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soryang

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3. My favorite food is japchae

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Tue Sep 14, 2021, 05:03 PM

Sep 2021

Recently, I saw a baseball story about chimaek. In the South Korean press coverage of the Blue Jays over the Yankees, I thought I saw the players enjoying beer with their fried chicken order. It's not chimaek, without mekju (beer), so chimaek is a Konglish expression; chi is just short for chicken.

Blue Jays celebrate Yankees sweep by devouring a bunch of chicken
Steven Psihogios
Fri, September 10, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT·2 min read

https://www.yahoo.com/now/mlb-blue-jays-celebrate-sweep-over-yankees-by-devouring-a-bunch-of-korean-fried-chicken-233051563.html

the Blue Jays 80 million dollar pitcher Ryu Hyun Jin has promoted fried chicken commercials in South Korea with beer featured prominently. I understand he has a ramen sponsor as well.

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