Korean food is incomplete without Kimchi or chilli paste on the side. Almost every dish in South Korea contains Gochujang, which is essentially a savory, spicy, and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chilli.

That said, these are the 7 Korean Food Every Spicy Food Lovers Should Try In Korea.

1. Spicy Rice Cakes (Tteokbokki)

Tteokbokki is a Korean street food snack made with chewy rice cakes, stir fried in a spicy and thick gochujang sauce, then topped with fish cakes, a hard-boiled egg and some scallions. These spicy rice cakes are super addictive despite some can be extremely spicy due to overwhelming amount of gochujang sauce.

2. Korean Fried Chicken (Chikin)

Korean Fried Chicken are usually double fried until extra crispy, then smothered in a sticky, sweet and spicy sauce. Some of the key ingredients to make the sauce is gochujang, soy sauce, garlic and ginger.

3. Fire Chicken (Buldak)

Buldak is a heavily spiced barbecued chicken dish in Korea, cooked primarily with chili powder and gochujang. If you can’t take the spiciness, do order it topped with cheese as it alleviate the spiciness of the chicken.

4. Army Stew (Budae jjigae)

Army Stew is a stew dish created soon after the end of the Korean war when food was scarce. Thus, the Korean started to use leftover food from US army bases such as spam, sausage and sliced ham combined with traditional Korean ingredients such as Kimchi and gochujang. Today Army Stew is widely available in Korea and is one of the most popular hot pot dishes in the country.

5. Stir Fried Octupus (Nakji bokkeum)

Octopus tentacles are cut into bite-sized pieces then pan stir-fried with spicy gochujang, Nakji bokkeum is a classic favorite among seafood lovers and can be found on most menus of Korean restaurants.

6. Korean Seafood Noodle Soup (Jjambbong)

Jjambbong is spicy noodle soup in seafood or pork broth that is loaded with various type of seafood. This hearty dish was developed by early Chinese immigrants in Korea during the Japanese forced occupation.

7. Braised Short-rib Stew (Maeundae galbijjim)

Generally Galbijjim is sweet and savory beef ribs until chilli and gochujang is being dropped into the stew mix, as a result it become Maeundae galbijjim which literally translate to Spicy Beef Rib Stew.

Craving for Korean spicy food?

To cook a delicious spicy Korean dish, Gochujang is an essential ingredient.

If you would like to get a taste of Gochujang without flying to Korea, here’s where you can try this classic Korean chilli paste.

Malaysian’s beloved fried chicken brand KFC is now offering fried chicken with a Korean twist.

Dubbed KFC Spicy Gochujang Crunch, this latest menu promotion is a combination of a spicy honey Gochujang sauce and KFC Hot & Spicy chicken.

Priced from RM15.30, the KFC Spicy Gochujang Crunch meal promotion is available in 2-piece and 3-piece chicken combo meals.

Each combo meal comes with Spicy Honey Gochujang sauce, signature KFC sides of coleslaw and whipped potato, along with a premium refreshing beverage, Tropicana Tropical.

This post is brought to you by KFC Malaysia.

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Korean food lovers in Subang Jaya have many reasons to rejoice this month. There’s a brand new Korean restaurant called Daseo that recently opened in SS15, Subang Jaya. Interestingly, this Korean eatery is also Pork-Free.

Daseo’s menu is kept simple, 2 page affair that feature Korean staple fair and an easy-to-navigate list of a la carte dishes, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. While the signature dishes here are Korean Fried Chicken and Army Stew, the cheese is probably the most attractive part about Daseo as most dishes is accompanied by a good amount of it.

The ordering process for Shimson Stew and Army Stew is simple, first choose your preferred dish with toppings. Next choose your desired Soup Base and Choice of Noodle.

Soup Base
1. Chicken Soup Base
2. Classic Army Stew Soup Base
3. Spicy Army Stew Soup Base

Noodle
1. Ramyeon
2. Handmade Noodle
3. Korean Glass Noodle
4. Udon

The Shimson Stew – Classic Army Stew @ RM48.90 (with Chicken Soup Base) comes with Korean Fried Chicken, Toppokki and melted cheese on the side. Considering the size and amount of ingredients we were served, this dish could easily feed up to 3 people.

