Five Guys has finally arrived in Korea according to ROK Drop. If you visit ROK Drop, you'll see a photo of a long queue and a sign saying that, from this point in the line, it's a one-hour wait. I'm not so desperate to visit Five Guys that I'll wait a whole hour just to get my usual burger, dog, and fries, but I'll make it over to the restaurant eventually. All the same, I'm a bit nervous. How different will the Korean menu be from the US one? Korean fast-food joints often reduce their portion sizes (probably a healthy thing). Will I be able to get my customary double bacon cheeseburger, bacon-cheese dog, and an unbelievably huge mound of fries? I somehow doubt the fries will be as gargantuan as they are in the States. Given the current mad rush, I'll wait a few months, let the hype die down a bit (I'm sure a bunch of gyopos who lived in the eastern part of the United States will be telling all their Korean friends about how awesome Five Guys is because fuck In-N-Out), then finally saunter over. Meanwhile, it's nice to know that Five Guys is finally here. I hope nothing gets lost in translation.
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I envy you the Five Guys, as far as I'm concerned, the best "fast-food" burger around. Like you, I wonder what might be lost in translation. When I first moved to Korea, I was surprised at KFC by how different the Colonel's secret recipe tasted. I find KFC inedible in the Philippines.
KFC in Korea is tolerable, I guess, but I never go there. Popeye's is thoroughly disappointing here—extremely bland, and I have no idea why since Koreans love spicy food, and Popeye's fried chicken has a bit of a kick to it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed about Five Guys... we'll soon see.
I was familiar with Five Guys from New York, but I just looked it up and apparently they are from Virginia--I never knew that!
HJ and I have talked about going, but we are definitely going to wait until the stupid lines die down. Really, I'm just hoping that the fries are as good here as they are in the States.
I didn't know they were originally from Virginia, either, but I do know that there are a lot of Five Guys joints along the Route One corridor in my hometown of Alexandria. So I guess it all now makes sense.
I have a sinking feeling they're gonna fuck up the fries (at least in terms of size), but I hope not.
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