I love Korean food. And my kids love it too. Our Korean adventure was completed by the different Korean dishes we've sampled and enjoyed. Here are our top picks.
1. Samgyeopsal
Grilled three layered pork belly wrapped in lettuce/leaves and slathered with chilli paste. My husband and kids' favorite. They love the idea of doing their own wrapping.
2. Kimchi
Korean side dish made of vegetables fermented with a variety of seasonings often described as spicy and sour. We almost always have kimchi. And even in fast foods centers, their refillable. Our favorite was the fresh lettuce kimchi which we had the first night we were in Seoul. It was unforgettable.
3. Bibimbap
Served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang. A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The ingredients are stirred together thoroughly just before eating. This was a staple for our kids (with less chili paste, of course).
4. Tteokbokki
This popular Korean food is made from soft rice cake, fish cake and sweet red chili sauce. Ramir and I liked it but it is just too spicy for the kids.
5. Korean Fried Chicken
Delicious fried chicken which can be ordered half and half. We had garlic-flavored and soy-flavored. You can't go wrong with fried chicken, especially when you have kids in tow.
6. Kimchi Udon
Combination flavor of dashi and the pungent bite of kimchi in a hot bowl of noodle. I love Korean noodle dishes!
7. Joseon Chicken boiled in aged soy suce
Chicken degreased then boiled in aged soy sauce with sesame seeds. We saw this restaurant still open at 9:30 pm. We just ordered their best seller. The kids love their tasty and juicy chicken.
8. Sundubu Jjigae
Spicy soft tofu stew. I love tofu, so this one really appealed to my palate.
9. Chap chae
Made from sweet potato noodles stir fried in sesame oil with vegetables (typically thinly sliced carrots, onion, spinach, and mushrooms), sometimes served with beef, and flavoured with soy sauce, and sweetened with sugar. It is usually served garnished with sesame seeds and slivers of chili. The sweet lady, cut the noodles with a scissors because we had a hard time doing so with just our forks.
10. Dak Galbi
A popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, scallions and onions on a hot plate. Since I don't eat beef and pork, this was a saving grace.
11. Kimbap
Korean roll of steamed white rice and various other ingredients, rolled in sheets of dried seaweed. A nice way of eating a sushi roll.
12. Abalone porridge
Their "lugaw" is a little bit bland but the abalone is a nice twist to the usual meat ingredient. The lugaw fanatic in me says that we have tastier lugaw. But I'm glad I tried this.
13. Grilled mackerel
The tastiest we'd had. It was just seasoned with salt (I guess), but the whole thing is so juicy and tasty. We're still trying to replicate this here in the Philippines but to no avail.
14. Sea urchin soup
Sea urchin flesh boiled with seaweed in a soup. It tasted more like miso soup but I love the seaweeds.
1. Samgyeopsal
Grilled three layered pork belly wrapped in lettuce/leaves and slathered with chilli paste. My husband and kids' favorite. They love the idea of doing their own wrapping.
2. Kimchi
Korean side dish made of vegetables fermented with a variety of seasonings often described as spicy and sour. We almost always have kimchi. And even in fast foods centers, their refillable. Our favorite was the fresh lettuce kimchi which we had the first night we were in Seoul. It was unforgettable.
3. Bibimbap
Served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang. A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The ingredients are stirred together thoroughly just before eating. This was a staple for our kids (with less chili paste, of course).
4. Tteokbokki
This popular Korean food is made from soft rice cake, fish cake and sweet red chili sauce. Ramir and I liked it but it is just too spicy for the kids.
5. Korean Fried Chicken
Delicious fried chicken which can be ordered half and half. We had garlic-flavored and soy-flavored. You can't go wrong with fried chicken, especially when you have kids in tow.
6. Kimchi Udon
Combination flavor of dashi and the pungent bite of kimchi in a hot bowl of noodle. I love Korean noodle dishes!
7. Joseon Chicken boiled in aged soy suce
Chicken degreased then boiled in aged soy sauce with sesame seeds. We saw this restaurant still open at 9:30 pm. We just ordered their best seller. The kids love their tasty and juicy chicken.
8. Sundubu Jjigae
Spicy soft tofu stew. I love tofu, so this one really appealed to my palate.
9. Chap chae
Made from sweet potato noodles stir fried in sesame oil with vegetables (typically thinly sliced carrots, onion, spinach, and mushrooms), sometimes served with beef, and flavoured with soy sauce, and sweetened with sugar. It is usually served garnished with sesame seeds and slivers of chili. The sweet lady, cut the noodles with a scissors because we had a hard time doing so with just our forks.
10. Dak Galbi
A popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, scallions and onions on a hot plate. Since I don't eat beef and pork, this was a saving grace.
11. Kimbap
Korean roll of steamed white rice and various other ingredients, rolled in sheets of dried seaweed. A nice way of eating a sushi roll.
12. Abalone porridge
Their "lugaw" is a little bit bland but the abalone is a nice twist to the usual meat ingredient. The lugaw fanatic in me says that we have tastier lugaw. But I'm glad I tried this.
13. Grilled mackerel
The tastiest we'd had. It was just seasoned with salt (I guess), but the whole thing is so juicy and tasty. We're still trying to replicate this here in the Philippines but to no avail.
14. Sea urchin soup
Sea urchin flesh boiled with seaweed in a soup. It tasted more like miso soup but I love the seaweeds.
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