Originally Posted by
waynelorentz
No, not really. You don't need to boil the tap water in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Singapore, or even Hong Kong.
I said it's a good idea to boil tap water in general whether or not you are drinking the tap water in the US, Japan, Korea, etc.
I don't think it's odd. As I stated earlier, I have two books which both advise against drinking the tap water in South Korea. There must be a reason for it.
Perhaps it's just that those books are outdated. Your comment came across as being ignorant... questioning that (based on two book sources) Korea's water is unsafe to drink like the waters in developing country. But then again, you are free to ask any questions... so I am not going to delve in this potentially controversial issue.
Are you implying that Korean chefs don't know how to cook food to a safe temperature?
Where did I say anything about Korea chef? Someone seemed to have claimed that they got sick because of water they drank at a restaurant in Korea. I was merely suggesting that the temporal sickness was probably due to other confounding factors and cannot isolate water as the main source of the illness.
Obviously you have never been to Korea... and perhaps never to Japan or Asia. Please do some more reading and researching and post such questions.