http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ Talk about Korean food, recipes, restaurants, and cooking en Sat, 18 May 2013 08:25:08 +0000 http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/konglish-ad-for-bibimbap-in-the-new-york-times#post-2053 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:26:40 +0000 stanford 2053@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>Ok I should have checked Google:</p> <p><a href="http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/12/23/200912230053.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/12/23/200912230053.asp</a></p> <p>Looks like this was paid for by a Korean reality show, and developed by a Korean "publicity specialist" because they "realized how little New Yorkers knew about Korea and Korean food," despite the fact that a couple weeks before, Madangsui got a stellar review in the same paper.</p> <p>Here's the reality show guys here, in New York</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8AVFewy70" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8AVFewy70</a> </p> http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/konglish-ad-for-bibimbap-in-the-new-york-times#post-2051 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:29:45 +0000 stanford 2051@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>There was a full-page ad for bibimbap in the New York Times yesterday.</p> <p><a class='bb_attachments_link' href='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=107'><img src='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=107&inline' /></a></p> <p>There's no credit given for the ad, but it has a list of restaurant phone numbers at the bottom.</p> <p>The strange thing is, it's full of grammar errors and malapropisms. Of course everyone makes mistakes, but this is obviously written by a Korean. And seeing how an ad like this probably cost $250,000 you would think they would have a native English speaker give it a cursory glance.</p> <p><a class='bb_attachments_link' href='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=108'><img src='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=108&inline' /></a> <a class='bb_attachments_link' href='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=109'><img src='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=109&inline' /></a> <a class='bb_attachments_link' href='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=110'><img src='http://www.maangchi.com/talk/?bb_attachments=2051&bbat=110&inline' /></a></p> <p>Also, why didn't they mention Madangsui, which <a href="http://events.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/dining/reviews/09rest.html?pagewanted=all">just got a great review recently</a>? </p>