Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 14, 2016

New poll up: If you went to New York City this summer, where would you visit first?

Have you experienced “empty nest syndrome”?1) 25 votes – No2) 12 votes – Yes3) 10 votes – Other4) 5 votes – I’m really looking forward to it. This is going to be a long 18 years.5) 1 vote – MaybeOther: no, they keep coming back; Do pets count?; I have nested syndromes on empty; Kidless and spouseless I am more lone-wolfing it; No—I am still storing all my kids’ belongings in my nest!; I said good bye to 3 willingly!!; yes and I love it; Yup, my webkinz are all grown and at the academy now. sniffle; No kids. No need. :); I like birds. Birds make nests, and and then the nest has ENS.

They don’t have Korean restaurants back home?

Be glad, girls, you’re not going to Korea… specially the northern half. (I can’t seem to like kimchi though; either too fermented or too spicy.)

Soft chitlinsWarm chitlinsBernie saying, “errrrrrrrrrrr…”

-I like to try new foods, but neither of these sound all that yummy to me…

The team’s finally learned how to draw Asians—congratulations!

why is she ordering for them? my friends took me to exotic places my first time in nyc, i could read the menu for myself

Whoops, should have told her you were vegan…

Go for something deep fried. That’s the best way to forget what it is you’re eating.

Tha artwork in this ’toon has gotten really good revently. More and more realistic. I also like the new storylines

Looks like they are in the korea town part od new yoek on 32nd between fifth and broadway. My favorite restaursnt here is bcd tofu house

Are you sure they didn’t stray into a Star Trek-inspired Klingon eatery? Sounds like qagh to me…..

I prefer something less healthy.

Bombyx Mori (silkworm larvae) is supposed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Mostly for males, though.

“Barbecued Intestines?!?” "Silkworm Lar-Vae?!!? GAG!!!

And I thought all this time, that when the Ladies are getting Over a Recent Breakup, They Consumed Large Quantities of Ice Cream.

And Alcohol…..,

tripe tacos? intestines ………………………… chitlings? ( soul food ) same ,,,,,,,,,

Looking at Luann Again made me realize I have not seen Delta since HS graduation. Please tell me she is not gone forever. She had become one of my favorite characters.

Reminds me of Homer Simpson: “Fugu me!”

From the internet today:

“Carole Radziwill Previews Real Housewives of New York City’s Drama Ahead and Resolution With Luann”

?!

it’s only been ten years since I could stand Chinese food… never mind worm larvae!

Yes, well, is that Pizza I see across the street?

anyone know if in the back……..are they random symbols or actual Korean words?

Silkworm larvae? The silkworm IS the larva. SMH.

The adventures of Luann Jones!

Anyone else getting hungry?

They should try the BBQ. Dog its the national dish of Korea.

I stay away from parts of food I would normally throw away. And I refuse to eat bugs.

Maybe if Chin smiled, the small-town girls would be a bit more adventurous and try the foods. They may be good! Open mind, Bernie and Lu!

my general rule for eating non-vegetable stuff: It should at least once in it’s life cycle had at least 3 legs but never more than 5.

Tho I find myself being forced to consume more IPA’s, as the hops content helps prevent kidney stones.

Conan featured the silkworm larvae delicacy on his show from South Korea last night. They looked as disgusting as it sounds.

well, so far we don’t know who’s having the harder time..Frank & Nancy or Lu-yank & Ms. Ra.

Eat some bulgogi, bebimbap and yakimandu and you’ll be fine. That’s barbecued beef, fried egg over fried rice and Korean-style wontons.

Time to gross out the Country Bumpkins.

I found a local burger joint was using Cricket Powder, never went back and never will.

Now they need to run into Andrew Zimmern or Tony Bourdain.

I want to go to south korea

Well, it could be worse.

Reminds me of Michael Palin of Monte Python fame during one of his round the world travels. Upon being served insects, he gravely intones, “Not the best maggot I’ve had.”

Love that Luann is wearing New York City color — black! You go, girl!

Wow, Luann got a haircut, it’s barely shoulder length!

Brd wrote:I truly never get headaches, either. Must be some kind of birth defect.

Steve has never had a headache, either!

