Korean
Food
Speaking
of Korean food most people know just "kimchi" (spicy
cabbage) or "pulkogi" Korean barbeque). Nowedays
Korean cuisine is a wide variety of meat and fish dishes along
with wild greens and vegetables. If you order in a Korean
restaurant main dish (meat, fish or ricedish) they bring a
set of side dishes. The number of side dishes can vary from
3 to 12 and more. Side dishes are served family style with
food placed in the middle of the table where every diner picks
a piece of this or that.
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"Yangnyom kalbi" (Marinated pork or
beef ribs grilled on charcoal)
Tender meat slices are grilled right on the table on
a pot grill using charcoal. (Not spicy) |
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"Pulkogi" (Stewed
meat with vegetables)
This dish is prepared right on the table in a special
wide bowl. (Not spicy)
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"Pibimpap"
(Rice
mixed with vegetables)
A dish made by mixing rice with other vegetables
fried egg, bean sprout, beef and spicy red pepper paste.
When odering it you may ask not to put spicy
red pepper paste inside, but bring it separately. In
Korean it will be "Kochujang ttaro juseyo".
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Kimpap
(rice roll)
It's got the rice and seaweed in common. Inside
may be ground beef, yellow pickled radishes, carrots,
cucumbers. It is a traditional Korean snack type food,
there are different types of kimpap depending on the
stuffing. (Not spicy)
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"Galbitang"
(Beef
rib soup)
Beef rib soup is served with rice, the broth is a delight.
(Not
spicy) |
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"Samgyetang"
(Chicken
soup)
Chicken soup with a
young chicken stuffed with various ingredients
like ginseng, garlic, chestnut, jujube and rice inside.
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Mandu (dumplings)
Mandu is dumplings stuffed with mostly beef, tofu, vegetables.
Pork, chicken, or fish is sometimes used instead of
beef. (Not
spicy in general, except "kimchi mandu") |
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Jeon
(pan-fried dishes)
Jeon is a kind of pancake made from mushrooms, pumpkin,
slices of dried fish, oysters, unripe red peppers, meat
or other ingredients which are mixed with salt and black
pepper, dipped in flour and egg and fried in oil.
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Food
tips:
- You can eat rice using spoon, sometimes it is considered
to be impolite if you eat rice with chopsticks in Korea.
- Since tipping is not required in Korea, you don't tip
in restaurants.
- You can ask to refill side dishes for free!
- It is not impolite to leave some side dishes untouched,
you do not need to eat it all.
- Very helpful phrase in Korean: "Un mepke hejuseyo"
meaning "Please make in not spicy".
For
more information please contact
us and we will be happy to help you.
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