Korean Food

• Traditional food

  Traditional dishes, especially Jeonju Bibimbap, has historic precedent in
  a history of 500 years during the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. It consists of royal foods to general foods through the first century.

• Korean Food

  As for our foods and dishes, related tangible and intangible resources, activities and food culture

• K-Food

  Korean Foods Words that encompass Korean ingredients, Korean foods, and processed foods

Originating of ‘Jeonju Bibimbap’

"Bibimbap recipe has been created
from the wisdom and knowledge of our mothers.”

The stories and origins of Bibimbap are as various as the ingredients used for Bibimbap.

• Korean royal cuisine theory

  The meals served as the King's family visited the palace

• Farming season theory

  Farmers mixed different types of dishes into a bowl since it was hard to constantly prepare food

• Ritual food theory

  A ceremony that involves sharing
  the foods after rite

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  Gochujang
  ( Red pepperpaste )

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  These various vegetables have their own unique taste.
  When these vegetables are fused with spicy red pepper paste (Gochujang),
  a harmonious dish known as bibimbap is assembled.

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  Gochujang is an important factor, for it is the final last step in creating
  a Bibimbap dish. It blends each ingredient together in an own bowl

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  To finalize the dish, an egg yolk is placed on the top.
  The egg yolk creates a warmer taste and is the “cherry on top”
  of the bibimbap.