A typical Korean home-style meal does not consist of a main dish and some side dishes as most Western meals do, but consists of a bowl of steamed rice, a bowl of soup, and a few smaller dishes of accompaniment to rice, called ‘banchan’ in Korean. These banchan dishes may vary in the size of portion,
Garakguksu, a noodle dish in soup, is Korean variation of Japanese udon. The name was first used to replace the Japanese word ‘udon,’ but ends up in two different dishes with two different names. One of the cheapest dishes you could eat in a restaurant, Korean garakguksu consists of different noodle
Gujeolpan, or nine section plate, is one of the most colorful dishes in Korean traditional cuisine. Nine different foods are assorted on an octagonal plate with nine sections, sorted by color and ingredients. Eight sections are filled with meat, seafood, and vegetables, and in the center section is
Many of Seoul’s old restaurants are located in the old districts of Euljiro, one of which is Andongjang, a Chinese restaurant where loyal, elderly customers gather for lunch. The oldest Chinese restaurant in Seoul (though there are older Chinese restaurants in other cities in Korea.), Andongjang beg
Chungmu gimbap is a branch of the gimbap family, whose name comes from the southern cost town of Chungmu, now Tongyeong City. Unlike most other types of gimbap, Chungmu gimbap consists of finger-sized rice-only rolls served with marinated squid in red pepper sauce and radish kimchi. Though the recip
Chicken and beer, or ‘chi-maek’ as commonly known in Korea, has become a keyword of Hallyu, greatly due to a K-drama in which the main character likes chicken and beer. The coined word chi-maek comes from chicken and maekju (meaning beer in Korean). Many Korean people think of fried chicken when thi
[[Image : "Namdaemun Kalguksu Ally" by ASIWAVE]] Namdaemun Market is Korea’s oldest and largest traditional market, and still busy with half million shoppers and visitors daily. The market has many restaurants and diners of various kinds of ‘market food,’ among which the most popular is the ‘noodle
