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Seriously, FT? Kimchi jjigae?!?
What make the dish-slash-condiments so potent are the dried red chili peppers which form a near lethal combination during pickling process with the piquant cabbage.
C’mon, kimchi jjigae isn’t even the spiciest food in Korea, let alone among the world’s spiciest! 안동찜닭, 닭도리탕, 오징어볶음, heck, even the 효자동 떡볶이 we just reviewed are miles spicier than most kimchi jjigae! What about the 불닭 craze of a few years ago, when restaurants popped up catering purely to the need for Koreans to find a new level of masochistic tastebud burn? What of the smoldering pleasure of having your mouth scoured by a good bowl of 비빔냉면? Sure, kimchi is spicy . . . if you have the refined palate of somebody whose mouth has never encountered anything worse than a little smidge of wasabi on your gigantic riceball of sushi.
What’s the matter, FT, can’t take the heat? When you’re ready to restore some semblence of journalistic credibility, call us. We’ll show you foods that are spicy enough to write home (or for the Forbes Traveler) about.
tip of the fat hat to Brian in Jeollanam-do
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Roboseyo
May 8th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I’m in! That might have to be an FMS Write-on contest: what’s the hottest BBQ chicken you can find in Seoul? There used to be a place in Jongno that was about a mile above my threshhold… I wonder if it’s still around. Have you had the jjuggumi by Dongmyoap Station recently?
Roboseyo
May 8th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
though I do have to say, the szechuan hot pot I had in south china topped any of the food I’ve eaten in Korea. Sorry, SK.
Jaim
May 8th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
One of my first meals in Korea was at the food-court of a Homever. I know, I know, but I didn’t speak a lick of hangugo and all I had to do was write down a number on a piece of paper and pay.
So I got some sort of seafood soup. And after seven months it’s still the hottest dish I’ve eaten in the ROK. My co-worker was going off to get me cups of water (which everyone knows are teeny-tiny here, in relation to the heat of the food) every five minutes or so.
I’m not sure if that’s lame or cool, but it’s true.
ZenKimchi
May 10th, 2009 at 7:07 am
You gotta consider the audience for Forbes. To them exotic spicy food is driving the SUV two blocks for Mexican night at Applebee’s.
fatmanseoul
May 11th, 2009 at 11:03 am
hahaha, that allowed, if you’re going to say something is the world’s spiciest, you’d better be able to back it up with something.
Michelle
May 12th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I know. My office and I were reading that and cracking up. I’ve never had a kimchi jjega that I’ve found spicy. They could have done a hundred different dishes. If you look on epicurious. com, they have around the world in 80 dishes. For Korean, they do bulgogi. The chef goes on about how spicy ssamjung is. Bean paste is not spicy! Sissies extraordinaire
Angry Whopper haz a Sad - FatManSeoul
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
[...] kick from the sauce, and there’s a few devious little peppers packed away. But overall? Meh. There’s kimchi jjigae spicier than this burger. We wanted to be inspired to a murderous rage, tears of anger and tastebud betrayal rolling down our [...]