🍲 Korean

A Korean meal is typically rice, a soup or stew and several side dishes served together. From hot stews like kimchi jjigae and doenjang jjigae, to one-bowl rice dishes like bibimbap, to summer favorites like cold naengmyeon and kongguksu, there's something for every mood.

Fermented pastes (doenjang, gochujang, soy sauce) and kimchi are at the heart of the flavor, so the same stew can taste quite different from place to place. Side dishes usually come included, which makes Korean meals filling for the price.

Tips for choosing

On a chilly or tiring day, clear hot soups such as gukbap, seolleongtang or galbitang are easy on the stomach.
On hot days, cold noodles like mul naengmyeon or kongguksu are refreshing. Bibim naengmyeon is spicy, so choose mul naengmyeon if you avoid heat.
Doenjang, gochujang and soy sauce contain soy, and many sauces contain wheat. If you have soy or wheat allergies, always ask.

Dishes (32)

Kimchi Jjigae
about ₩9,000Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Pork
Photo: by avlxyz (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Doenjang Jjigae
about ₩9,000Barely spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Shellfish & squid
Photo: 이동원 (CC0)
Bibimbap
about ₩9,500Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy
Photo: abex (a flickr user) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mul Naengmyeon
about ₩11,000Not spicyServed cold
Main ingredients: Egg, Wheat, Beef
Photo: chomjong (CC BY 2.0)
Bibim Naengmyeon
about ₩11,000MediumServed cold
Main ingredients: Egg, Wheat, Soy, Beef
Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Sundubu Jjigae
about ₩9,500MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy, Shellfish & squid, Pork
Photo: by titanium22 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Budae Jjigae
about ₩11,000MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Milk, Wheat, Soy, Pork, Beef
Photo: Agus Damanik (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Galbitang
about ₩14,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Beef
Photo: stu_spivack (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Seolleongtang
about ₩11,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Beef
Photo: 이동원 (CC0)
Dwaeji Gukbap
about ₩10,000Barely spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Pork
Photo: chomjong (CC BY 2.0)
Sundae Gukbap
about ₩10,000Barely spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Pork
Photo: Mar del Este (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Samgyetang
about ₩17,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Peanuts & nuts, Chicken
Photo: wizdata (CC0)
Yukgaejang
about ₩11,000MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy, Beef
Photo: Lord Mountbatten (Public domain)
Haejangguk
about ₩10,000Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Beef
Photo: sangmins (CC0)
Gamjatang
about ₩12,000Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Pork
Photo: comicpie (a flickr user) (CC BY 2.0)
Kimchi Fried Rice
about ₩9,000Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy, Pork
Photo: Andy Li (CC0)
Jeyuk Bokkeum
about ₩10,000MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Pork
Photo: 국립국어원 (CC BY-SA 2.0 kr)
Bulgogi Set Meal
about ₩12,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Beef
Photo: 毒島みるく (CC0)
Spicy Stir-fried Squid
about ₩11,000SpicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Shellfish & squid
Photo: Chloe Lim from Seoul, South Korea (CC BY 2.0)
Dakbokkeumtang
about ₩13,000MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Chicken
Photo: stuart_spivack (a flickr user) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Grilled Mackerel Set Meal
about ₩10,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Fish
Photo: by david&alina at Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Braised Cutlassfish
about ₩14,000MediumServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Fish
Photo: 세미짱 (CC BY 4.0)
Kongguksu
about ₩10,000Not spicyServed cold
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Peanuts & nuts
Photo: egg (Hong, Yun Seon) (CC BY 2.0)
Kalguksu
about ₩9,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Shellfish & squid
Photo: by jslander (CC BY 2.0)
Sujebi
about ₩8,500Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Wheat, Soy, Shellfish & squid
Photo: Steve Longus (CC BY 2.0)
Janchi Guksu
about ₩7,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Wheat, Soy, Fish
Photo: Chloe Lim (CC BY 2.0)
Seafood Pancake
about ₩8,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Wheat, Shrimp & crab, Shellfish & squid
Photo: Matt @ PEK from Taipei, Taiwan (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bossam
about ₩15,000Barely spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Pork
Photo: Timber Tank (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Jokbal
about ₩15,000Not spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Pork
Photo: 국립국어원 (CC BY-SA 2.0 kr)
Dolsot Bibimbap
about ₩10,500Mildly spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy, Beef
Photo: abex (a flickr user) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Yukhoe Bibimbap
about ₩13,000Mildly spicyServed cold
Main ingredients: Egg, Soy, Beef
Photo: hyolee2 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Cheonggukjang
about ₩9,500Barely spicyServed warm
Main ingredients: Soy, Pork