Main ingredient

Korean tofu and bean dishes

Dishes built on tofu or soybeans, including soft tofu stew and soybean paste stew. Bingsu is here for its sweet red beans.

빈대떡 Bindaetteok

A thick, crisp pancake of ground mung beans, often with pork and kimchi, eaten with a dipping sauce.

Spice: Not spicy

A large bowl of finely shaved ice, often made with milk, topped with sweet red beans or fruit and shared.

Spice: Not spicy

Sweets

A fish-shaped bread baked in an iron mold and filled with sweet red bean paste, sold at winter street stalls.

Spice: Not spicy

A stew of fermented soybean paste, tofu and vegetables, served bubbling hot with rice.

Spice: Mild

Rice cakes

Chewy pieces of pounded glutinous rice coated in roasted soybean powder, eaten as a snack or with tea.

Spice: Not spicy

A bubbling stew of aged kimchi, pork and tofu, eaten with rice.

Spice: Medium

A spicy stew of soft, unpressed tofu and seafood, served boiling in an earthenware pot with rice.

Spice: Medium