Banchan

Korean spice

Pepero is a cookie stick, dipped in compound chocolate.

This soup is smoky, spicy, and rich, with healthy hunks of sliced beef and plenty of vegetables that are soft, but not mushy—they’re full of earthy mountain flavor from gosari (fernbrake). Served with rice, it’s a satisfying, warming …

Sweet, sour, & spicy Korean fried chicken.

Yaksik is a sweet Korean dish made by steaming glutinous rice, and mixing with chestnuts, jujubes, and pine nuts. It is seasoned with honey or brown sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sometimes cinnamon. It is traditionally eaten …

Yakgwa is a fried doughy dessert flavored with sesame oil and ginger and drenched in honey, are Korean traditional dessert.

Steamed egg cooked in an earthenware bowl is called ttukbaegi gyeranjjim because ttukbaegi means “earthenware bowl” in English and gyeranjjim means “steamed egg mixture.” The good thing about this dish is that you can serve it like stew …

Ttongppang, or Ddongbbang, is a Korean bread sold at street markets. It is the shape of stylized human feces and is filled with red bean paste and walnut bits. It originated in Insa-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

Tteokguk is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of the broth/soup with thinly sliced rice cakes. It is usually garnished with thin julienned cooked eggs, marinated meat, and …

Tteokbokki is a popular Korean food made from soft rice cake, fish cake, and the sweet red chili sauce called gochujang. It is commonly purchased from street vendors. Originally it was called tteok jjim and was a savory …

Tornado Potato also called twisted potatoes or tornado fries,are a popular street food in South Korea. It is a deep fried spiral-cut whole potato on a skewer, brushed with various seasonings such as onion, cheese, or honey. Some …

Classic, spicy, traditional napa cabbage kimchi called tongbaechu-kimchi, a.k.a. baechu-kimchi or pogi-kimchi. But this dish is so common and iconic among Koreans that we simply call it “kimchi.” When people talk about kimchi, this is the dish they’re …