Restaurants here will very rarely have pictures placed next to the items listed in the menu, which makes it somewhat difficult for foreigners to order. (They’ll also only give the table one menu despite how many guests are seated. I think this is because when a group of Koreans go out for dinner, usually only one of them pays, and they all eat the same dish. This custom is not so prevalent with the younger generations, however.) In lieu of appetizing pictures, some restaurants will have a large display case holding what you could call plastic prototypes of the dishes the restaurant serves. Normally yellow light will splash over these plastic food dishes to entice potential patrons to come in and have a bite.From experience, I’ve learned that restaurants that cater to this kind of display have less than mediocre food, and it’s usually the fusion restaurants that have them, as if Koreans could never imagine combining one style of cuisine with their style of cooking. However, I’ve been to one amazing fusion restaurant in Korea, which specialised in combining Korean cooking with Chinese- and Japanese-style cuisine. One of the dishes included a hollowed out pumpkin with cheese, chicken, peppers, onions and a variety of spices cooked inside. There was no plastic food anywhere near this place.
I thought this plastic food thing was localised in Korea, but I've found this practice in other Asian countries as well.
Take note of the floating chopsticks. Suspended utensils are the norm.
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they also do this at an asian restaurant just off yonge near my apartment...it's not appetizing at all.
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