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10 foods that you must eat when you are visiting Korea ( 1 )

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Korea is popular tourist place because it is cheap to travel and there are lots of places to go. Also there are a lot of delicious foods in Korea so there are some tourists who are going to Korea for food trip. 1. Bibimbap 비빔밥 : Korean Mixed Rice Bibimbap is a Korean traditional food which is mixed rice with different kinds of vegetables, meat, eggs and chili paste in a big bowl. It has lots of vegetables with meat and egg so it has the entire nutrient which is good for health. 2. Samgyetang 삼계탕 : Ginseng chicken soup The taste of samgyetang is not stimulating so foreigner can enjoy this food without any hesitation. So it is one of the favorite food that international tourist is looking for. The whole chicken simmered with ginseng, garlic, and ginger with other ingredients to make Samgyetang so it is one of health food during the summer. This food is good for someone who feels cold easily or someone who can’t concentrate well. Dak-galbi em>...

10 foods that you must eat when you are visiting Korea ( 2 )

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6. Samgyupsal (Pork Belly BBQ) When you eat out, ‘Samgyupsal’ is one of the best dinning menu to eat and drink. Especially, when yellow sand and fine dust come, Samgyupsal is a representative detox food. Normally, sliced pork belly is grilled with garlic and kimchi. After then, eat grilled pork belly with vegetables such as lettuce, seasoned green onions, red pepper, sesame leaves, and roasted kimchi. In Korea, it is common to eat them with seasonings such as ‘doenjang (soybean paste)’, ‘gochujang (red pepper paste), salt, sesame oli, and ‘ssamjang (a mix of doenjang and gochujang). 7. Chicken Recently, Korean style chicken has been popular for foreigners because of Korean dramas. For foreigners, chicken is one of the best meals you have to try while you are in Korea. Most chicken restaurants offer fast delivery services and chicken is one of best menu with beers. They can order at home comfortably, so many foreigners preferred Korean style chicken. 8. Naen...

How to cook delicious Korean food, bulgogi

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Many people who visit Korea eat bulgogi and I think that is because bulgogi is well known as Korean traditional food all over the world with great reviews stating that it is delicious. However since we cannot go out to have bulgogi all the time is there any way we can cook bulgogi, Korean traditional food at home? Firstly, bulgogi is Korean style beef BBQ which is cooked marinated beef and the important part at this point is the seasoning and the quality of beef. It will be hard for you to find beefs for bulgogi in other countries when beef for bulgogi can be easily found in Korea. If you cannot find beef for bulgogi, it is ideal for you to buy beef that is thin for the seasoning to be absorbed well and has nice marbling of meat and fat layers. So we will have to prepare basic ingredients, right? Firstly, chop onions, carrots and green onions thinly and we have to make the seasoning. If you find it hard to make your own seasoning, you could buy Korean b...

Have you ever had chicken in Korea?

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Chicken meat is one of the most popular types of meat all over the world. I think you will usually have half or one full chicken most of the time, right? There are various foods made out of chicken all over the world. We could  pick KFC or Popeyes as the most famous chicken on the earth, however in Korea; you can try out variety kinds of chicken that are delicious. 1.      Chicken that is deep fried in Olive oil Fried chicken from a company named B** is now popular on many countries after establishing branches internationally because their fried chicken is very crispy as it is deep fried in olive oil. This company’s chicken was really popular in Korea in the initial period due to its clean taste and other companies used to sell similar styled chicken. 2.      Chicken with scallion It has been very popular recently with the nick name of scallion chicken and it is fried chicken served with julienned scallion...

How to Beat the Korean Summer Heat!

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      Learn about Sambok and Beat the Korean Summer Heat! Korea boasts a number of festive holidays. Leading the list is Seollal, or New Year, when people enjoy a bowl of tteokguk (rice cake soup) or play traditional games with their families. On Chuseok, the entire family gathers to enjoy the bounties of the autumn harvest. On Dano, people wear colorful hanboks, ride on swings, and wash their hair in iris-essence water. And there is   Sambok , when people eat especially nutritious meals and cool off in a mountain brook during the hottest period of summer.   If you have ever been to Korea or have an interest in the country, you may have heard a little about the holidays of Seollal, Chuseok, and Dano. How about Sambok? The word Sambok may sound unfamiliar to you, but if you want to beat the heat of summer in Korea, then you might want to learn more about it. Here is what Korean people enjoy doing during Sambok.   What is Sambok?   ...