The best part of having someone in NYC, is showing you where the best food is. Although it may be unusual food for you, it’s probably very good and cheap! With 2 college girls, that’s probably all they can afford anyway. When we’ve been there, we talk to the locals to find the best places to eat and to go. It’s still good to hit up the tourists spots too for sightseeing, but I wouldn’t ignore the off-beat spots. I like this story arc, it’s fun.

SIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a native New Yorker, this entire storyline is making me cringe. It’s like a West Virginian’s bizarre dream of what New York is like.

There is a type of grub, in Australasia if i recall right, which is supposed to taste similar to but better than the best shrimp, crab, or lobster when it is cooked. My allergist put his foot down when i asked: no puposeful insect eatting for people very allergic to crustaceans. Oh, well, i never got to go there, anyway.

NYC sounds worse every day in Luann’s world. What will happen to them next? Get robbed or mugged? Get lost or lose something? Food poisoning?

Barbecued intestines? What do you think hot dogs used to be?

Is Chin the name of the server? Is the server male or female. First panel looks male, second looks female. I thought Chin was a male name. I know a few Asians, but none are named Chin.

Bravo! << Cackle! >> This is fun! … I’m getting to like your strip, & your characters, more and more — ! … Tally Ho, Greg & Co.!

Locake, yes. There is nothing wrong with people being different. We all are. With so many variations it woukd be no surprise, since normal only means average, if no one is normal. It would be next to impossible to figure out, anyway.

There have been some (certainly not you that i recall) who only come on to postulate the worst and sound like fearful fools. Yesterday i was wondering if one of them just hates NYC so pulled up the past posts of that one of those posters and the person is a new name who seems to just do fecal drops in any strip’s comment section, but luckily not many and not often. NYC is not that person’s sole target.

BTW, their hotel room is just about the size of the wonderfully economical B&B room a friend and I stayed at in Chelsea one year (my room was smaller, if I recall, but it was a great experience and a wonderful location). I can’t speak for the size of rooms in major high rise hotels, however.

I found you Korean Baby Name sites in English:

http://babynames.allparenting.com/list/Korean_Baby_Names/

http://www.top-100-baby-names-search.com/korean-baby-names.html

Now you know why the leader of North Korea is so short, wouldn’t eat all his worms.

I came for the pastrami and got served pig guts. Blech!

A possible future destination for those tourists who wear only black because they believe the myth? Written by a Dane:

http://www.scandikitchen.co.uk/how-to-be-danish/

Wait until they try the Kimchee, then they’ll really regret that small hotel room.

“Or if.”

Sheldon Cooper: Well, actually, insects are a dietary staple in many cultures, they’re almost pure protein.

Somehow – that doesn’t help.

-But in flashback form as told to us by Gunther. That’s different from ‘seeing it as it happens’, without the filter of the character’s own interpretation.

Here in the LA/OC area we have asian food everywhere. With the immigration of Vietnamese Orange County became the home of Little Saigon. I would guess that Vietnamese food is probably the most popular right now. My Korean cousin is always on the lookout for a good Pho (pronounced pha) shop. Thai is also popular. Being on the Pacific rim is great.

Yesterday at the ophthalmologist’s i saw a strawberry blond young woman about Luann’s drawn age with this chunked into her hair and coukd not help but think of Luann trying in, but i think it would be too hard to color as anything other than blotches. Sheriff?

http://www.garnierusa.com/products/haircolor/color-styler/vibrant-color/pink-pop.aspx

LOL!

7Very interesting menu choices today. I think that for me, the best bet is to always order myself. Even though Stacy knows what she wants, and even though Luann seemed very willing to try it, it would still have been better to have Bernie and Luann order something of their choosing, and perhaps share a bit of the intestines and larvae with them and vice-versa.I personally am not much of a meat eater (chicken, turkey, fish), and when I eat meat it tends to be in small quantities. I very much enjoy exploring various culinary cuisines, but since I am not fond of a lot of meat types, regardless of preparation, I tend to look for and eat anything that is vegetarian without hesitation wherever I go. At a wonderful Indian restaurant I was able to go to recently, I did have a first experience in eating a goat curry, but it was a very small amount that I shared from my wife’s order. I have done similarly in other cuisines as well.

We eat intestines…we just call it sausage.

