What Kind of food do Korean's eat?

Question

Im doing a research project on Korean life and stuff and i need to know what types of food they eat. Also if anyone knows their main way of getting energy i need to know that too!?!? THANKS!

Answer 1

Rice is a staple of life. Kim chee is kind of like a spicy sauerkraut; they use it to preserve various type of veggies ie cabbage and cucumber. Cucumber is my favorite. They say that this way of preserving gives them a way of getting vitamin C in the winter months. Cooking over an open flame is popular. Kalbi is like BBQ short ribs and bulgogi is marinated beef. Traditionally tea is popular with meals IE borly cha (barley tea) or in sam cha (ginsing tea). The desserts are not as sweet as American desserts, allot of times they just eat fresh fruit. Some of my Korean friends say they do not feel as though they have had a proper meal with out rice and a form of kim chee.

Answer 2

I'm an American living in Korea. If you have never eaten Korean food, you definitely have to try it. Koreans tend to eat very healthy foods with a lot of vegetables. Rice is also a staple. Koreans have some of the best soups I have ever eaten. Sam Gae Tang (Chicken Ginseng Soup) is very popular during the summer months because it is supposed to be refreshing and to increase your energy level. It is a small chicken stuffed with sticky rice and garlic and ginseng that is served whole in a bowl with broth. You pull the meat off the bones and dip it into a bowl of salt and pepper for flavoring. Korea barbecues are fun to eat at. There is a grill at your table and you cook the meats yourself although the servers will come often to assist you and change the grill plate if it is getting a bit burned (the sugars in the marinades will burn). There are a number of different side dishes that you will get depending on the restaurant. Every restaurant will serve kimchi. Anyway, you take the barbecued meat and wrap it in a lettuce leaf (they will bring several types). If you are eating a meat that has not been marinated, you will get a small dish of cham girim to dip your meat into. Cham girim is basically sesame oil and salt. Some places will also have pepper in it. If it is a marinated meat, it will be some kind of sweetish liquid to dip your meat into, but I don't know what that is called. I prefer the cham girim regardless of whether the meat is marinated or not. A Korean lady was very upset with me once for using the "wrong" sauce. Most people will add garlic, kimchi and a bit of rice to their "wrap". You can really make it however you like it. There is also a spicy soybean red pepper paste that is served with it that is delicious. It is called sam jang. You have to be careful not to let your wrap get too big because you are supposed to stuff the whole thing in your mouth and eat it in one bite, not nibble at it. Having food almost bulging out of your mouth is not uncommon to see and is not considered rude. Except for rice, you won't get individual servings, but are expected to share from the dishes on the table. Korean waitstaff are usually very efficient and friendly. This is not an attempt to get a good tip as they do not tip as a norm (although they will accept it in some western style restaurants). Rather, they take great pride in good, courteous service.

Oh yeah, most Koreans also believe that kimchi is a superfood that will cure just about anything. Some scientific research has actually lent some support to this belief.

Answer 3

Royal Cuisine

Festive Foods

Korean Food Culture Series




A diverse array of foods and dishes can be found throughout Korea.
Korea was once primarily an agricultural nation, and Koreans have cultivated rice as their staple food since ancient times. These days Korean cuisine is characterized by a wide variety of meat and fish dishes along with wild greens and vegetables. Various fermented and preserved food, such as kimchi (fermented spicy cabbage), jeotgal (seafood fermented in salt) and doenjang (fermented soy bean paste) are notable for their specific flavor and high nutritional value.

Answer 4

it depends on the type of day or occasion.
However i do have to eat that me and my family do eat a lot of rice. when i was in korea, most of the family ate rice and soup as a breakfast. i gotta say they are heavy eater (at least the breakfast part) and in summer, koreans eat a lot of noodles (there is all type of cold noodles with the soup).

hmm.. whatelse. well a lot of non-korean thinks that all koreans just eat rice and kimchi, but thats not true. We do eat it, but it's not like we are addicted to it or anything. (it's like same thing as americans eating pizza or hamberger).

well i will just end here. i guess this is the basic stuff you should know. and if you have more question you can ask me.

(i am eating mapo tofu for lunch ><)

Answer 5

this is what I bear in mind from quite a few visits to Pusan, Korea over the various years - The meal grow to be many times quiet, as communique grow to be discouraged for the period of food. in modern circumstances, those regulations have become lax, as families many times dine at the same time now and use the time to speak. Of the relax factors of this decorum, one is that the extra youthful contributors of the table shouldn't p.c.. up their chopsticks or commence eating in the previous the elders of the table. In Korea, in assessment to in China and Japan, the rice bowl isn't lifted from the table whilst eating from it. it is because of the actuality that each and each diner is given a metallic spoon alongside with the chopsticks regularly happening jointly as sujeo. using the spoon for eating rice and soups is expected. There are regulations which mirror the decorum of sharing communal area dishes; regulations contain no longer picking throughout the dishes for specific products whilst leaving others, and the spoon used ought to be sparkling, because of the fact many times diners placed their spoons in the comparable serving bowl on the table. Diners ought to additionally hide their mouths whilst utilising a toothpick after the meal. The table setup is substantial besides, and guy or woman place settings, shifting from the diner's left ought to be as follows: rice bowl, spoon, then chopsticks. warm meals are set to the final area of the table, with the chilly meals to the left. Soup ought to stay on the final area of the diner alongside with stews. vegetables stay on the left alongside with the rice, and kimchi is set to the decrease back whilst sauces stay in the front.

Answer 6

like both, fruits: berries, pears, pears, peaches, dragonfruit, pomegranate.... Vegetables: CUCUMBERS, bok choy, green beans, broccoli,.... My spouse and i guess the two are great.

Answer 7

well just for everyday eating, we mainly eat alottt of kimchi like other people sed, seaweed (by itself or with rice, not like sushi), alottt of fish and soup and tofu

if it is eaten family style as most restaurants in korea have it, each person has their own rice bowl and then lots of side dishes of veggies and meats tho meat is rarely eaten, not everyday. and then the people just share

Answer 8

Kim Chi is big, spicky pickeld cabbage,

Answer 9

They eat a lot of seafood products, like eel, fish, etc.

Answer 10

lots of rice and chicken!