๐ What you'll learn in this post
You'll discover the top 10 favorite foods among Koreans, including the popular dish tteokbokki and its leading franchise brands. You'll also learn expressions related to Korean food culture.
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๐ Essential insights into Korean culture
Must-Know Korean Culture
๋๋ผ(DOOKKI) ๋ก๋ณถ์ด[tteok-ppo-kki]
DOOKKI is a DIY [tteok-ppo-kki] restaurant where you can enjoy delicious [tteok-ppo-kki] made right in front of you using a variety of fresh ingredients. DOOKKI gives everyone the freedom to create their own unique [tteok-ppo-kki] with tons of different ingredients, including noodles, vegetables, and fried treats. There is literally no one in Korea's younger generation who doesn't know about this place.
๋งต์ฐ์ด [maep-jji-ri]
Someone who can't handle spicy food
This is a casual expression often used among friends and close acquaintances, usually people in their teens to 40s. Of course, some young-at-heart people in their 50s and older also use it. ๐
[maep-jji-ri] is a trendy slang term that combines two different words:
โ ๋งต๋ค[maep-dda]: spicy, hot
โ ์ฐ์ง์ด[jji-ji-ri]: loser
While [jji-ji-ri] carries the meaning of ๐ฑ loser, it has a more playful, teasing vibe, similar to how ๐ฑ loser might be used in English in a casual, joking way.
Just like you wouldnโt casually call someone older than you a ๐ฑ loser, you should only use [jji-ji-ri] with close friends or people you feel comfortable with.
๊ฟํ [kkul-tip]
Some super useful and valuable infomation
This word started out as slang, but it has become so common that it's now part of everyday conversation, so we highly recommend that you remember it.
[kkul-tip] is a word that combines โ ๊ฟ[kkul] (honey) and โ ํ[tip] (tip). Just like eating sweet honey makes you feel good and happy, it means important information that makes you feel sweet and happy.
๐ Now, let us share a [kkul-tip]
from our KONOGRAM edutainers about DOOKKI!
Adding lots of ์๋ฐฐ์ถ[yang-bae-chu] (cabbage), ๋ํ[dae-pa] (green onions), and ์ํ[yang-pa] (onions) enhances the richness of the broth when making stock.
Items like ์ผ๋ผ๋ง๋[ya-kki-man-du] (fried dumplings), ๊น๋ง์ด[kim-ma-ri] (fried seaweed rolls), and ์๋[sun-dae] (blood sausage) are delicious on their own, but try dipping them in the [tteok-bbo-kki] for an extra flavor kick.
When making [tteok-bbo-kki], adding 2/3 ladles of the broth provided along with 1/3 ladle of ์ด๋ฌตํ[eo-muk-tang] (fish cake soup) gives it an even deeper flavor.
ํฉ๊ธ ๋ ์ํผ [hwang-geum-re-si-pi]
Precious recipe
This word started as slang, but like [kkul-tip], it has become so common that it's now part of everyday language, so we highly recommend that you remember it.
[hwang-geum-re-si-pi] is a word that combines โ ํฉ๊ธ[hwang-geum] (gold) and โ ๋ ์ํผ[re-si-pi] (recipe).
It means a recipe so valuable that itโs as precious as goldโa precious recipe comparable to something as expensive as gold.
๐ Let us share
our KONOGRAM edutainerโs [hwang-geum-re-si-pi]
for mixing DOOKKIโs various sauces!
1๏ธโฃ+2๏ธโฃ+3๏ธโฃ =
1๏ธโฃ 1 tablespoon DOOKKI sauce +
2๏ธโฃ 2 tablespoons Busan sauce +
3๏ธโฃ 1/2 tablespoon curry sauce
๐จ Caution: Among the various sauces, the ๋๋๋ฌธ ์์ค(Dongdaemun sauce) is particularly spicy, so ๋งต์ฐ์ด[maep-jji-ri] should be careful!!!
๐ฅ Boosting Korean Knowledge
Eat more?
Of course! Even when I'm full, I can't skip this!
Korean Dessert, ๋ณถ์๋ฐฅ[bo-kkeum-bap] (Fried Rice)
Rice as dessert?
You just had a full meal, and now you're having more rice as dessert?
In Korean food culture, there is a unique concept of finishing a meal with [bo-kkeum-bap] (fried rice). Especially when cooking on a hot plate, fried rice is almost always a must.
Koreans often enjoy a meal with soup or sauce, and even when theyโre stuffed, they use the leftover soup or sauce to make fried rice at the end. Itโs an interesting tradition where, no matter how full you are, mixing the rice with the sauce and frying it is essential to feel like the meal is truly completeโeven if itโs just one more bowl of rice!
๐ฌ Real Korean Expressions in Conversation
๐ฉโ๐ฆฐ: I'm a [maep-jji-ri].
๋ ๋งต์ฐ์ด์ผ.
โ I canโt handle spicy food.
๐จโ๐ฆฑ: Me too, I'm a [maep-jji-ri]. I wish I could eat spicy food better.
๋๋ ๋งต์ฐ์ด์ผ. ๋งค์ด ๊ฑธ ์ ๋จน๊ณ ์ถ์ด. ๐ฐ
์ค๋์ ์น์ฆ ๋ฉ๋ด ์ด๋? ์๋ํ๋ฉด ๋ด๊ฐ ๋จน๊ณ ์ถ์ด ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ ใ
๐ฉโ๐ฆฐ: When you eat something spicy, try having it with milk. Itโs a [kkul-tip].
๋งค์ด ์์ ๋จน์ ๋, ์ฐ์ ๋ ๊ฐ์ด ๋จน์ด๋ด. ๊ฟํ์ด์ผ.
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