60 Korean food items
Many people, even if they don’t know anything about Korean culture, language or customs, they are always interested in one thing — Korean food. Here are some of them food items that can be easily found in Korean restaurants. Let’s see how many of them you’ve already tasted before!
Side dish (반찬)：
Kimchi = 김치
White radish (to have with fried chicken) =치킨무
Pickled radish = 단무지
Raw shrimp in soy sauce = 간장새우
Raw crab in soy sauce = 간장게장
Egg roll = 계란말이
Bunsik (“fast food/ snack”) (분식)：
Spicy rice cake = 떡볶이
Fried food = 튀김
Fish cake = 오뎅
Kimbap = 김밥
Sundae (blood sausage) = 순대
Instant noodle = 라면
Dumplings =만두
Crispy seaweed noodle rolls = 김말이
Cheese ball =치즈볼
Hot dog = 핫도그
Pajeon (Green onion pancake) = 파전
Kimchi pancake = 김치전
Toast = 토스트
Salad =샐러드
Rice / Noodle (밥/면)：
Rice = 밥
Rice in hot soup = 국밥
Porridge = 죽
Korean table d’hôte (Korean-style full course meal) = 한정식
Bibimbap (rice mixed with meat, vegetables, and red pepper paste) = 비빔밥
Stone pot Bibimbap = 돌솥비빔밥
Kimchi fried rice = 김치볶음밥
Spicy stir fried pork with rice = 제육덮밥
Rice wrap = 쌈밥
Jajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce) = 짜장면
Jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles) = 짬뽕
Fried rice = 볶음밥
Mul-naengmyeon (Korean cold noodles in chilled broth) = 물냉면
Bibim Naengmyeon (Korean Spicy Cold Noodles) = 비빔냉면
Sujebi (hand-pulled noodle soup) = 수제비
Japchae (Sweet potato starch noodles stir fried with vegetables) = 잡채
Kalguksu (Korean Knife Cut Noodle Soup) = 칼국수
Stew / Hotpot (찌개 / 전골)：
Samgye-tang (ginseng chicken soup) = 삼계탕
Budae Jjigae = 부대찌개
Kimchi-jjigae (kimchi stew) = 김치찌개
Doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) = 된장찌개
Spicy seafood stew = 해물탕
Seolleongtang (ox bone soup) = 설렁탕
Spicy beef soup with vegetables = 육개장
Gamjatang (pork bone soup)= 감자탕
Sundubu Jjigae (Korean spicy soft tofu stew) = 순두부찌개
Meat (고기) ：
Grilled meat = 고기구이
Bulgogi (marinated beef) = 불고기
Samgyeopsal (pork belly) = 삼겹살
Korean fried chicken = 치킨
Fried pork cutlet = 돈까스
Dakgalbi (Spicy grilled chicken and vegetables) = 닭갈비
Spicy stir-fried octopus = 낙지볶음
Raw fish = 회
Grilled fish = 생선구이
Gopchang (grilled beef intestines) = 곱창
Bossam (pork wraps) = 보쌈
Jokbal (braised pig’s feet) = 족발
Chicken feet = 닭발
These are some of the common items that you can find in a Korean restaurant. Which one is your favourite? Comment and let me know!
