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fiogf49gjkf0d EATING OUT
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EATING OUT MAY RANGE FROM FRENCH CUISINE TO LOCAL KOREAN
DISHES. KOREA HAS ITS OWN CUISINE, QUITE DIFFERENT FROM
CHINESE OR JAPANESE. BUT VISITORS CAN FIND CHINESE,
JAPANESE, CONTINENTAL AND AMERICAN FOODS ALSO.
TYPICAL MEALS
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RICE IS THE MAIN DIET OF MOST KOREAN PEOPLE AND IS EATEN
WITH PRACTICALLY EVERY DISH.
KIMCH'I - FERMENTED VEGETABLES, SEASONED WITH RED PEPPER
AND GARLIC AND SERVED WITH NEARLY EVERY MEAL.
PULGOGI - ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DISHES. IT MEANS FIRE
BEEF, THIN SLICES OF BEEF SOAKED IN SOYA SAUCE, SESAME OIL,
GARLIC AND THEN GRILLED OVER A CHARCOAL FIRE.
SHIN SOLLO - A MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLE AND BEAN CURD MIX,
SIMMERED IN A BEEF BROTH.
KALBIT'ANG - BEEF SOUP SERVED WITH RICE, SEASONED WITH
SCALLIONS, PEPPER, SALT AND SESAME SEEDS. SLICED BEEF SHORT
RIBS, NOODLES AND AN EGG ARE ADDED WHEN IT IS BEING SERVED.
MANDUGUK - MEAT DUMPLING SOUP, SERVED AS A MAIN COURSE. THE
DUMPLINGS ARE FILLED WITH MINCED BEEF, PORK, GARLIC, GREEN
ONIONS AND VEGETABLES. THIS IS THEN COOKED IN THE SOUP AND
LEEKS, GARLIC, PEPPER AND SESAME SEEDS ARE ADDED. THIS DISH
IS SERVED WITH RICE.
TYPICAL DRINKS
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TYPICAL STYLE KOREAN BARS ARE CALLED SULJIP, WHERE THE
NATIVE KOREAN DRINKS ARE SERVED. THESE DRINKS INCLUDE SOJU
AND JUNGJONG. JUNGJONG IS A WHITE DRINK MADE WITH RICE,
WHEREAS, SOJU (LIKE VODKA AND MADE FROM POTATOES OR GRAIN),
YAKJU/TAKJU (CLOUDY AND LIGHT TAN-COLOURED) KNOWN TOGETHER
AS MAKKOLI. BEERS & WINE OF KOREA ARE ALSO VERY GOOD TO HAVE.
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