THE BEST OF KOREAN RESTAURANTS
Koreans are known to have great delight and passion for their foods and have shown this by their lovely cuisine. In recent times their flavors and ingredients have found a special place in Europe and the world. Westerners and visitors have fallen in love with the traditional Korean kimchi, the stylishly prepared barbecue, Bulgogi, and Bibimbap. There is also the newly found love for western cuisines by Koreans, and they have gone forward even to make blends with the traditional Korean dishes. You will also find nice restaurants that serve international and continental meals in cities like Busan, Seoul, and Jeju. Young Korean enthusiasts, rich Korean families, and foreigners can enjoy all the delicacies served in every part of the world right inside Korea. If you are also running on a small budget, you can take the pleasure of exploring the small spots and restaurants scattered all over the country. This is a welcoming experience for residents and visitors who want to get the feel of the traditional Korean delicacies. 부산맛집
You can find fine Western, Japanese, and even Korean restaurants in the best hotels, albeit they are somewhat expensive by local standard. Nonetheless, if you visit Korea, try to enjoy everything Korean, despite the language differences. All Korean restaurants (whether luxurious or cheap) offer great value and have many nice cuisines on their menus. Opening times will be in the mornings for café’s also serving food, and between lunch and dinner with a break between 3 and 5 pm. Those restaurants that run late into the night begin their entertainment from 8 pm to close after midnight.
The types of restaurants and dishes you are likely to find include:
Noodle restaurants (Bunsikjip) – Noodle dishes are the specialty, but rice dishes are also popular. Example of such dishes includes Momil guksu (buckwheat noodles served with a sweet radish sauce); naengmyeon (cold buckwheat flour or potato flour noodles with rice, vegetables, pepper relish sauce, and boiled egg spread on it); kongguksu (wheat noodles served with fresh soya milk); odeng guksu (wheat noodles served with a broth prepared with traditional fishcake); Ramyeon (instant noodles in instant broth); Pudong (wide wheat noodles cooked with fried tofu, egg, red pepper, and onions); and bibimbap (rice cooked with bluebell root, parboiled fern bracken, spinach, fried egg, and soy sprouts, spinach. It is served with a warm bowl of broth).
Ginseng Chicken Soup Restaurants (Samgyetangjip) – where chicken stuffed with rice, dates steamed and served hot, and white ginseng served.
Barbecue Meat Restaurants (Bulgogijip) – You will find pork (doejigogi), short rib (galbi), and Beef (soggy) cooked with soy sauce, green onions, garlic, sesame seeds, and oil, and char-broiled.
Dumpling Restaurants (Mandujip) – where meat, vegetables, and tofu are stuffed into dumplings and cooked, fried, or boiled in a potage and served. Pastries prepared Chinese-style are also served in these restaurants.
Raw Fish Restaurants (Saengson Hoejip) – where sliced fresh raw fish can be served with red pepper sauce (choking) or soy sauce (ganjang). Other fish delicacies on the menu may include soybean curd (tofu), man tang (hot fish pepper soup with vegetables and egg).
Steamed Rice Restaurants (Baekbanjip) – here, rice is served with various kimchi, fish, soup, and namul (parboiled vegetables). Other dishes like naengmyeon and bibimbap are often on the menu.
Dog-Meat Soup Restaurants (Bosintangjip) – the term Bosinhada means to build up one’s strength. Thus dog-meat soup or bosintang is a rampant delicacy.
Other popular Korean dishes include:
Sinseollo – chopped vegetables, fish, meat, ginkgo nuts in a brazier and quail egg
Seolleongtang – rice served with bone and beef stew; and
Bindaetteok – the Korean bean flour and egg pancake prepared with various combinations of meat and vegetables.