Korean food - Korean noodle, rice
dishes and snacks
Korean noodle and rice dishes
 Naengmyeon
– it is a cold soup, that Koreans eat mostly in
summer, with noodles, raw vegetables, cooked beef and
hard boiled egg.
· Japchae – glass noodles stir fried with
vegetables, meat and soy sauce, usually eaten cold.
· Ramyeon – Korean version of the Japanese
ramen, spicy and cooked with vegetables and meats
· Jajangmyeon – a noodles dish cooked with
black soy sauce, meat, pieces of potatoes and vegetables.
It is usually served in Chinese restaurants in Korea,
but it is more of a Korean than a Chinese dish.
· Bibimbap – bibimbap in Korean means stirred
rice. It is a dish of rice, topped with vegetables, egg,
beef and chilli paste; the diner needs to stir before
eating it.
Korean snacks – usually sold
by street vendors in food stalls
There are many Korean snacks in the streets of Seoul
and across South Korea. Some of the most popular Korean
 snacks
are detailed below.
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Kimbap - A very popular Korean snack made
with rice, rolled up in seaweed leaves and filled with
either meat, tuna, vegetables or ham.
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Mandu – Korean dumplings, usually
filled with meat, vegetables or seafood. Mandu can be
steamed, grilled or fried.
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Maggots – there are a lot of street
vendors selling roasted maggots. We never tried them,
but they seem to be very popular with Koreans.
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Chicken on the stick – Chicken
on the stick is cooked on a barbecue by Korean street
vendors, with vegetables and dressed with soy sauce.
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Pajeon and Bindaetteok – Korean
pancakes cooked on frying pans containing different vegetables
and spring onions. Pajeon contain also seafood.
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Ttok – ttok can be round and flat
or long in cilinders. Ttok is a bit like pasta, but made
with rice flour and a bit chewy. Food stalls serve ttok
in a spicy and sweet sauce.
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