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Bibimbap
Colorful, healthy, fun to eat and easily adaptable to many food and dietary preferences, bibimbap is one of the most well-known dishes in Korea and very easy to find in Seoul. Bibimbap consists of rice, topped with a variety of vegetables, often beef, and comes with a fried egg on top. The whole bowl is mixed with gochujang (Korean chili paste) and tossed together to create a savory, flavorful combination that's filling without being too heavy.
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Kimchi
kimchi is something that goes with nearly everything in Korea and a meal is often considered incomplete without it. The spicy and slightly sour fermented side dish is also known to have several health benefits, including those attributed to the healthy bacteria that comes from the fermentation process.
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Tteokbokki
This is one of the most common foods you'll see in Seoul being sold by street vendors. Locals stop by on the way home from work, or at lunch for the cylindrical rice cakes, triangular fish cake and vegetables, cooked in spicy and slightly sweet red chili sauce that offers a flavorful and affordable meal, either on the go or to take home.
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Kimbap
You might walk by a vendor selling kimbap and mistakenly assume you've stumbled upon a sushi cart. You wouldn't be entirely wrong - kimbap is actually nicknamed 'Korean sushi' since the two dishes are so similar. This quick, on-the-go snack or pick-me-up between meals consists of rice rolled with a wide variety of fillings and wrapped in seaweed. Kim means seaweed in Korean, and bap means rice.
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Bulgogi
This dish of grilled, marinated beef is one of the most popular Korean meat dishes. Beef is sliced thinly and put into a marinade that usually consists of some combination of soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and sometimes pureed Korean pear and ginger. Since the beef is cut so thinly is doesn't need to marinate for long and the dish is most often grilled.
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