This list of food is pretty much my bible in restaurants. This will help you if you would like to go to a Korean restaurant anywhere in the world. Below are the best foods with descriptions and how spicy they are.
Ja Ja Myeong (pronounced m- sound then young) - this is noodles with a black curry on top. The curry has cut up vegetables and pork in it. I recommend eating this amazing meal with the food below.
Tung Su Yu (toung sue you) - This is essentially sweet and sour pork. It is amazing when combined with Ja Ja Myeong.
Nang Myeong - This is a great dish in the summer. A lot of foreingers don't like it but if you do it is as addictive as crystal meth. It is cold noodles in a vinegar type broth. The noodles are very thin and soak up the broth perfectly.
Boodae chigae (boo day chee gay) - this dish was actually created through fusion and now is traditional. It was made during the war where the Koreans were given all sorts of canned meat including spam. They would mix all the spam and rice noodles into a spicy broth with ramen. It created a wonderful mix. This dish is very spicy so if you have sensitive taste buds then stay away. This is also one of my favorite dishes. We call it hot dog soup.
Soon Du Boo (Soon Do Boo) - This is a great dish and also good if you are a vegetarian. It is a red spicy broth with lots of silky tofu and one clam. The broth is amazing. We call it silky tofu soup.
Kimchi Chigae - This is a very traditional soup with lots of cooked kimchi and pork or tuna fish. If you don't like Kimchi then I wouldn't recommend trying this one first. I love it and think it has a different taste but go with the others first. Then come back to Kimchi Chigae.
Curry Rice - You cannot go wrong with asian curry. It is by far one of the best curries in the world. If you are a fan of curry then you have to try Korean or Japanese curry it will blow your mind. I recommend having it on top of the next dish.
Dunkas (dun kass)- also known as chicken katsu in Japan. This is a paddy of fried pork with a sweet brown apple sauce on top. I recommend eating it with curry on top. It is delicious both ways though.
Pa Jueong (pa jong but make the j sound like your drunk and slurring it.) - this is a seafood pancake that is quite delicious. Another vegetarian dish if you can eat fish. It is like a seafood pizza.
Be ji chigae (bee G Chee Gay) This soup is like a red slop soup. It reminds me of red looking apple sauce or vomit. It has bits of pork inside and it tastes amazing. This is also one of my favorites.
Jay Youk Dok Bop - This is pork in some kind of red sweet and spicy curry with vegetables thrown over rice or next to it. This is an amazing meal as well.
Aisle Bop - This is unbelievable but it sounds disgusting. It is rice mixed with fish eggs and spices. A must try if you go to Korea.
Dial chi Aisle - This is a snack food. Same thing as aisle bop but is a rice ball that you can eat filled with fish eggs. Unbelievable as well.
Kam Ja Tong - (Another drunken Ja slur and the rest is regular) - this is my favorite in Korea. This is pork on the bone that melts in your mouth. It is a very traditional meal and if you have ever been a vegetarian this meal will make you throw up. Not for the non meat lovers.
Shabu Shabu - this is a fun sounding dish and it is excellent. Imagine if you may a giant bowl of broth where they bring you vegetables and then thinly sliced beef on the side. You first throw the vegetables in then you began dipping the thinly sliced meat into the broth. After you have eaten all the vegetables, meat, and broth. They refill the wok looking bowl with more broth and then noodles and wontons. Then you eat the noodles after they are cooked. Finally they remove the bowl and put a thin layer of rice on every inch of it that is soaked in with everything that has been cooked before it. You eat that and you are finished. It is a fun and amazing meal.
Om rice - this is simple it is just an omelet over fried rice. It is delicious and simple.
Cheesy Ramyeon - easy ramen that they add an egg to and a slice of cheese they make the broth amazing and it is very cheap.
Tok Galbi (Talk Gal Bi) - VERY VERY SPICY BUT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN KOREA. I can't eat this anymore because I cry on the toilet. The best going in the worst going out. It is chicken in a spicy paste covered with cheese and cooked. then they cover the cooking dish with rice like the shabu shabu.
Tsung Pioa Cheem - (the hardest food in the world to pronounce. These sounds don't exist for english speakers. Heres my try. the t and s together is like a high hat noise and then ung next pee ou as in ouch. and then cheem is easy) This is available at all the places that have Kam Ja Tong. Order one of these and one kam ja tong with a group. If you don't know how to say it just say the black spicy noodles. They are sweet potato noodles in a black spicy sauce with pieces of pork just like the kam ja tong. It is unbelievable.
Bulgogi - this is a favorite to americans you can get it in a broth and also on rice. It is just sweet flavored beef. It is really good but I don't ever get it. It is overrated I think....but then again i like kimchi and a lot of the foreigners hate it. But if your looking for something non interesting and safe go with bulgogi.
Galbi - (Korean BBQ) Korean BBQ is great and a lot of fun. Get the fatty pork called san gulp sal (the sal is like salt without the t) It is really good. I love the BBQ in Korea but the actual korean restaurants with the traditional meals are better.
Mandu - Dumplings that are really good. Street food.
Then go to every street food place they are always serving something delicious.
Oh and gimbop. This is a sushi roll with radish, ham, egg, and whatever else you want. I usually get chamchi which is tuna. But go wild. It is very easy and they have millions of different kinds.
That's it I hope this helps. It took me awhile to put it together. But now others can experience all the great foods from korea.
oh and DONT EAT DOG. They beat the dogs and keep them in cages. They beat them daily because it tenderizes the meat. There are a lot of people that want to try it and the Koreans will tell you it is delicious but you are contributing to something terrible. If they raised the dogs like cows it would be ok but they beat them as much as possible to make more muscle and make the meat better.
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