Ganjang Gejang (간장 게장) is the Korean traditional food and highly appreciated, we will never get bored to eat. The word "Gejang" consists of two words, "ge" means crab, and "jang" means sauce or condiment. This is one of the types of glottal (salted or soaked in soy sauce that come with rice or is used as spices to lend more flavor to the dish when cooking other foods). They also attribute that the coldness of crab meat will relieve internal heat in the body and respite the boiling hot weather.

The specialty is completely made from quite decently graded and washed crabs. It sounds simple at first, but this is a sophisticated dish that takes a lot of effort. To prepare Ganjang Gejang, first of all, the crabs are cleaned, then put in an earthenware jar and steep salted for about six hours. Prepare a combined sauce of sesame oil, sugar, chopped scallions, minced garlic, ginger, and shredded fresh chili. After the salted crab is taken out from the jar and placed in the bowl, the boiled seasoning sauce is poured over the crab. This process is repeated several times. This dish can be eaten after two weeks of preparation and can be stored longer.

While you are eating, people peel the carapace from the body and then cut it in half. Soy sauce with lots of fresh chilies will be sprinkled on the crab would spice up the rich flavor. Koreans make a practice of mixing white rice into crab carapace to blend with the crab roe, then enjoy. If it is the first taste, there are some constraints but if it is your familiar food, you'll be hooked up.

Sannakji (small octopus) is one of the famous raw dishes in the land of "kimchi" and only for the brave people. This is also one of the foods that are warned to be dangerous because if eaten incorrectly, the tentacles will stick to the mouth and throat, which can lead to death. Therefore, you need to learn carefully and eat the right way.

To ensure freshness, the live octopus dish is only brought out right after the customer places the order, the chef will bring the live octopus to the table, then cut it into small pieces and skillfully marinate it with spices. The raw tentacles of the octopus still constantly struggle on the plate, creating excitement and craving for visitors. Some so many people want to try extreme sensations and like the feeling when the tentacles thrash hard into the oral cavity, so they often wrap the whole thing in chopsticks and put it straight into their mouth.

Hotteok is also seen as a pancake that is famous and almost seems to be everywhere in Korea. In particular, when autumn colors began to tinge the leaves, I mean when it was cold or cold winter days, this hot dish sold even more. It is not difficult to find a place that sells this type of cake, it can be on the roadside, food stalls in the market, or alleys if you like the feeling of enjoying and wandering here and there. You can also absolutely have a chance to eat it in a fancy restaurant if you prefer

Hotteok cake has two main parts, the crust, and the filling. The crust is a mixture of various flours and yeast. The filling is more diverse with brown sugar, cinnamon powder, and chopped nuts such as walnuts, roasted peanuts, almonds, chestnuts, etc. However, nowadays there are several variations of Hotteok cake, sometimes people even add honey, butter, cheese, or even vegetables to the filling. When making a cake, people will take a little of the filling put it in the dough, and round it. After that, this cake will be put into a pan of frying oil until it is hot slightly golden, and flattened, while the filling inside will melt when biting.

And the price of a Hotteok cake is not too expensive. On average, a Hotteok will cost 1000 won, less than 1 $ So if you are a Korean tourist, you can more or less try this dish, if you don't know where to buy it, it's also easy to find because it's in everywhere.

One must not judge people by their appearances." is probably a pretty appropriate saying when talking about the famous Korean snack. Although Beondegi does not seem eye-catching and not very appetizing at first glance, once you've enjoyed it, it's hard to resist their delicious taste.

This is a popular snack in Korea that you can buy from grocery stores and convenience stores or serve with a drink at some restaurants. First, the silkworm pupae are seasoned and boiled, the pupa has a slightly soft and crunchy texture and is served in paper cups on the street or in bowls at restaurants. The pupae are low in fat, very high in protein. When taking a bite, the milk inside the pupa comes out quite fragrant, the taste is very delicate. Although this dish has a good taste, not everyone dares to eat it.

You can easily find this premium Beondegi anywhere in Korea. So give it a try or it will be boring if you just stop there without taking the time to enjoy more unique Beondegi dishes made from pupae.

Korea is known as a country with a diverse and delicious culinary culture. Besides the national treasures like Kimchi, Bibimbap, there are still a few dishes that are enough to make people "sweat". We invite you to get to know more about Hongeo, an exotic Korean food.

Hongeo, also known as Hongeo Hoe, is an extremely popular dish in Korea. Made from fermented stingray, Hongeo is considered one of the best Korean dishes to date. Koreans use simpler engineering that is to put the stingray in the freezer for 1 month to let it ferment naturally. Wait until the fermented stingray has reached the highest level of odor, then Koreans will bring the fish out and cut it into thin slices to eat raw. Hongeo is usually served with boiled pork, kimchi, garlic, chili, soy sauce...

This dish is compared to have a strong taste like urine, the smell emanating from the dish made many people not want to go near it or to put it in their mouths but once you taste it a few times, you will be addicted to it.

