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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   1410 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for November 21, 2025

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With frank confusion, I discovered that a Korean place near me offers raw meat as a delivery option on Uber Eats. This is normal enough for a grocery store, but this is a normal ass restaurant that'll sell you sliced pork belly, steak and the like, all raw, alongside relatively standard (and cooked) options.

Why? Is there a market for people who order ingredients for their meals from a restaurant? Having to cook takeout seems to diminish the value proposition, but I can't keep up with the kids these days.

I buy raw Korean meat from Korean markets. Bulgolgi and short ribs mostly. I'm paying for the butcher to cut and marinate it for me. I own a Korean barbecue grill. It is a big round metal plate you place over a camp stove.

I tried making my own bulgolgi marinade using jarred marinade from a Korean market. It was noticeably worse than the Korean butcher. So I just buy the pre-marinated meats.

I'm white and my wife is Chinese. We just like Korean food.

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