can i have kakao/naver pay as a foreigner?

unfortunately most Korean online stores don't accept foreign cards directly for domestic orders. olive young's website is pretty locked down that way. your best bet is a proxy shipping service like korgou or buster - they'll give you a korean address and order for you, and you pay them with your revolut card. or if you're actually in seoul, just go to the olive young in myeongdong or hongdae, they have almost everything and you can use your card at the register no problem

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honestly if you're actually in korea right now, just go to the store. olive young in gangnam station or coex mall has basically the same selection as online and they take revolut at the counter no problem. the myeongdong one is always packed with tourists so they're used to foreign cards

if you're not in korea, try gmarket global. it's basically the ebay of korea and they have an english site that takes foreign cards. they sell olive young stuff through their "beauty" section, prices are a bit higher but at least it works. just make sure you select the "global" version of the site not the korean one

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If you're not actually in Korea, you might want to check out Olive Young's global website instead of the Korean one. The global site accepts foreign cards and Revolut should work fine there. Shipping takes a bit longer and some items are priced differently, but it saves you the headache of trying to get past the local payment system.

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the whispering thing is real but its not about the sauce lol. that guy runs a 2am handoff with the chicken supplier, they drop off fresh birds from a farm near Chuncheon three times a week instead of using the frozen stuff most hongdae spots rely on. thats why the texture hits different, not the sauce itself. if u go back ask for the neck & wing combo off menu, its cheaper & honestly the best cut they do

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the thing nobody mentions is that Dogdogdog's sauce gets its body from cheong, the Korean rice syrup, not sugar. thats why it coats the wing so thick and stays glossy instead of going sticky. i asked a guy who worked there and he said they also add a splash of maesil (plum) extract at the end off the heat. that fruity tang under the garlic is what you're tasting. go on a weekday before 6, weekends the wait hits 40 min easy.

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honestly the "secret sauce" thing is prob just marketing. every fried chicken place in Seoul has a version of that story. the real difference at Dogdogdog is they double fry in rice bran oil and toss the wings in the sauce twice, once right out of the fryer and again after a 30 sec rest. thats where the crunch comes from, not some mystery ingredient. if u wanna taste the actual base, order the banban half plain half spicy and dip the plain one in the spicy sauce yourself.

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