Seoul Cuisine

Korean Cuisine

Korean cuisine is largely based around rice, vegetables and meats. Common ingredients include soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and gochujang (fermented red chilli paste), sesame oil and doenjang (fermented bean paste)

In Korean cuisine there is many side dishes that come with meals.  A famous side dish is Kimchi which is almost essential to every meal.

Koreans love their food therefore it would be crazy not to try the following dishes when travelling to Seoul.  

Chi-maek (Fried Chicken and Beer)

This famous dish has been seen in many Korean dramas such as " You who came from the stars" and " I can hear your voice" This dish is hugely popular in Seoul and around Korea and is a "must have" for tourist tourist.

Gogigui (Korean BBQ)

This is another very popular meal concept from Korea. Simply grab the various type of options (beef, chicken, pork, lamb, fish, octopus etc) and cook it on the grill. There is also options for vegetables and side dishes.

Kimchi

The national dish of Korea, it is fermented traditional side dish. 

Various options include napa cabbage,  radish, cucumber.

Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)

A very nutritious dish.

It is a soup type of dish which is a broth of ginseng, various herbs and condiments, ginger, dried seeded jujube fruits and a young whole chicken stuffed with rice.

Patbingsu (red bean shaved ince)

This is popular korean dessert that includes sweet toppings of fruits, red bean paste, condensed milk, fruit syrup.