Comments on: Korean Culture Class #26 - Family Restaurants in Korea http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/ Learn Korean with Free Podcasts Mon, 21 May 2012 19:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: KoreanClass101.com http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-65299 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:48:52 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-65299 :razz:Hi, 샬릇. I agree with you. Family restaurants in Korea are not actually one for Family. It is expensive than other regular restaurants especially for dinner hours. But they don't check how many hours you've been there. So you can have a lunch and talk and then, have another meal with your friends at one place. That's the big reason why many young Koreans go to the family restaurant together. ; ) Also, you can use the lunch-hour discount. With this, I believe it can be cheaper than other restaurants because you can get free breads and refills for your beverages. May I ask you what you usually do in Family restaurants in Korea? Both Korean and English are welcome! - Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com :razz: Hi, 샬릇.

I agree with you. Family restaurants in Korea are not actually one for Family. It is expensive than other regular restaurants especially for dinner hours.

But they don’t check how many hours you’ve been there. So you can have a lunch and talk and then, have another meal with your friends at one place. That’s the big reason why many young Koreans go to the family restaurant together. ; )

Also, you can use the lunch-hour discount. With this, I believe it can be cheaper than other restaurants because you can get free breads and refills for your beverages.

May I ask you what you usually do in Family restaurants in Korea? Both Korean and English are welcome!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

]]> by: 살릇 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-65286 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:13:31 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-65286 family restaurants are way too expensive in Korea unless you're starving and have a lot of money to spare then it's better to eat at home than go to a family restaurant like Outback Steakhouse :( but I like going once in a while.. the salad bar is nice and you can sit for hours talking and no one will say anything about it :) it's good when you're meeting a relative or friend in a long time and you lots to say family restaurants are way too expensive in Korea
unless you’re starving and have a lot of money to spare then it’s better to eat at home than go to a family restaurant like Outback Steakhouse :(
but I like going once in a while.. the salad bar is nice and you can sit for hours talking and no one will say anything about it :)
it’s good when you’re meeting a relative or friend in a long time and you lots to say

]]> by: colin http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-55300 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:22:10 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-55300 Holy moley the people at TGIFridays in Korea were so NICE! I felt so awkward because it was like you were showered with happiness and attention. You don't even get that at TGIFridays in US or Canada! Holy moley the people at TGIFridays in Korea were so NICE! I felt so awkward because it was like you were showered with happiness and attention. You don’t even get that at TGIFridays in US or Canada!

]]> by: Daniel K http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-36108 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:51:16 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-36108 Haha, Brian, that seems to be the refrain of many a foreigner in Korea. Personally, I've never eaten in a "패밀리 레스토랑," both because of the price, and the fact that I don't really miss so-called "Western cooking." I've never been a fan of steakhouses, and the menus at generic Western restaurants in North Amercia (e.g. Casey's, Kelsey's, Shoeless Joe's...) don't really appeal to me. I find them bland and derivative. But yeah, I have heard many foreigners in Korea complain about the "menu adjustments" for Korean palates in such places as Outback and Bennigan's. Just another reason that I don't want to go! I think it's funny how the term "family restaurant" is different in Korea, from how it's used in the West. Here in Korea, it means a fancy, expensive restaurant where you can take the family for dinner and enjoy something different from what you would get in the average Korean restaurant/일반음식점. But in the West, a "family restaurant" is a very low-key, no-frills, relatively cheap place where you can take the family for an average weekend dinner. The difference is very interesting... Haha, Brian, that seems to be the refrain of many a foreigner in Korea. Personally, I’ve never eaten in a “패밀리 레스토랑,” both because of the price, and the fact that I don’t really miss so-called “Western cooking.” I’ve never been a fan of steakhouses, and the menus at generic Western restaurants in North Amercia (e.g. Casey’s, Kelsey’s, Shoeless Joe’s…) don’t really appeal to me. I find them bland and derivative. But yeah, I have heard many foreigners in Korea complain about the “menu adjustments” for Korean palates in such places as Outback and Bennigan’s. Just another reason that I don’t want to go!

I think it’s funny how the term “family restaurant” is different in Korea, from how it’s used in the West. Here in Korea, it means a fancy, expensive restaurant where you can take the family for dinner and enjoy something different from what you would get in the average Korean restaurant/일반음식점. But in the West, a “family restaurant” is a very low-key, no-frills, relatively cheap place where you can take the family for an average weekend dinner. The difference is very interesting…

]]> by: Brian http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35886 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:08:02 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35886 I went to Outback on Friday looking for a good western type menu. I was sorely disappointed as the menu and some of the recipes seem to have been adjusted for Korean palates--I am in Korea after all. However, if I had wanted to eat Kimchi flavored whatever, I could have gone to 100 restaurants outside of Outback. I got the expensive, but entirely missed the good food....they even changed their standard butter-cream that comes with the bread to some kind of rasberry something that you would put on a donut :sad: I went to Outback on Friday looking for a good western type menu. I was sorely disappointed as the menu and some of the recipes seem to have been adjusted for Korean palates–I am in Korea after all. However, if I had wanted to eat Kimchi flavored whatever, I could have gone to 100 restaurants outside of Outback. I got the expensive, but entirely missed the good food….they even changed their standard butter-cream that comes with the bread to some kind of rasberry something that you would put on a donut :sad:

]]> by: Stephanie http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35518 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:17:44 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35518 I went to Outback Steakhouse when I visited Korea in July...the service was better than I get here in the US...almost too good and even I felt weird because the servers were too nice. It is customary to tip servers at these kinds of restaurants in the US so the high price of the meal may be because they do not receive tips in Korea? I don't know...just a thought. Sorry it's not written in Korean...my sentence making skills=안습 :lol: I went to Outback Steakhouse when I visited Korea in July…the service was better than I get here in the US…almost too good and even I felt weird because the servers were too nice. It is customary to tip servers at these kinds of restaurants in the US so the high price of the meal may be because they do not receive tips in Korea?

I don’t know…just a thought. Sorry it’s not written in Korean…my sentence making skills=안습 :lol:

]]> by: ian kingston http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35471 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:00:42 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35471 I have used this morning the Korean Video for word relays this has to be best tool to build Korean Vocabulary by using word association, Everyone should uses this tool to increase Korean Vocabulary!:grin: I have used this morning the Korean Video for word relays this has to be best tool to build Korean Vocabulary by using word association, Everyone should uses this tool to increase Korean Vocabulary! :grin:

]]> by: 카이 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35373 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:53:59 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35373 아니에요, 안 가요. 저는 한국에 간 적이 없어도, if I ever do go I probably won't visit a 패닐리 레스토랑, because "패닐리" 음식보다 한국음식이 좋아해요. 아니에요, 안 가요. 저는 한국에 간 적이 없어도, if I ever do go I probably won’t visit a 패닐리 레스토랑, because “패닐리” 음식보다 한국음식이 좋아해요.

]]> by: KoreanClass101.com http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35122 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.koreanclass101.com/2009/09/25/korean-culture-class-26-family-restaurants-in-korea/#comment-35122 여러분, "패밀리 레스토랑" 자주 가세요? :) 여러분, “패밀리 레스토랑” 자주 가세요? :)

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