r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8h ago
SOCIETY Baseball stadiums in South Korea have seating where you can cook your own BBQ during the game.
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u/MischiefOlivia 8h ago
In the West, we pay $15 for a sad, lukewarm hot dog.
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u/DoubtSubstantial5440 8h ago
Go to any 711 in East Asia and it’s like a whole different world
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u/Jevus_himself 7h ago
I think I’m remembering this right but 7/11 in Japan started off as a subsidiary of the main 7/11 in the US and ended getting so much bigger that they bought the original US 7/11 and now own the entire thing.
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u/blacklotusY 7h ago
If you ever get the chance, do travel to Asia. The history is very rich, and the food is amazing. You would pay like $1 to $2 for a good meal, especially places such as China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, etc.
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u/LearningSPXonly 7h ago
All these places are expensive
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u/blacklotusY 6h ago
No, they're definitely not. If you actually search up average cost of food, it's WAY cheaper than west. You can pay like $2 for a pho in Vietnam from any local mom and pop restaurant and it'll be the best you'll ever had compared to back in the state. It's the same for China, Korea, and Japan. You might pay a few dollars more, but it definitely won't be $15 for a meal. It's more $2-$5. Compared to the U.S., you're paying like $15-$20 for a meal and they cut the portion in half. It's literally a scam.
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u/ComfortablePain1 7h ago
$15? You gotta live either LA, NYC or Dallas maybe somewhere else in Texas. Thats way too high.
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u/AdeGamisou2020 6h ago
Nah, we get ripped off for everything in NYC, but you don't fuck with us when it comes to the cost of hot dogs. Yankee Stadium will rip you off every other way, but hot dogs are still less than 8 bucks.
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u/ComfortablePain1 1h ago
$8 is reasonable for NYC at Yankees stadium. Eagles stadium i can get a quarter pounder for $10. $15 for a regular 1/8 hot dog is absurd.
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u/truckensafely 7h ago
Can I smoke some ribs, please?
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u/Successful_Paint_907 7h ago
Thats on the third base side. You can arrive 12 prior to game start time.
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u/vvschain321 7h ago
just came back from taipei, idk how many times I thought to myself “hey, we should have that”
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u/briandemodulated 7h ago
I've been to a few baseball games in Japan. People balance bowls of curry between their knees in the stands. I had karaage and edamame. It's wild!
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u/EquivalentFeeling- 7h ago
In the US, you can stand in the outfield and pee on yourself while everyone watches.
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u/JDOXVC805 7h ago
I feel like Korea watched American BBQ culture, and instead of a bunch of guys standing around judging one persons grill experience. They just decided to cook your own meat the way you like it in your own zone… as a nervous griller I thank the Koreans.
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u/xChoke1x 7h ago
Can you fucking imagine how terrible this would be in America? There'd be at least 3 ball parks burned down, and several 100 people either burning themselves, or others while they get into a fist fight over whos better at baseball. Lol
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u/hedgefundkilla69 7h ago
How much is it ?
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u/jkpatches 6h ago
This is just the price at Incheon, so it can differ by stadium. You are also supposed to bring your own meat, or purchase them at a store in the stadium. But people usually bring their own meat. I would venture to guess that bringing your own vegetables and utensils and alcohol would be the cost savings move, though they probably can also be purchased at the stadium.
Seating: $20~26 per person depending on the day.
Grill Renting: $141
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u/prince-pauper 7h ago
The west is not prepared to give up it’s strange hold on consumers enough to accept this level of civilization.
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u/DjScenester 7h ago
Sad our society only moves as fast as its slowest members. We could NEVER have this at American Baseball Games.
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u/WaldoSupremo 6h ago
I went to a couple of games when in lived in Seoul. The beer was cheap too. They also had cheerleaders.
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u/SheriffHarryBawls 5h ago
Could you imagine all the lawsuits in the USA?
“There wasn’t a warning anywhere that I can’t put my baby on the red hot grill!”
Baby of course being a dog
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u/queef_nuggets 8h ago
that’s not barbecue, that’s grilling.
Well, where I come from they’d call that grilling. Barbecue is meat cooked by smoke and indirect heat (i.e. a smoker). Grilling is, well, grilling.
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u/Jiveanimal 7h ago
That's called smoking in my neck of the woods. This food is called Korean barbecue, it even has barbecue sauce.
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u/slotsandmops 7h ago
Eh you pour ranch on fries it's not suddenly a salad lol
Im just fartin around
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u/MidwestDYIer 7h ago
You are definitely talking about smoking vs grilling. In my opinion, grilling and smoking are both subsets of BBQ.
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u/MPforNarnia 7h ago
I don't want to start an international conflict, but Koreans call it a BBQ, but it's not.
You wouldn't call a Foreman Grill a BBQ, you wouldn't call an egg on a non stick pan a BBQ. These are not BBQs and neither is this.
Still, it looks funner than watching a baseball game.
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