Must Eat Korean Foodie :)

This is just my list of the must try top 10 (in no particular order) while in the land of K-pop (you can agree or disagree). Hopefully this can serve as a guide while you go food hunting :D

1. Jjajangmyun (짜장면)

The chewy noodles + flavourful sauce makes it so delectable

Oh yes, this is something we almost always see in K-dramas... the delicious black soy bean sauce noodles with kimchi at the side. And we see even the Korean artist slurping and inhaling the noodles in just a few BIG bites!

Slurp slurp~ Yoon Eun Hye can't get enough of it on Coffee Prince

Hyeri from Girls Day accepting a challenge to eat it super quick and proves it! 

2. Dakgalbi 

Us enjoying a meal of mix chicken and pork stir fry dish :)

Dak galbi, also romanized dalk galbi, is a popular Korean dish generally made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang based sauce, and sliced cabbage, sweet potato, scallions, onions, perilla leaves, and tteok together on a hot plate. (Wiki)

Dakgalbi is really delicious especially if you add in rice or noodles at the end of it... and the sweet potato inside makes it a little sweet :)

3. Hobakjuk (made with steamed pumpkin or squash and glutinous rice flour or rice soaked in water.)

This might not look appetizing but it's the best thing ever!!! Got this from gwangjang market

4. Galbi (grilled pork short ribs)

That piece of meat there is a whopping 13,000won per piece... dayum expensive but yummy :/ sad case. Add a side of stir fried squid and you are good to go :)

5, Dwaeji Gukbap (pork rice soup)

This yummy dish is made by boiling the pork bone for many many hours hence the milky color of the soup! For those who dislike too strong of a porky smell (like me) can put in a spoonful of deonjang, it helps clear the smell 

If you are down in Busan, this dish is said to have its roots here and therefore a more original taste. Just head to Haeundae Gukbap Alley or Gwangalli.. there are plenty of shops that sell this dish.

6. Bulgogi Burger from Lotteria

As weird as it seems that I am including a fast food item on the list, this bulgogi burger is just too much of a memory for me to leave it behind... I just love the juicy meat and it packs a punch of flavory awesomeness! At least to try once if you are in Korea!

7. Jjampong (Korean spicy seafood noodle soup)

This is the less spicy version of jjampong in Seoul, the chef saw that we weren't korean and said he'll tone it down. I ate a second time in Busan and it was super spicy!

8. Gamjatang (Pork bone with potato soup)

Gamja actually means potato, so literally it is potato soup but the main ingredient is the pork bone that has been boiled for many hours. This soup is so flavourful I could eat 2 bowls of rice literally!! MUST TRY

This pot of soup for 4 cost us 30,000won

9. Jaksal Chicken (Stir Fried Chicken)

We were somehow in Ilsan after the MBC Show Champion recording and search Kim Hyun-joong's Jaksal Chicken Shop to have this dish. We also ate fried chicken on our first night in Seoul where we bough it from a nearby shop. Apparently Koreans like the combination of chicken and beer but we weren't really in the mood to drink so we had "Cider" which is Sprite instead.

We ate the original flavour stir fry chicken (spicy warning) and garlic flavoured one. It comes with salad and radish.. 

10. Budae jjigae (Army style korean stew)

Suitable to be consume on a cold rainy day! For the sausage and spam lovers :) I think the MSG helped a lot in terms of flavouring haha