Korean customs: If you visit a Korean friend's house, you should know about Korean customs, such as holding a bottle in one hand and holding your arm in the other; For the host's respect for food, the first one or two times, the third time to accept; It is impolite to refuse to drink someone else's toast. If you can't drink it, there is a little wine left in the cup. Koreans forgive drunken people; You can't eat the dishes on the plate very cleanly, otherwise it is disrespectful to the host; You can't smoke or wear sunglasses when your elders are present. Use both hands when accepting items, and don't open gifts to your face. Koreans prefer odd numbers to even numbers. Gift money should be in white gift bags, not red ones, and so on. As the saying goes, "it's not strange to be polite to many people". Learn more about Korean characteristics: it won't give you any "amazing" feeling when you arrive in this city during the day. There is no city skyline with many high-rise buildings, and there are not many wide avenues. Most buildings are old in appearance and monotonous in color. Commercial streets are narrow and crowded, less grand than Beijing and less modern than Shanghai. It is hard to believe that this is Seoul, which has created two economic miracles and continuously exported "fashion" to Asia. But at night, as if enchanted, the city suddenly released its brilliance. There is no need for the so-called "night scene project". Seoul will become bright and full of vitality only by relying on real neon lights, residential lights, street lights and car lights. Going deep into the corners of this city that never sleeps, you will find that the pragmatic business principle is its highest belief. Climate in Korea: The weather in Korea belongs to continental climate and monsoon climate in terms of precipitation. The climate in Korea is characterized by four distinct seasons. Spring lasts from March to May. The climate is warm and flowers are everywhere. It is a good place for outdoor travel. Summer lasts from June to September, which is hot and humid. Many Koreans choose to spend their holidays in this season. Autumn lasts from September to November, and the weather is mild, which makes autumn scenery crazy. It is a good season for traveling. Winter lasts from December to mid-March, and it is very cold due to the influence of Siberian cold air. The snowstorm in northeast Korea provides the best conditions for skiing.

time difference in Korea: the time difference in Korea is 1 hour earlier than that in Beijing. For example, Beijing time is 12 noon and South Korea time is 1 pm.

Korean food: Wandering in the streets and alleys of Seoul at night, you can always see the "kurama Spitting" (Korean pronunciation) on the street, which is what China people call a roadside stall or a big food stall. There are all kinds of food on the stall in the dim light. Oh Lake is sending out the hot air, the fried rice cakes are soaked in the thick red pepper sauce with bubbles, the golden "fried food" has an attractive luster under the light, and the purple rice sausage is put aside and ready to join the miscellaneous fried ranks. Every time I pass by "throwing kurama stubble", I can't help but be attracted by it, and the fragrance from the stall mobilizes all my taste cells. Let's talk specifically about the delicious food on the roadside stalls.

Korean specialty food: beef sausage hot pot

Put beef offal and all kinds of vegetables into the pot, add all kinds of condiments, eat while cooking, or add noodles and other pasta.

abalone porridge

It's made by stir-frying sliced abalone in sesame oil, adding water, and then boiling with soaked rice. The thick rice soup blends with the materials, and the taste is a must.

loach soup

loach soup is a representative dish. After boiling loach for a long time, add various vegetables and seasonings. The taste of soup in Jeolla-do area is mainly spicy, while that in Gyeongsangdo area is light.

Steak soup

Beef ribs are boiled with water for a long time, and then cooked with seasoning to become a soup with strong and refreshing taste and high nutritional value. The taste of clear soup is integrated with the cooked pork ribs. You can also add radish or vermicelli to the soup.

mountain vegetables are ordered

It does not use any meat or fish, but only uses various vegetables and mountain vegetables. Several dishes such as casserole with yellow sauce, acorn jelly and tofu go with it.

kimchi pancakes

adding kimchi and various vegetables to flour and frying them into kimchi pancakes is a family flavor that is often cooked and eaten in ordinary families. Kimchi has a unique style after blending with other materials. According to your hobbies, you can also add squid, clam and other seafood or meat stuffing.

crab meat in sauce

on the fresh crab, pour the boiled and cool soy sauce as seasoning and leave it for a while. Then take out the crab meat on the crab shell and eat it. It tastes very delicious. Before you know it, you will eat two or three bowls of rice, so it is also called "rice thief".

the rice-included package

uses fresh vegetables, and wraps cooked meat or other vegetables. The main ingredients used in each restaurant will be slightly different, but most of them are vegetables with a little sauce (Chili sauce or mixed sauce) and wrapped up for consumption. Different from the meat-based "wrapped meat", the main ingredient is vegetables, so you don't have to worry about cholesterol. The sweet and bitter taste of vegetables also helps to stimulate appetite.

hot pot with kimchi

cut kimchi into small pieces, pour pork or other auxiliary materials and seasonings into the pot, simmer over medium heat, and eat when cooked. Cooked kimchi has a distinctive flavor.

bibimbap

among Korean bibimbap, "bibimbap" is a unique food in Korea, which is worth tasting. White rice is covered with vegetables such as bean sprouts, meat and eggs, and served in a hot stone pot. After adding a proper amount of Chili sauce, it is stirred and eaten. The flavors of various materials are mixed to form a unique flavor, and the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot is a must.

beef tendon soup

beef tendon soup is characterized by body tonic and maintenance. After the cartilage of Achyranthes bidentata is boiled for a long time, it is soft and delicious when dipped in salt, and can also be eaten as seasoning.

Octopus Hotpot

Add mushrooms, onions, wormwood stalks, red peppers and other vegetables to the octopus and cook it, but it should not be overcooked, otherwise it will not taste the real delicious octopus, and you can also add it to the beef mixed with the seasoning.

stewed chicken

Chinese herbal medicines such as ginseng, pilose antler, ginkgo, cinnamon, chestnuts, jujube, etc. are added to the chicken and cooked for a long time, so that the medicines of Chinese herbal medicines are harmonious and unified with delicious chicken.

nutritious stone pot rice

the stone pot rice made by adding chestnuts, pine nuts, carrots, ginkgo, burdock, beans, ginseng, mushrooms and other raw materials is a healthy food. Add delicious ingredients to mix and eat, and it also has a special flavor.

Stewed steak

After the steak is cooked, the chopped onion, garlic, pear juice, white sugar, pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce and other ingredients are put in a pot with chestnuts, dates, gingko, etc. It is one of the traditional Korean dishes. Because the meat is tender and light, it is very popular with foreigners.

jambalaya

Assorted tea is a special dish made at family gatherings. It does not need special raw materials, but can be processed according to the raw materials available at that time, so there are many names, some are called mushroom jambalaya, some are called vermicelli jambalaya, bean sprouts jambalaya and so on. The specific method is to fry spinach, carrots, onions and beef respectively after putting oil in the pan. Then boil the vermicelli in water, cool it, oil it, put it in a big container, add shredded eggs, soy sauce, sugar and pepper and mix well.