Guryongpo

There is also a McLunch promotion on the set meal from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the price being discounted to 5,900 won, a 500 won savings from the in-store price.

Making a homemade meal is time-consuming and it also involves clean-up time for washing dishes. Showing your appreciation to the cook is good etiquette to practice.

A whole glistening chicken rotating on a spit for sale at restaurants and food trucks was once a family meal favorite in Korea.

It had been so long since I indulged in a juicy burger, I couldn’t even remember the last time I’d been to a burger joint. I figured it was time, so I made my way to Seosabul in Pyeongtaek to try a new place — Marry Street 210 burger shop.

Budae-jjigae, or army base stew, is a spicy sausage stew made with ham, sausage, spam, baked beans, gochujang (red chili paste) and kimchi.

​​​​​​​Thanks to social media, folded gimbap, a South Korean quick bite, is gaining quite a following.