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Dining & Food Culture

Eat like a local in Korea. Foreigner-friendly guides to ordering coffee, using Korean delivery apps, dining at a Korean BBQ restaurant, splitting the bill, convenience store hacks, and free banchan refills — packed with the exact Korean phrases to order with confidence.

spicy Korean stew and tteokbokki

How to Order Food Not Spicy in Korea (Survival Guide)

I keep a carton of milk in the restaurant fridge that isn’t for coffee or cooking — it’s for customers. Specifically, it’s…

tteokbokki and fish cake at a Korean street food cart

Korean Street Food Guide: What to Order & How

Every few days I do a supply run to the market for the restaurant, and I have never once made it out…

soju and anju on a table at a Korean pocha

How to Order at a Korean Pub (Anju & Drinks Guide)

After we lock up the restaurant for the night, my cooks and I usually spill into a little 포차 (pocha)…

self-order kiosk at a Korean fast food restaurant

How to Use a Korean Kiosk (Fast Food & More)

I held out for years before putting a self-order kiosk in my own restaurant. I like taking orders fa…

Korean BBQ restaurant

Korean BBQ Restaurant Guide: Change the Grill & More

The first time I took my friend Marcus to a proper 고깃집 (gogitjip — Korean BBQ spot), he sat there po…

The banchan secret every visitor misses

Banchan Refills in Korea: How to Ask for More

The first time I took my friend Hannah to a proper Korean restaurant, she fell in love with the kimc…

Korean convenience store survival

Korean Convenience Store Guide: Heat Food, Save Money

My friend Lena, visiting from Berlin, once stood in the middle of a GS25 holding a triangle kimbap, …

Order Food Delivery in Korea

How to Order Food Delivery in Korea (Baemin Guide)

One rainy night, my friend Daniel was staying at my place and wanted to order fried chicken, so he g…

KOREA Dutch Pay

How to Split the Bill in Korea (Dutch Pay Guide)

The first time my friend Chris visited from Chicago, he sat at the table after dinner waiting for th…