If are a Korean cuisine follower, I'm sure you can not ignore this well-known item. Although influenced by Western pancakes, it is completely in contrast to the sweet and fatty taste with a sauce made from fresh cream and fruit jam. Korean pancakes have a rich flavor from the fragrant green beans mixed with the spicy taste of kimchi that will help change the taste of you and your friends and relatives during your free weekends.

The Bindae-tteok is made from a paste (wheat flour and water) with coriander, pork, green bean sprouts, and indispensable kimchi. To make Bindae-tteok pancakes, people mix ground pork and season with soy sauce, minced scallions, minced garlic, ground black pepper, and sesame oil. Bean sprouts are washed, lightly blanched, cut into short pieces, and seasoned with salt and sesame oil. Kimchi is not stuffed and squeezed to remove excess chili sauce and water, then cut into small pieces. The ingredients are then mixed well, mung bean paste is covered on top of the cake, followed by another layer of flour poured on top of the cake. Finally, Bindae-tteok is topped with cross-sliced red and green chili peppers. The cake will be pan-fried on both sides and served with a dipping sauce consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, water, and ground pine nuts.

This is also one of the famous cakes in Korean streets. In particular, Korean pancakes are not only used for fun but can also replace the main dishes in the family meal.

If you can eat spicy food and want to discover Korean cuisine, you can try eye-catching, tongue-twisting dishes, beautifully decorated and attractive to fellow dinner, spicy stir-fried octopus Nakji Bokkeum - special products of Korean cuisine.

This dish represents the typical Korean eating style, spicy, sweet, and with a seductive red-gold sauce. Octopus is an animal that contains many nutrients and is a popular seafood in Korea. After buying octopus, cleaning it, Koreans cut it into nice pieces before processing. Octopus is cooked with a mixture of garlic, ginger, sesame oil, paprika, chili sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, spices, a little sugar, and some other ingredients depending on the recipe of each person. add onions, thinly sliced carrots, fried onions... After the octopus is cooked, take it out on a deep plate to eat the octopus while sipping the spicy sauce. Crispy octopus, sweet meat is eaten with crispy vegetables, imbued with spicy, rich sauce stimulates the taste buds immensely.

This dish comes with hot rice or bread would be great, Koreans can eat this octopus dish even in the hot summer sun, there's no reason why you shouldn't try this charming dish when you come to "the land of Kimchi".

Dotorimuk is the name of a jelly made from acorn starch, which originated in the mountainous regions of Korea in ancient times.

Although jelly dishes are not too strange, the processing of jelly from acorn starch is probably only Korean. Because so far, acorns have only been known as a food for squirrels. The oak seeds used for Dotorimuk will be cooked, crushed starch and carefully refined to remove some harmful substances. Initially, people will mix this starch with water, then stir it on the stove until the mixture is sticky. In particular, Koreans do not use Dotorimuk jelly for sweet dishes, but all are savory dishes, combining many sour, spicy, and different ingredients.

Koreans not only love Dotorimuk because of the dew of taste but also largely because of the nutrition of this unique jelly such as having a fever, reducing fatigue, recharging energy, relieving diarrhea, dysentery, and healthy stomach.

Omjija has long been famous and is considered a traditional Korean tea. What makes this tea special is that it comes from the red color of a fruit called berry. In Korea, Omjia will be processed with other flavorings such as honey, mung bean powder, or maybe flower petals to create the famous signature Omija tea of the land of kimchi

And the taste of this tea is unmistakable because only Omija can make the drinker taste the five different and most basic flavors: salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter. It's wonderful to be able to combine these five flavors into a cup of tea without making us feel weird because the subtlety of these five flavors can only make us stop drinking.

Not only is it characterized by the red color of the berry, the five flavors blend, but it also has tremendous medicinal effects. In Oriental Medicine, Omija is very effective in nourishing the body to become healthy, has the effect of brightening eyes, preventing blockage of blood vessels, anti-oxidation. In addition, it is wonderful that it can also help with coughs, flatulence and can also be used to relieve alcohol. It can also help regulate menstruation for women.

This fish has a very sensitive shape which is the reason why called “penis fish”, looks like a penis, but it is actually a spoonworm. The scariest part of this dish is that even though they are cut, they are still wiggly on the plate before being put in the mouth.

The way to prepare Gaebul is not too complicated, after cutting off the top of both ends, wash thoroughly with seawater, then cut into pieces. In Korea, people often eat Gaebul with various sauces, usually Chujang sauce. Some locals like to eat it with Kimchi. Gaebul when seasoned with salt, pepper, sesame oil, and a little spice and then grilled has a very fragrant smell. If you like the true taste of Gaebul, you can eat them raw. The way to eat this dish is also very special, after being washed, it will be thinly sliced, eaten raw with salt and sesame oil. It is also said that this is the food that helps increase vitality in men.