When in Korea, learn how to eat the Korean way. On our first day, our tour guide, Mike taught us how to eat Sangchu-ssam.
DH holding sangchu-ssam
Cooked rice and other food wrapped in Korean lettuce is called Sangchu- ssam- Wikipedia
sangchu- lettuce
ssam means wrap
As usual we ordered galbi or kalbi beef as one of the toppings for our sangchu-ssam.
Galbi generally refers to a variety of gui or grilled dishes made with marinated beef short ribs in a ganjang- based sauce (Korean soy sauce). It means ribs. It indicates uncooked ribs. - Wikipedia
step 1: place lettuce on your hand
What goes in sangchu- ssam:
- lettuce
- rice
- sauce (ssamjang and/ or gochujang)
- meat (in this case galbi but you can also put samgyeopsal or even fish)
- appetizer (banchan)
step 2: add a tablespoon of rice
step 3: add ssamjang
step 4: add galbi and banchan
step 5: wrap and eat
Korean Restaurant
bibimbop
banchan; Korean perilla leaf "ggaennip" and chili
Free appetizers alongside your order. Usually 5 or more kinds are placed on your table. You can add banchan to your sangchu-ssam.
galbi beef
Kimchi jjigae
Kimchi jjigae- a stew made with kimchi
DH enjoying bibimbop
I hope you learn something! Next time you are in a Korean restaurant, you will know what to order! And what to do ; p hahaha
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