YUM! (travel tip inside)

So when you travel to a country that speaks another language and especially one that doesn't use the same Romanized characters, it's a good idea to have cheatsheets of everything you can think of.  Food.

I have been enjoying browsing other people's blogs looking for restaurant ideas and especially food descriptions.  Then, I take the name of the food in English and Hangul and paste it into my handy dandy cheatsheet with a description.  If we go somewhere that has no English menus we can point and ask if they have those items.....things we know we're comfortable with.  This is what I have so far and it makes me HUNGRY.

Samgyeopsal – pork belly

Daegi bulgogi – pork bulgogi

Kimchi jjigae 김치 찌개– kimchi stew

Sundubu Jjigae 순두부 찌개- fiery bubbling cauldron of soft tofu, freshly cracked egg, chili peppers, inoki mushrooms, a couple clams, onions and deunjang (Korean miso) paste. Served with sticky rice.

Chapjae

Bibimbap 비빔밥

Raboggie 라볶이- rice cake in a sea of spicy pepper sauce augmented with odang (processed fish), cabbage, carrots, onions and leeks and ramen

Kimbap -Wonjo Kimbap 원조 김밥 -damuji (a yellow pickled sweet radish), processed ham, carrots, some green, maybe spinach, and cooked egg,  야채 김밥, Yachae Kimbap-veggies including carrots and spinach, 김치 김밥, Kimchi Kimbap-ham, eggs, carrots, radish, 계란말이 김밥, Kaeranmal Kimbap-rolled in a thin omelet, then sliced.

Dakkochi 닭꼬치 – chicken on skewers

Twigim – ojingeo (squid), goguma (sweet potato), yachae (vegetables)

Tteokbokki 떡볶이 – sauced rice cakes

Pajeon – pancakes

Galbi – short ribs

Pa dak 파닭 – chicken with honey, onions, etc.