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Korean food culture

Korean food culture staple food white rice. Commonly used dishes include hot pot stewed with meat, fish, tofu and vegetables, and nutritious kimchi unique to Korea. There are also various side dishes mixed with Korean seasoning. Tableware with spoons and chopsticks. The basic condiments in restaurants are pepper and garlic, in addition, there are many different flavors of condiments. Therefore, in addition to spicy taste, Korean food also has unique color, aroma and taste, which makes people salivate. Ding Hanshi (Korean Hakka Rice): Korean court dishes that inherit the traditional flavor. The table is filled with all kinds of side dishes, except kimchi, which generally does not add Chili powder. Cooking methods such as steaming, roasting, scalding and mixing are different. The menu price of each restaurant is not the same, but almost all of them have eight kinds of side dishes, such as wheat pancakes and meat dishes. Meat, fish, vegetables and mushrooms stew hot pot "Fairy Furnace". Roast beef and steak: among many kinds of barbecues, the most popular ones are roast beef (sliced beef is marinated with seasoning and roasted) and roast steak (marinated with seasoning and roasted on an iron plate). Both are eaten with lettuce and sesame leaves dipped in Chili sauce or bean paste. Sometimes three or five kinds of pickles or side dishes are served, and some restaurants need to add some white rice and soup. Restaurant signs often take the garden as the name of the store. Itaewon (Litaiyuan Cave (797- 1474) in Huashan District, Sanyuan Cave (Xinsha Cave (544-535 1) in Jiangnan District) and Ximen Club (Ximen Cave (755-4645) in Central District) are well-known, and ordinary Korean restaurants can also taste them. Roasted beef tenderloin: After the beef tenderloin with proper thickness is cooked, dip it in a little yellow sauce and wrap it with fresh vegetables such as washed lettuce before eating. Or seasoning with oil and salt. Noodles hot pot: slice beef or seafood, add various seasonal vegetables and noodles, put them in a boiling soup pot, and eat them after cooking. Light and delicious, with endless aftertaste. Packaged rice set meal: Food flavored with fresh vegetables and wrapped cooked meat or other vegetables. The main ingredients used in each restaurant will be slightly different, but most of them are vegetables wrapped with a little sauce (yellow sauce, Chili sauce or mixed sauce) to eat. Different from meat-based "wrapped meat", the main ingredient is vegetables, so don't worry about cholesterol. The ups and downs of vegetables also help to stimulate appetite. Cold noodles: There are mainly two kinds of cold noodles in water with rich and refreshing soup and cold noodles in chili pepper. In any season, cold noodles are the most popular way to eat after enjoying roast beef and other dishes. Noodles include Pyongyang cold noodles made of buckwheat and salty cold noodles made of potatoes. The types of restaurants are different. Most of the ingredients added to noodles are mainly meat, vegetables or boiled eggs, and there are also restaurants that put sashimi. Noodles can be cut with scissors before eating. Ginseng chicken soup: add glutinous rice, jujube, garlic and ginseng to the broiler and stew for a long time. You can also add pepper and salt according to your personal preference. Because of its rich nutrition, it is an advanced tonic in summer. Pot soup and hot pot: The most common home-cooked dishes for Korean families are bean paste hot pot cooked with bean paste and vegetables, and assorted hot pot cooked with fish and beef offal. Among the hot pots, the beef sausage hot pot stewed with beef offal and vegetables is the most famous. In addition, there are many kinds of octopus hot pot cooked with octopus and Chili sauce. South Korea's general hot pot is mainly seafood, and you can enjoy the delicious taste of all kinds of seafood. Bibimbap: Korean bibimbap, in which "bibimbap" is a unique recipe in Korea and worth tasting. Cover white rice with vegetables such as bean sprouts, meat and eggs, put them in a boiling stone bowl, add a proper amount of Chili sauce, and eat after stirring. The flavors of various materials are mixed together to form a unique flavor, and the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot is a must. Most Korean restaurants can taste it. Quanzhou Central Hall (776-3525 Zhongwu Road) is a famous bibimbap specialty store. Tea soup: It is made of ginger, cinnamon, ginseng, Schisandra, jujube, cassia seed, kudzu root and other Chinese herbal medicines through long-term suffering. Traditional Chinese medicine can strengthen the body, prevent diseases and have therapeutic effects. Therefore, when Koreans feel tired, they always drink Chinese medicine soup and tea to refresh themselves and prevent diseases. Fruit tea: mainly choose grapefruit, papaya, orange peel and other fruits rich in vitamin C, drink them after adding water for a long time, or soak them in honey and dilute them with hot water. Drinking it often in winter can prevent colds. Flavor enema: enema is a Korean delicious sausage made by mixing tofu, vermicelli, rice and vegetables in a certain proportion and pouring them into pig intestines. Han Guo: It has been a sacrifice since ancient times, and it is also a traditional Korean snack for wedding ceremonies or drinking tea. Oil honey grass is made by adding honey and sesame oil to flour and frying; The style of tea is similar to that of China, and Chinese herbal medicines are added. The fried glutinous rice with ginger sugar and maltose is similar to that of China. In addition, there are honey fried fruits made of fruits or vegetables pickled with honey. Korean fruits used in weddings can be delicious and beautiful.