{"id":245008,"date":"2021-12-15T16:22:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/south-korean-cuisine"},"modified":"2021-12-15T16:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:22:33","slug":"south-korean-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/azie\/zuid-korea\/south-korean-cuisine","title":{"rendered":"South Korean cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Balanced taste explosions<\/h3>\n<p>Hot and cold, spicy and mild, sour and sweet, solid and liquid\u2026 Korean food is a balanced taste explosion in which rice, vegetables, fish and seaweed are complemented with many sour &#8216;banchan&#8217;. Bowls of rice, soup and the <strong>indispensable kimchi<\/strong> (fermented vegetables) fill the tables, dishes flavored by combinations of sesame oil, vinegar, soy paste, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and chili peppers. The South Korean barbecue is also very popular, a social event in which the meat is prepared at the table on a built-in round barbecue, heated by charcoal or gas.<\/p>\n<h4>STREETFOOD<\/h4>\n<p>With the vibrant food culture intertwined with everyday life, <a href=\"\/?continent_category=zuid-korea\">South Korea<\/a> &#8216;s streets teem with food stalls. The ingredients are fresher than fresh and snacks are prepared in front of you. Recommended are the bungeoppang (fish-shaped pastries), dakkochi (grilled chicken satay), gyeranppang (egg muffins), haemul pajeon (fish pancakes with onion), hotteok (stuffed pancake) and odeng (fish croquette).<\/p>\n<p>We recommend dedicated foodies a traditional &#8216;hanok&#8217; homestay in <strong>Jeonju<\/strong> , a UNESCO City of Gastronomy and the cradle of bibimbap. According to the Koreans, everything tastes better in Jeonju. <em>Where the world can&#8217;t find you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot and cold, mild and spicy, sweet and sour, solid and liquid\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":245000,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[368],"highlight_category":[600],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-245008","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-south-korea","highlight_category-hoogtepunt-en","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/245008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/245008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=245008"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=245008"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=245008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}