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Dog AND Bug? My Kind of Restaurant…

Oct 4, 2012 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Funny Bad English Restaurant Sign

This bad English sign hangs above a fast food place in Changdong, Seoul in South Korea. The restaurant actually serves hot dogs and burgers and could really benefit from hiring a proofreader with even a slight understanding of the English language; otherwise they will continue to find themselves turning away customers looking for a nice, juicy grilled poodle steak with a side of pan-fried crickets.

Filed Under: Funny Photos, South Korea Tagged With: South Korea, funny image, strange food, funny signs, Seoul

Comments

  1. Mark Wiens says

    Oct 4, 2012 at 17:34

    Haha, that’s hilarious. And the thing is, while it’s so off, the words are still food related and so believable – as opposed to being so wrong that we’d know there was a mistake.

    Reply
    • Daniel says

      Oct 5, 2012 at 00:20

      You’re right. You can get both dog soup and boiled or steamed silkworm larvae in Korea. Maybe they just wanted to save money by buying a used sign from some other place and figured it was close enough.

      Reply
  2. Margyle says

    Oct 5, 2012 at 06:43

    Can’t go wrong with a little dog and bug in your diet lol. I remember seeing signs like this all the time in Japan and just shaking my head. The worst was my company’s motto, which the English version of made no sense – and it was a translation company!

    Reply
    • Daniel says

      Oct 5, 2012 at 09:12

      I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that even a translation company might have some difficulty with the English language, given the abundance of bad English in Japan.

      Reply
  3. Audrey says

    Oct 6, 2012 at 00:53

    Ha! Of course, it had to be Korea!

    Reply
  4. Shalu Sharma says

    Oct 14, 2012 at 09:38

    Is it true that they serve dogs in Korea? I have heard of this before but not too sure about it. I think I will stick to chicken for the time being.

    Reply
    • Daniel says

      Oct 14, 2012 at 09:52

      They do, but it’s not nearly as common anymore as it used to be. In fact, I think they’ve outlawed the sale of dog meat in Seoul, but I went to a market in Moran just south of the city and they were still selling live dogs and butchering them right there in the market.

      Reply
  5. Aca Baranton says

    Jul 31, 2024 at 07:17

    It’s always amusing to come across signs with bad English translations. The fast food place in Changdong, Seoul, definitely needs a better proofreader to avoid hilarious mix-ups like advertising “grilled poodle steak” instead of hot dogs and burgers. Such mistakes can certainly turn away potential customers, but they also provide a good laugh for those who stumble upon them.

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