Do you prefer bibimbap hot or cold?

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I ordered bibimbap the other day to see if I liked it enough to buy my own dolsot. I was instead presented with what looked to me like a cold deconstructed salad with a raw egg and raw strips of meat. This confused me at first but a web search revealed to me that bibimbap can be served cold or hot. I mixed it all up along with some sauce but couldn't bring myself to eat more than a few bites and instead had the chap chae and bulgogi along with some other bbq i dont remember the name of. They were all delicious but it was the bibimbap I looked forward to most as my introduction to korean food. Hopefully my experience with hot dolsot bibimbap will be better.

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Hot!

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I have never seen the raw dish called Bibimbap (비빔밥) i tis always fish listed as Hoedeopbap (회덮밥) or a close variation depending on the fish used.
There is a raw Beef Salad called Yook Hwe (육회) which is often served with a raw egg and Greens, Vegetables and or Fruit in the mix.
I think cold Bibimbap is made with cooked meat,but perhaps Hannaone can chime in with more definitive knowledge.

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No restaurants near us serve it, so my experience with Bibimbap is limited to Trader Joe's version. I prefer it warm, not cold, and wish TJ's made their bowl a little bigger!

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It sounds like you were served yook-hwe bibim bap. Yook hwe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukhoe) is a Korean raw beef dish.

The standard cold bibimbap has the same ingredients as a hot bibimbap, and looks something like this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WFAxMgUTHy8/T-W73Ki4wtI/AAAAAAAAHdQ/qX2kwvfniTQ/s640/IMG_3748.JPG 

As for personal preference, I'm a cold bibimbap guy. But I do enjoy the occasional hot bibimbap when they do something different with it - like a spicy pork version or a bulgogi and cheese.

What exactly didn't you like about the bibimbap you were served? I love yook hwe any way I can get it. :d

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Hot

<bibimbap can be served cold or hot.>

Yes.

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I've never had this raw version, but I'd love to try it! so interesting!

I like both hot and cold, and really the only time I have a preference is if I'm looking for something to warm me up or cool me down.

although I must say that the hot beef or spicy pork tends to make me happier, now that I think of it...

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In my experience, it's pretty rare to get something actually billed "bibim bahp" in which the rice isn't hot, and I'm surprised you ended up getting a cold dish. Even when you have cold components, the rice is usually hot enough that when everything's mixed together, you'd have something warm or lukewarm. 

But to answer your question, HOT. :)

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I have never had bibimbap. :( I feel very uncool right now and promptly added it to this year's list of food to try. (Yes, I keep a list of at least 5 things every year that I haven't had to try.)

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I prefer it warm, but not in a dolsot. I've had it cold before, and I like it pretty well. I do like the dolsot version, but it takes so long to get to a point where it's not burning me that I don't order it often.

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