For the most part people in NYC dress like people in any other U.S. city or suburb. Thinking that people in NYC always wear black is like thinking that they do not look up (aside from tourists gawking at the canyon effect) when actually people appreciate architecture, gargoyles, balcony and rooftop gardens that at times can be seen, etc. For those who want a view of some of the better put together outfits here is another resource, divided by topic, and it even includes something on combinations of black, white and silver for those here who want to stay there:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/fashion/bill-cunningham-cure-for-the-cold.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/fashion/bill-cunningham-ups-and-downs.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/fashion/bill-cunningham-duality.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/fashion/bill-cunningham-pink.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad

LOL!

She was in the “Children of the Damned” movie.

Why is that woman wearing a Chrysler emblem necklace? If that’s supposed to be a peace symbol, it’s missing the bottom vertical stroke.

Are the Evanses trying to posit that there is a dearth of Asian food in freaking CALIFORNIA. Seriously?^^Well, they live in a suburb (San Diego area, likely), far from LA

OK, Nobody but a total idiot tries to get a Korean Food Newbie to eat Beondegi. It’s pretty gross tasting. I love Korean but this makes me hurl and I don’t hurl easily.

Dog its the national dish of Korea^^^^^^^^^^^actually it isn’t. If you insist you better be able to prove it.

KOREAN NATIONAL DISH::Bulgogi, a Korean classic of marinated grilled beef, is easy to make and fun to eat; it’s no wonder it is one of the country’s most successful culinary exports. As with most Korean barbecue, the meat is seasoned with sesame and scallion, and has ripe pears in the marinade to tenderize the meat and add a characteristic sweetness. Round, pale yellow Asian pears are traditional, but Bosc pears are just fine.

The meat is only half the recipe: Just as important are the crunchy vegetables, pungent herbs and savory sauces that all get wrapped together into delicious mouthfuls. Perilla is a common Korean herb in the mint family, but if you cannot find it, you can try other herbs like shiso or cilantro. Make sure to wrap your bundle tightly: According to Korean tradition, you must finish it in a single bite!

What I like is that they’re putting on good-tourist faces: instead of acting whiny and picky as they would at home, they’re adapting and trying new experiences. I dare say they’ll also be getting new names to go with their new adventurous personalities. You go, girls! Oops, You go, young women!!!

This story line is ome of my favorite ever of the strip

I ate barbequed intestines before. It was chewy. And it was okay.

This experience in New york is soooooo exxagerated. Maybe its cause Im a New Yorker and not a tourist…?

The Chinatown in Flushing Queens is best these days, the only place where you can eat "stinky tofu (Taiwanese) which I love’. The menu (Red Chopstick) also had assorted innards, e.g. ‘duck blood with green chives’, ‘pig liver with sesame oil’, ‘intestine pig blood with sour mustard’.

WOW! GoComics is BURPING big time. I put in a reply once and it appeared twice, so i DELETED the second one and instead it ADDED one more! Yipes!

Don’t the DeGroots live in CA? That’s what people say. Luann and Bernice shouldn’t be that unexposed to food and culture. That said, what they are eating here is extreme even for the average New Yorker.

there is a “normal” in North Korea?!

I had no idea New Yorkers had such adventerous taste in food !

The waiter’s name is more Chinese than Korean…should have been Kim…

Yes. I think many people have weird ideas about many places that are different for them. My personal favorite is how two different places can have two different ways of being respectfully polite but each is so different from that other that people from either place can mistake wonderful kindness and consideration for something very different.

Thanks for the info!

Tastes like wild hickory nuts. Ewell Gibbons.

A number of you were discussing Mel Brooks recently. This arrived tonight so i figured you may enjoy it:

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mel-brooks-handprint?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura&utm_campaign=d60299601a-Newsletter_4_14_20164_12_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_62ba9246c0-d60299601a-61208341&ct=t(Newsletter_4_14_20164_12_2016)&mc_cid=d60299601a&mc_eid=fd9d0210b8

“On A Gop-Chang Gang”“Intestinal Fortitude”“Smooth As Silkworm”“Gastro-turf”“Surprise Pop Cuis-ine”“International Plate Line”“Exotic Marks The Spot”“We’re Not In Kansas City, Anymore!”or “Mind Your Peas And Barbecues”

“Sorry I’m late to class, teech!”

Some comments here, today, brought to you by….-Xenophobia. -Squares In A Well-Rounded World.-and by….Centrical Seclusion.

Spoiler: first fun, final zzzzzz? Maybe time for some self-assertion?

Korean food is the best! They just picked some of the more adventurous items here…