Comments on: Yes, the Drivers do Know the Best Places to Eat…

By: Gigi

Gigi — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:34:25 +0000

Hi MM, hope u don’t mind sharing contact details of your private tour service provider. Thinking of going there too next year. Thanks ?

By: bennym

bennym — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 01:10:51 +0000

I once had a Japanese friend give me some natto but warned that it’s an acquired taste. She was right.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:53:57 +0000

A propos all of the above and a recent preferred national cuisine survey, I can live on Chinese food alone or even Korean but not Japanese, can’t stand raw fish, raw egg and slimy stinky ropy natto.

By: ConnieC

ConnieC — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:11:11 +0000

Kasseopeia: Gamsahamnida ! Now I am relieved. I must have gotten the wrong translation:)

By: Kasseopeia

Kasseopeia — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:04:49 +0000

ConnieC, “annyeong haseyo” is hello.
Thank you is gamsahamnida or gomapseumida… or gomaweoyo (less formal).

But yeah, my students for Basic Korean took to greeting each other “anong sayo” instead. Then replying with “Gaji immida” (an eggplant) or “Bongsung-a immida” (a peach). Adults can be such kids sometimes :P

By: ConnieC

ConnieC — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 23:15:04 +0000

Feeling a little “naughty” after Footloose’s comment #5

Funny thing our languages.

We say cheese, the Chinese say qie zi ( chee-et-zi) which sounds very like “cheese” when enunciated when being photographed

Translation:
Cheese: queso in Filipino or Spanish

Qie zi: eggplant, “versatile little veggie” called eggplant. Also a male pornographic website which I stumbled into while searching for a recipe. Please DO NOT go there!

And the Koreans? They also say cheese but follow it with “ahn yung ha sa yo” which sounds more like anong sayo ( as in the Lucky Me commercial) meaning thank you.

But what about the more formal kamsahamnida? Translation: Thank you Madam! …..And I’ve been politely saying that to MACHO Korean men all these years. HA Ha HA!!!

By: EbbaBlue

EbbaBlue — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 06:54:36 +0000

Same experience for me, although just provincial Philippine trips; I discovered that the divers are the best guide for great, reasonable, eateries in towns where I visit.
Latest example is in Pagsanjan; after numerous expensive, sorry lunches and dinners at various tourist Reston, I asked a trycicle driver where they eat, and he brought us there.
So glad we did, food was great and reasonable.

By: Julianne Ste

Julianne Ste — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:47:08 +0000

Yes, I agree MM! When we went to Madrid for the first time, a cousin of my husband who lived in Madrid for 30 years advised us to avoid tourists restaurants and follow construction workers, drivers, locals in eating out. It was so cheap,€8 with a starter, main, dessert, house wine and coffee! We don’t speak Spanish but it was an easy choice because it was always menu del dia! The downside was I was always drunk as we always finished the bottle of wine! Hahahahaha!

By: Footloose

Footloose — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:03:39 +0000

That’s extraordinary, cops usually prefer doughnut shops.

By: jr

jr — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:47:53 +0000

When I am in Vegas we don’t eat in the strip. We eat where the locals eat. One time we ate at a Steak restaurant off the strip where we found the local cops and firefighters seated having their dinner.