My Favorite Korean Foods

Korean food is not very widely known to the world, but it is actually one of the world's most healthy and tasty cuisines. The five main colors of our cultural food are black, white, yellow, green, and red. The tables at Korean restaurants or at practically any Korean home are usually groaning with a deliciously diverse assortment of side dishes and soups, but the main dish is always(drum-roll...): rice! Enough introducing, why don't we go on to the lip-smacking food list!

My most favorite food is Seolleongtang(ox bone soup), a very nutritious and wonderful soup simmered in an ox bone, with beef slices, rice, and rice noodles added for flavor.

Next is Samgyetang, or a ginseng chicken soup.(You may have already noticed, but I happen to have a weak spot for broths containing meat and rice) In samgyetang, a whole young chicken is stuffed with ginseng, sticky rice(heavenly), jujubes(Korean dates), garlic, and cooked in a soup. Samgyetang is very hard to find in the U.S., so I usually only get to eat it once a year during our summer visit to Korea.

Finally, I really enjoy a traditional Korean dish known as Bibimbap. Bibimbap is a rice dish loaded with multiple cooked vegetables, lots of gochujang(red chili paste), and sometimes a little bit of beef. Bibimbap is served in a large piping hot earthenware pot that keeps the food warm and produces a fine layer of crunchy rice at the bottom of the pot that makes a perfect dessert.

So the next time you visit Korea, be sure to try at least one of these dishes, because you are missing out on the best food in the world!