks" advertised when I was in Canada.

Even though I feel like an old fart ordering all these meals on wheels from the comforts of my couch, I don't know how I can ever live without all these deliveries.  

I gotta deliver these kids quickly in 40 minutes or they're free...

Konglish Lesson #3

Konglish of the day: service (pronounced "suh-bee-seuh")

In order to an establishment to provide you with some extra service, they give you "service"... something complimentary on the house.  The most common example is an extra menu item at a restaurant...

"These dumplings are service."

"Lady, where's my service?!"

"They have good service here... beef sashimi!"

Note:  Not to be confused with "full service" (pronounced "pool suh-bee-seuh"), which is "the works" at a shady massage parlor.

Kicking off the blog with...

I had dog last week.

Almost a stereotype, Koreans back in Canada are often accused of eating dogs.  I don't know why we get the stereotype... Chinese people eat dogs too.  Even if a smaller percentage of Chinese people eat dogs, Chinese people probably devour a lot more dogs in total than Koreans.

I've never eaten any kind of a canine breed in the past.  I don't think I get disturbed by the thought of eating dog meat, but then I've never owned a dog.  I like dogs, but I always wanted to try the meat... to see what it tasted like.

I went to a place near work with my co-workers.  It was a big place, but it was completely empty at peak dinner time.  Apparently, dogs were not in season... (huh?)  We ordered two different types of main dog meat dishes.. one braised served on top of greens and another was a stew.  The lady brought in a big chunk of purplish meat... It was the neck which people claimed to be the best part.  Stomach meat is apparently the next best.  The cheapest sections of a dog are its legs... they use that shit for stews.  

At first, the meat triggered a little bit of a gag reflex when I put it in my mouth, but that tends to happen when I put strange oily meat into my mouth... After I got used to the smell, it was actually not too bad...both the taste and the texture...but doesn't taste as good as traditional meats.  And it doesn't taste like chicken.  The meal was kinda expensive, so I'd rather spend that money on good old-fashioned beef.

Don't look at me like that... I didn't know it was your daddy...