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off-and-on t1_j1qiipx wrote

I've heard South Korean food is very good, that stranger got lucky too.

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Looter629 t1_j1qo0r1 wrote

Replying to Ih8MyBrosWife (#1,074,640)

Yo, they don't stop drinking and the bars won't close until they do. I remember walking by young adults passed out on the sidewalk in front of a bar because leaving before your boss was frowned upon. I can hold my alcohol but S. Koreans put me to shame! and the food is delicious.

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ashoka_akira t1_j1qons2 wrote

If you want to be a good house guest: bring food, cook it, feed people, and wash dishes after, people never want you to leave.

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Randsmagicpipe t1_j1qpdj8 wrote

What an awesome story. In my head I'm still pretending it was Kramer

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StoneColdSteveAss316 t1_j1qvo19 wrote

This seemed like a match made in heaven though, the couple that housed the Koreans already had a bunch of Korean ingredients and the tourists were great cooks.

I'd house these tourists if they knocked on my door but I'd tell them 'good luck' making something good out of the ingredients I had in my house at that time lol

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chewbaccalaureate t1_j1rarq1 wrote

Replying to off-and-on (#1,074,541)

Do yourself a favor and find a restaurant. "Chinese" food and teriyaki came over Stateside much earlier and adapted to fit American tastes (like Genrsal Tsao's) but Korean food is absolutely amazing and very overlooked.

Bulgogi, bibimbap, Korean barbecue (pork belly, beef, etc.) Soft tofu soup, and kimchi stew are all good gateway foods that are accessible.

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myfrigginagates t1_j1rk4x4 wrote

"And that Charlie Brown, is what Christmas is all about."

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saddestgirl666 t1_j1rktqm wrote

Replying to chewbaccalaureate (#1,078,351)

I'm loving that Korean food is becoming wildly popular in the US. It makes finding it and all necessary ingredients much easier. I can just stop at Kroger for a lot of things as opposed to having to go to a Korean/Asian market. It also feels good to have people rave over food I already knew was delicious growing up. I remember being in school and people commenting on how my Korean food mom made me looked or smelled gross.

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Beardedw0nd3r86 t1_j1rnaja wrote

But how is this possible. According to everyone on social media every single American is a dumb racist.

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queenexorcist t1_j1rtnp6 wrote

My only question is....why were they even in Buffalo in the first place lmao. There's literally nothing to do or see there.💀

Glad everything worked out tho and everyone had a good time.

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PrometheusOnLoud t1_j1s3cc5 wrote

That's awesome and great example of why, if you're going on a road trip into an oncoming winter storm, bring blankets, snow gear, and a box of exothermic handwarmers. Really anything you might need because this stuff happens.

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ThermoNuclearPizza t1_j1s4fkv wrote

Replying to ashoka_akira (#1,075,353)

I don’t know if you know NFL football, but I’m a Pats fan, a rival of Buffalo’s team the Bills. While they’re fans are the most crazy, mustard wearing, dildo throwing, folding table diving, TV out the front door tossin idiots you’ve ever seen in your life, they also happen to be regarded as some of the kindest folks on the planet.

The so called “Bills Mafia” is well known around NFL fanbases for starting fundraisers to donate to charities of choice of players who suffer serious injuries, as well as other tragic events And that goes for both their own team and others. On top of that they they one time raised over 556,000 to feed hungry children through Blessings in a Backpack.

Say what you will about those douchebags in Buffalo, but never say they’re not a charitable bunch. And most certainly never doubt for a second they know how to host a guest and have a good time.

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King_Dead t1_j1skfn4 wrote

That's a hella buffalo story. I hope they taught them how to jump through folding tables, as is buffalo tradition

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Mikemo05 t1_j1smpio wrote

Why buffalo in the middle of winter? Like maybe if you went there for the Niagara Falls but there are so many better places to be in America

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Notsnowbound t1_j1sxfux wrote

I want South Koreans to come to my place and cook and watch tv with me for the holidays!

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Polymemnetic t1_j1t129a wrote

Poor bastards probably had to watch Bills games, though.

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Magiwarriorx t1_j1t3kbb wrote

Replying to off-and-on (#1,074,541)

A roommate invited some Korean friends over one night. They ended up cooking dinner.

I remember being genuinely baffled that my kitchen could produce the dishes they made. It was absolutely delicious.

