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86 K o re a n F o o d Living in ULSAN by Deirdre Madden So you’re new in town and you’re hungry. But the only “Korean” food you’ve eaten before is rice, and you have no idea what you want, or how to order it. Before you give it all up and become best friends with the Pizza Palm’s delivery guy, check this out. And remember that your mother was right ? you should try it. You might like it. Kimchi Basic Korean side dish to every meal. It’s pickled cabbage spiced with gochujang (red pepper paste). Sometimes other veggies are spiced and pickled, too. Every ajumma’s is different, so try it in different places. Mool kimchi is just kimchi in water. Bulgogi Korean Barbeque. Strips of marinated meat cooked on the table in front of you. Comes with an assorted array of side dishes, mostly kimchi or kimchified veggies. Sogogi is beef, dweggi gogi is pork. Sam Gyup Sal Literally it means “three layers of fat” It’s basically the same cut of pork as bacon, but it’s not cured. I’ve heard it’s very good for your heart. Again, you cook it on the table in front of you. The proper way to eat it is to roll the cooked meat in the provided leaves, along with garlic and sauce. Donkas Similar to schnitzel. Breaded pork cutlets served with a tasty sauce and usually a side of white rice and corn. One of the “fusion” foods, a mix of Korean and western cooking. Deep fried and served with gravy, it’s pretty western. Kimbap Rice (bap), ham, egg, and sweet radish rolled in seaweed (kim). You can also find it with tuna (chamchi). Dwonjan Chiggae A slightly spicy soup filled with veggies, and sometimes various types of meat and seafood. When I say slightly spicy, it’s comparable to a medium salsa back home. Mandu Korea’s answer to dumplings. Dough stuffed with rice and meat (gogi), kimchi or veggies. It’s then steamed. Served with soy sauce and pickled radish (moo). Kimchi Chiggae A spicy soup made with kimchi and other veggies. Kimchi chiggae can sometimes be very spicy, so be careful. There can also be meat in it, so vegetarians need to ask for it “gogi beygo”. Sam Gyeh Tang Basically it’s chicken and ginseng soup, but the chicken comes whole and stuffed with rice and other goodies. Very tasty, and good when you’ve got a cold. Hay Chang Guk Good Morning Soup. It’s the Korean hangover cure; a soup usually made from pork-spine. I was told by one cook that it’s vegetarian... Cheesy Rice(Cheeju Dak Yatche Bokumbap) A stir fry of rice, chicken, veggies, cheese and gochujang (red pepper) sauce. Others 87
88 Dak Galbi A spicy chicken stir fry with veggies and glutunous rice sticks (dok), bring your own bread and freak out the staff by making a delicious dak galib sandwich. Huay Sliced raw fish with side dishes. Bul Dak Fire chicken. Very spicy. Popular with the nightclub crowd in Samsandong. Ramyun Like Mr. Noodle it’s cheap, fast and tasty. The one night stand of Korean food. Ja Jang Myun Glass noodles with black bean sauce. Can be anywhere from medium hot to super-mouth-burning hot. Delivered by those crazy drivers on the little red and white bikes. Nang Myun Ice noodles. Think “ice cream” without the fun. Cho Bap Raw fish on rice. Remarkably resembles sashimi. Bebimbap A big bowl of rice covered in cooked veggies with an egg on top, sometimes it comes in a hotpot (dolsot). Bebimbap is popular with vegetarians, since it is usually meat free, but to be sure, order it "gogi beygo". Bokumbap Fried rice. You can often get different varieties, like tuna (chamchi), or seafood. Living in ULSAN B u y i n g We s t e rn F o o d by Deirdre Madden So you’ve been in Korea for a little while, and you’re enjoying trying all the new foods and varieties of Kimchi and Samgyupsal, but some days you just really want something you know; food from home. Here’s a little guide for finding various ingredients and Western foods in and around <strong>Ulsan</strong>. It’s useful to know things like the Subway in Bangojin sells Canada Dry ginger ale... Home Plus (Yaumdong and Bangudong. The Homeplus in Mugeodong is tiny and only stocks the essentials) : Pasta & sauces, Campbell’s soups, Heinz baked beans, tuna packed in water, whole wheat bread (sometimes), those yummy carmalized cookies you sometimes get at coffee shops, salsa, Dr Pepper. Walmart (in Hakseongdong, near Hakseong Park) : Sour cream, Carr’s table water crackers, smoked bacon, bagels. C a r r e f o u r (Ga-la-poo for taxis. Hogye, North of <strong>Ulsan</strong>, past the airport): Taco kits, jams and chocolates from Europe, various French soups. Others 89
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