Some Basic Korean menu terms
Any of these might be paired with other ingredients to create familiar Korean menu selections:
- soon du bu (soft tofu), so soon dubu jjigye is a popular soft tofu stew.
- hweh dub bap is raw fish over rice.
- gop chang (tripe) gui is roast intestine.
- saengsun (fish) jun is bits of fish dipped in egg and fried up.
- dwenjang (Korean miso) jjigye is miso stew.
- meeyok (seaweed) guk is seaweed soup.
- ahl (roe) tang is fish roe soup.
- ohjinguh (squid)
- kimchee (enough PR on this one)
- jaeyuk (pork) jaeyuk bbokeum is a hot stir-fried pork dish.
Adapted from a posting by Michael Yu on the International board at Chowhound.com