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- Bibimbap. Colorful, healthy, fun to eat and easily adaptable to many food and dietary preferences, bibimbap is one of the most well-known dishes in Korea and very easy to find in Seoul.
- Kimchi. Probably the most quintessential Korean food on this list, kimchi is something that goes with nearly everything in Korea and a meal is often considered incomplete without it.
- Tteokbokki. This is one of the most common foods you’ll see in Seoul being sold by street vendors. Locals stop by on the way home from work, or at lunch for the cylindrical rice cakes, triangular fish cake and vegetables, cooked in spicy and slightly sweet red chili sauce that offers a flavorful and affordable meal, either on the go or to take home.
- Kimbap. You might walk by a vendor selling kimbap (also called gimbap) and mistakenly assume you’ve stumbled upon a sushi cart. You wouldn’t be entirely wrong – kimbap is actually nicknamed ‘Korean sushi’ since the two dishes are so similar.
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- What Is Korean Food?
- The Best Korean Dishes
- Korean Restaurant Food
- Korean Street Food
- Korean Trendy Food
- South Korean Food Tours
- South Korean Cooking Classes
- Final Thoughts on Korean Food
Rice, vegetable, and meat dishes feature prominently in Korean cuisine. Traditional Korean meals are preceded by a number of small side dishes called banchan and kimchiis served at almost every meal. Because of Korea’s geographic location in northeast Asia, it experiences four distinct seasons – spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This seasonality ...
To help organize this Korean food guide, I’ve divided it into three categories – traditional restaurant food, street food, and trendy snacks. Restaurant food represents traditional Korean dishes you’ll typically need to order at a sit-down restaurant. Street food are dishes often sold by sidewalk vendors while trendy food describes snacks that may ...
1. Banchan
Banchan is the collective term for the family of small side dishes served with kimchi stew at the start of a traditional Korean meal. I like to think of them as the Korean version of Spanish tapas. They’re served in small portions and typically consist of fermented, steamed, marinated, or stir-fried vegetables, though some dishes may contain some meat or seafood as well. The number of banchan served usually increases with the formality of the meal. They’re meant to be consumed with your meal...
2. Bibimbap
Bibimbap is one of the most popular South Korean foods. It literally means “mixed rice” and refers to a Korean rice dish made with warm white rice topped with gochujang, doenjang, soy sauce, and a variety of sauteed and seasoned vegetables like cucumber, soy bean sprouts, radish, spinach, and mushroom. A raw or fried egg and sliced meat, typically beef, are often added. The contents are then mixed together thoroughly before being eaten. You can find different variations of this mixed rice dis...
3. Bingsu
Bingsu is a popular South Korean shaved ice dessert. Looking at it, you’d think it’s a recent creation but records show that its earliest forms have existed since the Joseon Dysnasty. At its core, bingsu consists of shaved ice topped with an endless variety of ingredients like red bean, chopped fruit, green tea, chocolate, and other sweets. The most traditional versions always contain red bean and are known as patbingsu. Bingsu refers to more modern versions made without red bean.
This section lists some of the most popular and interesting street food dishes you can find in South Korea. For more recommendations, be sure to check out our guide on Korean street food.
40. Ddongbbang
Shaped like cartoon poop, ddongbbang literally means “poo bread”. It’s a sweet, crisp, and doughy snack filled with a variety of sweet ingredients like warm red bean or chocolate. We tried the red bean and it was delicious. It was warm and nutty, just like the real thing. Kidding.
41. Dondurma
I don’t know how this Turkish foodbecame popular in Korea, but you’ll find many of these ice cream stalls in Seoul. Unlike regular ice cream, Turkish ice cream is made with salep and mastic. Salep is a flour made from the root of the early purple orchid while mastic is a resin that gives the ice cream its characteristic chewiness. The result is a stickier ice cream that doesn’t melt as quickly. Dondurma is available in multiple flavors and typically served in a cone, but you can find it in ot...
42. Jipangyi Cane Ice Cream
Jipangyi cane ice cream refers to a Korean dessertor snack that’s part ice cream cone, part sex toy. This long and phallic j-shaped hollow cone is made with puffed rice or corn and filled with soft serve gelato ice cream. Jipangyi means “cane” in Korean, hence the shape. It’s a popular snack sold in many tourist areas like Insadong.
Needless to say, no one knows Korean food better than a local, so what better way to experience the best of the cuisine than by going on a food tour? Not only will a food-obsessed guide take you to the city’s best restaurants, markets, and food stalls, but they’ll be able to explain all the Korean dishes to you in more detail. Check out Get Your Gu...
Eating the best Korean food is one thing, but learning how to make it is another. In our opinion, taking a cooking class is one of the best ways to learn about a foreign cuisine. If you’re fond of cooking and want to learn more about Korean food and recipes, then check out Cooklyfor a list of cooking classes in South Korea.
The first version of this South Korean food guide consisted of twenty Korean foods. Over four years and three trips later, it’s more than doubled to 45. Needless to say, this is a list I plan on updating and expanding with every return trip to Korea. With so much yet to experience, we want to explore other cities and regions in South Korea to furth...
- Korean Barbeque. What’s a trip to Korea without some authentic KBBQ? Best eaten traditionally by wrapping the meat in a lettuce leaf, some restaurants even offer eight flavours of samgyeopsal or grilled pork belly — such as wine, ginseng and curry.
- Dakgalbi 닭갈비 — Spicy Stir-fried Chicken. Dakgalbi is a spicy stir-fried chicken dish mixed with rice cakes, onions, cabbage and cheese. Or as I like to call it, heaven in a pot.
- Fresh Seafood. Honestly, raw crab meat didn’t sound too appetising at first. But after trying, I couldn’t get enough of it. &# x1f924; The crabs served at Sunmine Hengbok Gejang in Dongdaemun (순미네행복게장) are marinated in soy sauce and spicy sauce — no strong fish smell at all!
- Grilled Intestines (Gopchang 곱창) In Korea, gopchang refers to a cattle’s small intestines. Despite how it sounds, it’s actually really delicious. Ad.
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Aug 23, 2023 · These are the must-eat foods in Seoul. Go where the locals go with this list assembled by a long-time writer in Seoul. Here's the crucial list
May 15, 2024 · If you’re visiting Seoul, you have to try the incredible Korean street food that’s available in traditional markets, from street stalls, and in modern food trucks. There are so many mouthwatering dishes waiting to be devoured, including tteokbokki, hotteok, dakgangjeong, eomuk, and much more.
May 1, 2024 · This Seoul restaurant guide leads you to 25 of the best restaurants in Seoul to have traditional Korean dishes like bulgogi, galbi, bibimbap, and more.
