Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

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Which way do you go around the EPCOT World Showcase?

Clockwise around EPCOT
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58%
Counter-Clockwise around EPCOT
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42%
 
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Tue 05, 2010 11:57 pm

Ah, did they do Liege style waffles and muscles with fries?

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Mousekedude » Oct Wed 06, 2010 10:30 am

Belgian waffles.....!!! Yum, yum!!! Of course, I won't get a chance to find out... it's over before we go. :(
South Korean food...? Hmmm.... eels and squid chips, maybe..? :shock:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Amy » Oct Wed 06, 2010 10:52 am

Mousekedude wrote:Belgian waffles.....!!! Yum, yum!!! Of course, I won't get a chance to find out... it's over before we go. :(
South Korean food...? Hmmm.... eels and squid chips, maybe..? :shock:
Or...Woof, woof?! :shock:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by mindflipper » Oct Wed 06, 2010 11:01 am

Amy wrote:
Mousekedude wrote:Belgian waffles.....!!! Yum, yum!!! Of course, I won't get a chance to find out... it's over before we go. :(
South Korean food...? Hmmm.... eels and squid chips, maybe..? :shock:
Or...Woof, woof?! :shock:
Let's avoid the bad stereotypes about Asian food. However, it does remind me of a bit from Sweeney Todd that was on the other night on BBC America. Ms. Lovett was singing about one of her competitors suspect meat in their meat pies:

"Just the thought of it makes me sick!
Plus, those p-ssycats are too quick."

EDIT: forgot the subsonic automated censor...

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by theBIGyowski » Oct Wed 06, 2010 4:31 pm

Depends on what I want first...

Margarita >>> Start at Mexico and go Clockwise

Beer >>> Start at Canada/UK and go Counterclockwise

It's just that simple...and how DW and I decided where we would start and which direction to go each time we went on our last trip.
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Thu 07, 2010 12:12 am

Mousekedude wrote:Belgian waffles.....!!! Yum, yum!!! Of course, I won't get a chance to find out... it's over before we go. :(
South Korean food...? Hmmm.... eels and squid chips, maybe..? :shock:
Brussel style waffles (commonly reffered to as "Belgian" here) are nothing compare to the Liege style, not only are they tasty but there is the danger of injury! :D

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Amy » Oct Thu 07, 2010 5:23 am

Wizzard419 wrote:Brussel style waffles (commonly reffered to as "Belgian" here) are nothing compare to the Liege style, not only are they tasty but there is the danger of injury! :D
Ok, I'll bite. What is the danger of injury? Because they are so large?

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Mousekedude » Oct Thu 07, 2010 7:46 am

theBIGyowski wrote:Depends on what I want first...

Margarita >>> Start at Mexico and go Clockwise

Beer >>> Start at Canada/UK and go Counterclockwise

It's just that simple...and how DW and I decided where we would start and which direction to go each time we went on our last trip.
Now that sounds like a good way to decide! :wink: :lol:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Mousekedude » Oct Thu 07, 2010 7:54 am

mindflipper wrote: Let's avoid the bad stereotypes about Asian food...
No stereotypes happenin' here, bro. I love Asian food: Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese.... my question comes from curiosity: what's so unique about Korean food? In Houston we have thriving communities from all sorts of Asian countries, with plenty of authentic restaurants to choose from, and for the most part they serve a lot of the same things. So I was wondering what a kiosk at WS could possibly offer that would be perceived as "uniquely Korean?" Thought I'd ask it with a humorous twist.... :wink:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by NaCler » Oct Thu 07, 2010 9:39 am

This is off of the Disney website...

NEW-South Korea, Introduced: 2010

* Lettuce Wraps with Roast Pork and Kimchi Slaw
* Barbecue Short Rib with Steamed Rice and Cucumber Kimchi
* Honey Ginger Tea
* Jinro Chamisul Soju
* Bohae Bokbunjajoo (Black Raspberry Rice Wine)

The short ribs and lettuce wraps sound pretty good to me! Although, isn't Kimchi the cabbage they bury in the ground for awhile to let it ferment??? :shock:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Amy » Oct Thu 07, 2010 9:42 am