The stew was light and mildly spicy but still quite flavourful. However the best part was the fried chicken which was rather sweet and only mildly spicy paired with savoury cheese. The Toppokki was also nice with the right amount of chewiness, one of the better ones we’ve tasted thus far.

Their fried chicken and cheese was so good we had to try the Korean Cheese Fried Chicken @ RM29.90. We were satisfied with portion size and freshness of both the fried chicken and cheese. It should be more than sufficient to feed 2 ladies.

Army Stews without cheese ring and toppings are also available for die-hard soup lovers. The Prawn Army Stew @ RM49.90 includes 4 servings of large prawns, enoki mushrooms, a slice of cheese, 3 soft tofus and various vegetables.

The Clam Army Stew @ RM49.90 comes with the same ingredients except with generous amount of clams instead. Just like the Shimson Stew, you get to choose the soup base and noodle of your likings.

Just like any steamboat restaurant, add-on dishes are available and priced anywhere from RM1 to RM20 depending on what you order.

If you are dining alone and looking for something more simple and wallet-friendly, the Dosirak (Korean Shake Shake Lunch Box) @ RM17.90 would be an option. It comes with a bed of Korean rice topped with Kimchi, Seaweed, Sausages and sunny side egg.

To enjoy this dish at its best, you got to mix it all up by shaking the entire lunch box (with its led on top) super aggressively. That way you get the flavours from all ingredients in one bite.

Based on our experience, we can conclude that the food at Daseo will not disappoint. Food choices are limited but sufficient. More importantly, they are pork free and sensibly priced for a Korean restaurant. If you live around Subang Jaya area and looking for a new Korean restaurant to visit, Daseo would be a good option.

This article is written in collaboration with Daseo Malaysia

More Info

Daseo
A-02-2, Menara Rajawali,
Jalan SS15/8, SS15 Subang Jaya
(Beside INTI)

Operating Hours: 11:30AM – 10:30PM

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Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant is one of the most popular halal Korean style BBQ restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. Most popular bloggers have dined here and raved about their BBQ dishes as that is what they are most known for.

However, we were invited by Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant to sample their latest Korean Steamboat promotion. This promotion is called “Korean Style Sauna Ramen” and will be available from March 2018 onwards.

This sauna Ramen set is priced at RM19.90 per pax (Minimum 2 pax per order) and it comes with the standard Salad, Chinese Long Cabbage, Cabbage, Sweet Corn, Egg Plant, Mushroom, Pumpkin, Carrot, Pak Choi, Coriander, Ramen Noodles and Glass Noodles.

Squid

Mussels

Chicken

Beef

Lamb

Mushroom

Rice Cake (Side Dish)

Pajeon (Side Dish)

Glass Noodle (Side Dish)

For extra add on dishes, items and its prices are listed below:

Seafood – RM10
Beef – RM10
Lamb – RM10
Chicken – RM10
Rice Cake – RM5
Rice – RM5
Tofu – RM5
Egg – RM2
Slice Cheese – RM2

A standard set comes with a complimentary side dish of Korean Glass Noodles, Kimchi and Korean Rice Cake. It is also worth mentioning that the dipping sauces used are sambal and kicap manis.

Instead of using gas, the steamboat at Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant is cooked on a wok over some charcoal. And yes, cooking over charcoal can make a huge difference in terms of bringing out that strong aroma from the dish.

The soup was light and tasty, it added a good amount of flavours to the toppings in the steamboat wok.

The Beef, Lamb and Chicken we had were lacking in marination so that the meat would be able to absorb flavours from the soup. Same goes to the seafood, tofu and vegetables, all tasted as “real” as possible.

If you have a heavy palate we highly recommend dipping on the sambal and kicap manis sauces. If you cook them right, everything should taste tender and delicious. The vegetables and meat we had were quite fresh as well.

This article is written in collaboration with  Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant.

More Info

Medini’s Barbecue Restaurant

1, Ukay Boulevard,
Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2),
68000, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

Cuisine: Korean (Halal)
Operating Hours: 12.00PM – 11.00PM, Daily
Phone Number: +603 4101 9018
Facebook: facebook.com/MyhalalkoreanBBQ

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