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WarOfAttrition38 t1_j1t426o wrote

Of course those buffloians would subject the Koreans to a one and done season

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Magiwarriorx t1_j1t45qh wrote

Replying to Looter629 (#1,075,275)

I found some Soonhari soju at my liquor store lately. ~13oz bottles, 12% abv. I just assumed it was meant to be drunk like a wine. Blew me away that its meant to be drunk in a single sitting like a beer.

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myspicename t1_j1tdurj wrote

Replying to Mikemo05 (#1,087,277)

There are tons of buses that go to Niagara Falls for one day tours. And it's the same if traffic didn't exist maybe.

More importantly, Niagara Falls is a top 3 in the world sight for waterfalls. Noone's trying to visit Niagara Falls the city...

There aren't even ten real cities in the US worth visiting for an international tourist...

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blazinrumraisin t1_j1tf1n1 wrote

The death toll from the blizzard in Buffalo is up to 27. Horrible way to die on Christmas.

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den773 t1_j1tgd27 wrote

New York always seems to rise to the occasion. I knew there would be people helping others. I love this story.

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laz21 t1_j1ti0e2 wrote

But only 8 left after 2 rounds of squid game

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freddyfrog70 t1_j1tst10 wrote

Oh yeah, wasn’t this posted by a Redditor? Like they came to his/her house?

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ehoaandthebeast t1_j1u1b50 wrote

All the korean people ive met have been very good people. i could take 10 in and feed them

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bdone2012 t1_j1uhhx6 wrote

Replying to myspicename (#1,087,882)

People do go chill in the Niagara falls city on the canadian side. There's pretty nice casinos and vineyards nearby. It doesn't have the wow factor of Vegas but it's better than Atlantic city for the most part.

That's a pretty rough day trip though. It's an 8.5 hour trip. I've taken plenty of overnight bus rides in my day, some more unpleasant than others but 17 hours on a bus in a day is pretty long unless it's a really nice bus. Unless you mean they sleep there for one day.

But I could also name over 10 cities to visit for foreign tourists that they'd find interesting though. Not saying Niagara is a bad choice, but for the cost of the bus they could probably get to new Orleans for example.

For cities: NYC, San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Portland, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, Austin, Savanah, Charleston, Asheville, DC, Las Vegas, Boston, St Augustin, Tucson.

I'm even missing some places I haven't been such as Seattle. And if you add in Canadian cities you have Montreal which is very cool about 5 hours away. Toronto is cool and I imagine Vancouver is great but I haven't been. You can also get down to Mexico really cheap as well. For example flights to cancun are always surprisingly cheap in comparison to flights to Mexico city. From there you can hop onto a bus to Mérida which is a great city.

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myspicename t1_j1uhzte wrote

Replying to bdone2012 (#1,091,978)

Yea, foreign tourists are going to get on a plane to St Augustin, Tuscon, and Asheville from NYC for a trip, rather than seeing one of the three biggest waterfalls in the world on a bus ride. It's a 7 hour bus ride that leaves from Midtown in the morning, does lunch at the border, a quick boat ride, a walk around, and then a bus ride back.

They're just gonna be like, "hey I'm doing a US trip to NYC and SF, let me just jam in a hop over to Montreal including border control and a quick pop over to Cancun (where flights for in demand times are 1200 dollars or more) and then a bus to Merida with two kids with a single entry visa. I'll also time a red-eye flight to New Orleans for super cheap, because my once in a lifetime trip to NYC is PERFECTLY timed to check out a cheap flight to NOLA, and I'm sure there won't be any flight delays for my connecting flight back to Korea that would be at my cost if I missed it."

Mostly they just do NYC with day trips to Niagara Falls and DC, and then SF with a day trip to Napa maybe, or LA to SF seeing Big Sur. MAYBE they do Chicago, but really unlikely, and if they have kids maybe Disney. Nobody is going to second tier cities or tiny college towns like Portland, Nashville, Memphis, Asheville unless they have friends there or they are like huge Elvis or Dollywood type fans.

People are FAR more likely to do nature trips as well then some small city...Niagra Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite. It's like you only travel to cities and stay in hostels and aren't seeing what people actually do.

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Batgod629 t1_j21iw7p wrote

As bad the storm was it gives rise to stories like these. Very happy that a few good Samaritans are able to help

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