Mousekedude wrote:
mindflipper wrote: Let's avoid the bad stereotypes about Asian food...
No stereotypes happenin' here, bro. I love Asian food: Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese.... my question comes from curiosity: what's so unique about Korean food? In Houston we have thriving communities from all sorts of Asian countries, with plenty of authentic restaurants to choose from, and for the most part they serve a lot of the same things. So I was wondering what a kiosk at WS could possibly offer that would be perceived as "uniquely Korean?" Thought I'd ask it with a humorous twist.... :wink:
I wasn't trying to perpetuate a stereotype either. I was just mentioning what my Dad saw when he was stationed in Korea. It is sad for our culture to think of someone eating a dog, but I'm sure the Indian people are sad to see Americans eat their sacred moo-cows too :shock: :(
NaCler wrote:This is off of the Disney website...
NEW-South Korea, Introduced: 2010
* Lettuce Wraps with Roast Pork and Kimchi Slaw
* Barbecue Short Rib with Steamed Rice and Cucumber Kimchi
* Honey Ginger Tea
* Jinro Chamisul Soju
* Bohae Bokbunjajoo (Black Raspberry Rice Wine)
The short ribs and lettuce wraps sound pretty good to me! Although, isn't Kimchi the cabbage they bury in the ground for awhile to let it ferment??? :shock:
Yup, that kimchi is pretty powerful stuff :shock:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Mousekedude » Oct Thu 07, 2010 11:29 am

Okay, so I can see that they will have a few things that are distinctly Korean, such as the Kimchi, and that's a good thing. But everything else is pretty much a variation of stuff you can get at a lot of other Asian restaurants. I'm not trying to diss it, I'm just saying that it seems like a tough prospect to come up with a good variety of things that are exclusively Korean.... you know, the way stuff like Strudel is exclusively German and so forth. That's the whole point of the Food and Wine showcase for all the countries... offer stuff that is exclusive (or most commonly linked to) each particular country. It can be hard to do that for the Asian countries when so much of their food is very similar, is all I was saying.
As for the Korean menu, I would like to try everything on it... shame I won't be able to make it. :(

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Mousekedude » Oct Thu 07, 2010 11:32 am

Amy wrote:
Wizzard419 wrote:Brussel style waffles (commonly reffered to as "Belgian" here) are nothing compare to the Liege style, not only are they tasty but there is the danger of injury! :D
Ok, I'll bite. What is the danger of injury? Because they are so large?
My guess is that the "danger" is something along the lines of SWE Syndrome (Spontaneous Waistline Expansion). :mrgreen:

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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Jacca5660 » Oct Thu 07, 2010 11:33 am

Mousekedude wrote:Okay, so I can see that they will have a few things that are distinctly Korean, such as the Kimchi, and that's a good thing. But everything else is pretty much a variation of stuff you can get at a lot of other Asian restaurants. I'm not trying to diss it, I'm just saying that it seems like a tough prospect to come up with a good variety of things that are exclusively Korean.... you know, the way stuff like Strudel is exclusively German and so forth. That's the whole point of the Food and Wine showcase for all the countries... offer stuff that is exclusive (or most commonly linked to) each particular country. It can be hard to do that for the Asian countries when so much of their food is very similar, is all I was saying.
As for the Korean menu, I would like to try everything on it... shame I won't be able to make it. :(
It's also hard to do exclusively Australian food. I mean living on or near the Gulf coast we see shrimp (prawns) cook all sorts of different ways.
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Re: Clockwise or Counterclockwise EPCOT???

Post by Wizzard419 » Oct Thu 07, 2010 5:02 pm

Amy wrote:
Wizzard419 wrote:Brussel style waffles (commonly reffered to as "Belgian" here) are nothing compare to the Liege style, not only are they tasty but there is the danger of injury! :D
Ok, I'll bite. What is the danger of injury? Because they are so large?
Actually the danger is getting burned (with the fresh made ones) since they use a yeast dough and pearl sugar (similar to broken up sugar cubes). When it is placed in the iron the sugar turns molten, caramelizes, and helps make a nice crust on the end product.

I'm surprised they aren't trying to rip off the Kogi taco truck for Korean food. Korean style BBQ is one of the things that is still totally theirs I guess. Kind of like Pho in vietnam.

For aussies did they have pies with green mash? :D

Oh and Strudel is actually Austrian not german (if you trace it back) :D

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