• Home >
  • Culture & Entertainment >
  • Asian Food Primer: Korean Food

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

 

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKorea MongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New GuineaPolynesiaSouth Asia BangladeshIndiaNepalSri LankaSoutheast Asia CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnamKoreans are believed to have migrated from the Mongolian steppes and that is reflected in the prevalence of meat, which in restaurants is often cooked on miniature grills brought right to the table. Spiced cabbage and rice are served at almost every meal. Common ingredients: beef, pork, lamb, seafood, chicken, cabbage, onions, carrots, lettuce, rice Popular dishes: kimchi (spiced cabbage); barbecued beef or pork mixed with garlic and onions and wrapped in lettuce; soups; ginseng tea More Information: Infoplease Atlas: Korea Country Profile: North Korea Country Profile: South Korea More Asian-American Features

.com/spot/asianfoods10.html

Sources +

Our Common Sources

Koreans are believed to have migrated from the Mongolian steppes and that is reflected in the prevalence of meat, which in restaurants is often cooked on miniature grills brought right to the table. Spiced cabbage and rice are served at almost every meal.

Asian Foods Guide

Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures.

  • Introduction

East Asia

  • ChinaJapanKorea MongoliaTibet

Pacific Region

  • FijiHawaiiPapua New GuineaPolynesia

South Asia

  • BangladeshIndiaNepalSri Lanka

Southeast Asia

  • CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

Common ingredients:

beef, pork, lamb, seafood, chicken, cabbage, onions, carrots, lettuce, rice

kimchi (spiced cabbage); barbecued beef or pork mixed with garlic and onions and wrapped in lettuce; soups; ginseng tea

More Information:

  • Infoplease Atlas: Korea Country Profile: North Korea Country Profile: South Korea

More Asian-American Features

.com/spot/asianfoods10.html

Sources +

Our Common Sources

Our Common Sources

Asian Food Primer: Sri Lanka Food

  • Asian Food Primer: Sri Lanka Food

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

African Americans by the Numbers

Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales