Another great thing about the food culture in Korea, is you can have anything delivered to just about anywhere you want, be it at home, in a park or to your classroom. And it's fast--usually guaranteed to get to you in under an hour, barring any complications. You can get Indian food, Vietnamese food, Chinese food, Japanese food, American food, BBQ and one of my favorites: Korean-Chinese food. This is Chinese food made in a Korean style.
If you want to start a controversial debate with someone in South Korea, you can skip the politics and just ask if the person you are talking to if they prefer Jjajangmyeon (black bean noodles) or Jamppoong (spicy seafood noodles). That question is sure to start a heated debate. Personally, I prefer Jamppoong, but my Korean family went on a week long campaign to change my mind a few years ago, so now I think it's a tie. But don't tell my Eomma.
If delivery isn't for you, the streets are lined with vendors of different, but equally delectable foods. The food carts and stalls in Seoul have some of the best foods I ever ate. You can choose either to stand and eat at the counter or you can take your meal with you. Some food stands are seasonal, while others, such as the one that sells my favorite cheesey corndogs, are available year-round.
As with most countries, foreign foods are never quite authentic and South Korea is no exception. EVERYTHING TASTES A LITTLE SWEET. And this includes foods that you wouldn't even expect to be sweet, like pizza for which there are different toppings such as, sweet potatoes and corn. My goodness, corn abounds in Korea! It's in soup, on pizza, in bread.
