The main characteristics of the Korean diet: high protein, many vegetables, preferring light, avoiding greasy, and the taste is mainly cool and spicy. Koreans have taken rice as their staple food since ancient times. Dishes are mainly stewed and baked, basically do not do stir-fry. Koreans like to eat noodles, beef, chicken and dog meat, do not like to eat steamed bread, lamb and duck.

Koreans generally love to eat cold dishes. Cold vegetables are vegetables cut directly or blanched in boiling water and mixed with condiments. There are also dishes such as raw fish, fish and shrimp sauce. Sashimi is sliced raw meat, fish, etc., with seasonings and julienned radishes and pears, etc., and topped with vinegared sauce or hot sauce. Soup is also an essential part of the meal, and it is usually prepared with various ingredients such as vegetables, mountain vegetables, meat, dashi, salted salt, and miso.

Koreans love chili peppers and put them almost exclusively in their home cooking. Koreans have a four meals a day eating habits, respectively arranged in the morning, noon, evening and night. Koreans eat with spoons and chopsticks. Everyone has their own rice bowl and soup bowl, and all other dishes are placed in the center of the table for everyone to enjoy. Koreans are also very particular about the use of rice bowls, which are used by men, women and children. Koreans are very frugal and try to eat as much as possible, whether they are eating for themselves or entertaining the poor

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