From: kimy@goober.cs.umd.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean
Subject: Re: Coffee? Re: hey this is America (was Re: korean guys...)
Date: 23 Nov 92 02:58:10 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
Originator: kimy@goober.cs.umd.edu

In article <1992Nov21.180019.23240@tc.cornell.edu> jfe@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Brian Chung) writes:
>
>	Espresso?  Give me a nice single capuccino with a little bit of
>Italian strawberry syrup in it.  It's simply delicious.  Or just plain
>capuccino with lots of cinnamon.  And forget about feeling wiser, stronger
>and more optimistic.  Take your gf/bf out to a cafe that serves these
>capucinnos, order them, drink, and just gaze into her/his eyes.  And....  
>Um, I'd better get off here before I become one with James "Pervert" Choi. :)
>
>ObKorean:  Anyone know a place that serves a great capuccino in Seoul?  I'm
>going to miss them dearly when I go back this Christmas.


You could get yourself an espresso maker.  Folks over in the food newsgroups
said they liked the Gaggia, but it's a bit pricey, around the $400 range.
Coffee aficionados say it's well worth it.

Me, I'm making do with my Krups Mini, which I got on sale for $80.  I used
to actually make espresso with it, but now since I'm trying to cut down on
my caffeine intake (I discovered I had to drink about 4 demitasses of
espresso before the caffeine started taking effect) I use it mostly to
steam milk for cafe-au-lait, or some heavenly cocoa.  None of those
stupid marshmellows, just a cafe-au-lait cup full of frothing steamed milk
and cocoa powder, with some sugar (cafe-au-lait cups are cups about the
size of soup bowls, capacity about twice that of normal coffee cups).
By the way, I prefer cocoa on my capuccino.

Now back when I was living Chapel Hill, the Southern Part of Heaven,
summertime would be when I would hit either Columbia Street Bakery or
the Hardback Cafe for iced capuccino.  Those nights that involved
heavy dancing at the Cat's Cradle would be for visiting Ben & Jerry's
on Franklin Street in between sets, to sit on a street bench and savour
their raspberry sorbet while people-watching.  Oh, and for the curious,
no, I didn't stare into anybody's eyes while drinking capuccino - too
busy reading the _Village Voice_.  And I wonder how much staring-into-
somebody's-eyes goes on at a Cramps (or Mojo Nixon, or Superchunk,
or Dead Milkmen, or insert loud band of your choice) concert, especially
in the mosh pit.

Then there's the truly delicious iced tea at Dip's Country Kitchen
(Mama Dip's to the locals), not to mention their heavenly Southern
fried chicken and okra and tomatoes, and Henry's Bistro with their
wonderful rendition of coq-au-vin and their exquisite apple pie,
or La Residence, with their truly excellent passionfruit sorbet,
among other things.  And I haven't even started on the barbecue,
the only real barbecue there is, pork with lots of hot and vinegary
barbecue sauce, North Carolina-style, with hush puppies and cole
slaw and Brunswick stew on the side.

This doesn't have much to do with Korean culture, does it?



yong-mi
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