Got Soup? Say Hello to the Soup Nazi

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Written by: Daniel
Tags: sundubu, video

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Yesterday, I was getting sundubu and the waitress reminded me of the soup nazi. She yelled at me for taking too long to peruse the menu and then got angry when I refused to eat 2 of the 5 side-dishes that came with the meal (I was just trying not to be wasteful. I mean I didn’t need fresh kimchi, sauteed kimchi, and turnip kimchi at the same meal. I went for the fresh kimchi.) I seriously thought she was going to lose it when I asked for an egg to drop into the sundubu. She gave me the egg and the evil eye that said, “No Soup for you.”

Oh, Korea. How I “heart” thee.

Dan

About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.