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Hot Pot recently just took my number one spot from Pho as my favorite Asian food
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Sounds like a plan bruhFly to Tokyo via Asiana Airlines; I did this earlier this year and had a one night layover in Seoul while paying for flying to just one country. Landed at 6 PM, headed to the bars in Hongdae district at 11 PM, went to bed at 5 AM with a half finished box of Korean fried chicken, and got to the airport to fly to Tokyo at 9 AM:x
But yeah, if you have more time, plan a few days in Korea as well. Flights between Korea and Japan are pretty cheap. IMO Tokyo is a cooler city overall but Seoul is much more fun
Peach airlines is another cheap airlines too, thats why flew from Seoul to Osaka and back.
RIP if you fly into Seoul the same time as one of those Chinese tour groups tho.
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I've only recently developed a liking for hot pot. I've had Vietnamese hot pot my whole life, but man the others are bomb after discovering them. Taiwanese hot pot (tasty pot, boiling point), shabu shabu (all over Sj), Korean hot pot are all sooo good, but mostly pricey as hell.
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Yeah, took me over an hour to get through Seoul customs in February because of at least a 200 deep Chinese tour group that went there for Lunar New Year
Usually I can get through in 10-20 minutes because it's not a major tourist destination and lines are empty
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@Lil Cao, you don't go to the all you can eat hot pots? Those are all over the East Bay. Pretty good deal for $25; I just usually starve myself all day before heading to them at night. Actually hit up Little Dipper in Fremont last night. Their house special sauce 
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How do they make their Laotion fried chicken? Im guessing its a very thin layer of batter if any? Tell me they got a chilli pepper fish sauce dip on the side tho lol.this spot out here has this laotion fried chicken
Korean fried chicken will always be king tho
Ive been sleeping on Korean fried chicken. I dont think theres a spot where Im at that serves it, gotta try it one day!
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yeah it's lightly battered, hella crunchy. It's tossed in the sauce tho, has a slight vinegar taste with a chili kick.
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@Lil Cao, you don't go to the all you can eat hot pots? Those are all over the East Bay. Pretty good deal for $25; I just usually starve myself all day before heading to them at night. Actually hit up Little Dipper in Fremont last night. Their house special sauce
Never been to one in the bay, but we got a pretty dope one here in Irvine.
$20, plus they got a bunch of sides - sushi rolls, chicken wings, etc ... No tip either
+ ice cream at the end
I wanna pick up a hot pot set up for the house tho.
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I told them no need, don't like bean sprouts in my pho.
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Understandable, I'm the same way. You gotta try out this overlooked Vietnamese dish (Bo Tai Chanh) -- basically the same raw beef in your pic + lots of lime + onions + peanuts + mint + basil + Sriracha. It's considered "bar food" in Vietnam and it's great --
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Coagulated pork blood is the next thing hipsters discover, trust that.
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^ love that dish.
Ya also gotta try Be Thui. My all time favorite Viet dish. Just had some today. It is young roasted veal. Squeeze some lime, eat it with some of that bang trang and Doritos!!!!. Yes, Doritos is a must with this. Sorry for the bad pic. I didn't have time to make my plate all pretty #^@! lol. You gotta find the right person to make this. The skin on the veal is
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Ya also gotta try Be Thui. My all time favorite Viet dish. Just had some today. It is young roasted veal. Squeeze some lime, eat it with some of that bang trang and Doritos!!!!. Yes, Doritos is a must with this. Sorry for the bad pic. I didn't have time to make my plate all pretty #^@! lol. You gotta find the right person to make this. The skin on the veal is
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Where is the love for Burmese food?
It has been BLOWING up in san francisco in the past couple of years too.
It has been BLOWING up in san francisco in the past couple of years too.
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I hope they don't hipsterfy thatCoagulated pork blood is the next thing hipsters discover, trust that.
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Burmese food is damn good, and yes, all the tech bros at my job get it catered to the office at least twice a week nowWhere is the love for Burmese food?
It has been BLOWING up in san francisco in the past couple of years too.
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I don't really eat that much. Maybe you can try PPQ?
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^ I see quite a few prominent dancers/choreographers are from Irvine.
Talking about Kinjaz dudes, the massive Cali dance scene in general, etc.
Talking about Kinjaz dudes, the massive Cali dance scene in general, etc.
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Yup, UCI has a huge dance community.
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Any idea on what happened to ESPN's Fresh off the Bench podcast?
They only did like two episodes ...
They only did like two episodes ...
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What's that
