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PeanutButter, the sour cream glazed are my favourite too!

(I hate butter tarts though. I haven't lived in Canada all that long.)

Unfortunately, Timmy's may get lost in translation. When Krispy Kreme opened several years ago in Toronto, it was all the rage. But after a while, the ones who were true to the donut stopped going or were admitted to the hospital, so they closed the location.
Although I am not a coffee drinker, TH makes a less fattening version of the Mocha Frappuccino that is a third of the price of Starbuck's. Works for me. DDonuts was always to rich for my blood; cholesterol wise.
Bon chance Tim Horton's!

i'd forgotten about timbits. my boyfriend used to like those, i used to call them tim's bits, which annoyed him and put him off his feed.

Nothing to get excited about. Timmy's is just the Canadian equivalent of Dunkin Donuts.

Wow, people from Hamburg...DH grew up in Hamburg, that's funny to see out here in SE land.

I totally agree about Tim Hortons, it's just not very good- except for the Timbits. They do something right with their donut holes, and we absolutely love grabbing a big ole box of Timbits for noshing in the car with the family. Everything else there is meh. It will be interesting to see how they fare in NYC.

I've been pronouncing it bee-beem-bahp.

@gastrodamus: It's amazing how differently the same words can be spelled. The one that had always got me was jjigae.

My husband usually orders gop dol bibimbap, the hot pot version with beef. The beef tastes like the marinated meat that we get when we order bulgogi. Rapture in a bowl. Or dolsot bibimbap.

I usually fly around the menu trying something new, but the last time we went out for Korean, I ordered the regular bibimbap. YUM! The crunchy lettuce hit the spot.

bibim = mixed & bop = rice or meal.

it's pronounced bee-bim-bahp.

you don't stress any syllables but BAHP naturally sounds emphasized b/c of the P sound at the end. technically it's between a B and a P so no need to pop your lips.

once korean syllables are written out in english, you'll encounter numerous ways to spell the same sound; sometimes by stringing three vowels in a row, which only makes the word illegible. consonants are often overcompensated. for ex., kimchi is actually pronounced gim-chee.

Initially I thought the letter i might have a long sound (as in ice), then I thought it might be bee-beem-BAP, and I couldn't figure out which syllable to emphasize...Anyway, learn something new everyday, thanks guys!

@ Chiff - LOL

oh chif... bibimbop is such an amazing, yet simple and homey Korean dish. It involves a bowl of rice topped with a mixture of julienned vegetables and thinly sliced meat, and sometimes egg plus a spicy chili sauce. Its meant to be all mixed together right before eating. I am partial to dolsot bibimbop, where they serve it in a sizzling hot stone bowl and crack a raw egg over it so that it mixes in and cooks right there.
damn. now im hungry

I have no idea what you guys are even talking about but I'm pronouncing this word along with every entry and I'm grateful that I'm the only one home. :D

@nynyeateat: I think tteok is not a very helpful spelling (dduk makes more sense, eh?) but that's how the spelled it at the fest..so I shall as well.

It's too bad there isn't a good place to get em here. No Korean equivalent of a place like Minamoto Kitchoan in NYC?

@downhillguru: Ah, the old "I was hungover" excuse. Totally believable in Seoul. ;)

@ZenKimchi: If only it were as common here as popcorn.

@soeun_lee: OH DEAR, that is missing a few zeros, thanks! A $16 prize would be pretty lame..