About Korean Food

Korean pine-needle tea

Pine Needle Tea

솔잎차 (sollip-cha)

솥뚜껑 삼겹살

Samgyeopsal

Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) is pork belly.

patbingsu

Patbingsu

Patbingsu (팥빙수) literally means red beans with ice. It’s the shaved-ice treat of Korea.

bibimbap

Bibimbap

Bibimbap is rice mixed with vegetables and/or other ingredients like meat.

라볶이

Rabokki

Rabokki (라볶이) is a combination of the words Ramen and Ddeokbokki.

aekjeot

Aekjeot

Fish sauce

Korean side dishes

Banchan

Banchan (반찬) are small side dishes served alongside cooked rice in Korean meals

ddeokbokki

Topokki

Tteokbokki (떡볶이) — also spelled as teokbokki, ddeokbokki, dukboki

Korean roll

Kimbap

Gimbap (김밥)

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Jjajangmyeon

짜장면

Sweet-Potato Pizza Korean Fusion

Sweet-Potato Pizza

Korean invention that’s a fusion of Italian pizza and the Asian sweet potato koguma.

red chili-pepper paste

Gochujang

This deep red spicy paste is also quite sweet and starchy.

chamgireum

Chamgirum

toasted sesame oil This fragrant oil is often added as the last touch to enhance the rich, nutty flavor Koreans call gosohan mat.

Honey_Tong_Tong

Honey Tong Tong

Fairly pleasant smell when you rip open the bag.

Cuckoo: The Most Expensive Korean Rice Cooker

Cuckoo has the reputation of being the number-one brand of Korean rice cooker on the market… But would you be willing to pay over 600 U.S. dollars for it? How important is it to conveniently achieve the perfect consistency of cooked rice?

Bulgogi

Bulgogi (불고기) is grilled marinated beef.

Seolleongtang

ox bone soup

What is Korean Food?

Very simply, Korean food is what Koreans have been eating for quite awhile!