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Ten Korean restaurants in Spain to fall in love with Asian cuisine


Korean cuisine has a catch: once you try it, if you fall in love, you will be chasing it for the rest of your life wherever you go. Not only because of its differences with those of the rest of Southeast Asia, but also because of its intensity of flavors, its mixtures of ingredients that are unthinkable in Japan.

Also the voluptuousness of their recipes, which they present to you in very generous quantities, both in Seoul itself and in the restaurants that are already being established in our capitals. The variety of Korean recipes is practically endless and, in addition, new trends are being added, so it is difficult to make a glossary here as a compilation.

What you will find the most is kimchi, Asian cabbage or fermented cabbage in Korean sauce with vinegar, garlic, ginger and chilies (among other ingredients); as well as the bibimbap, the bowl of white rice accompanied by a fried egg, bulgogi meat (cooked) and assorted vegetables, dressed with sesame oil, which you dress with pepper paste or homemade soy sauce.

And a warning: the above signer does not know Korean, but checking the names of the dishes on Google, some seem to be compositions of words or made up, but the important thing is that the content is good.

In Madrid, of all styles

Korean

It is the most typical of Madrid of all life. A nice place where you can eat very well, especially the bulgogi and the kimchi and tofu soup. Fried Dubu is fried tofu with Korean soy sauce; Sukjusamkyup is pork with sautéed vegetables in oyster sauce and the house pot is prepared at the table by the chef himself with vegetables, chicken, pork, seafood and noodles. Calle de Cristóbal Bordiú 59 Telephone: 915 54 20 34.

Luke

It embodies the Korean haute cuisine of Madrid. You can go to the bar, whose street food It is cheaper and more traditional than the restaurant, where chef Luke Yang makes fusion cuisine, showing off a tasting menu for 98 euros. The Bao bun and the Ssäm are crazy. Bárbara de Braganza Street, 2 Telephone: 662 675 576.

Go Hyang Mat

It’s a recommendation from a Korean teacher so you can trust it. It is wonderful to eat, for example, we suggest a tasting of three starters such as the Kimchi Kkakdugi, which is a very common kimchi; kimbap, which is a kind of sushi; or Jemul chon, a Korean crispy dumpling.

And, as a second course, to choose between Dolsot bibimbap of rice with meat, vegetables and egg; Bulgogi, which means fire meat; and Tak gui with sauteed chicken cubes. A true oriental vice that you will not get tired of repeating because you always have to try new things. Divino Vallés, 31 Telephone: 911 43 45 81.

In Barcelona, ​​very street

kimchi mama

Very good food and very attentive and efficient staff. The place has few tables which makes the treatment very personalized. For those wondering if the food is too spicy, they let you choose between levels of spiciness. Callao 12 Telephone: 937 60 66 55.

Seoul Restaurant

Korean dean in Barcelona, ​​and that has maintained a high quality line since 1996. This is the best place to eat a good bibimbap: a gargantuan rice recipe, which comes to us in a red marble bowl. Highly recommended restaurant to try the delicious Korean barbecue. Avenida gaudi,70 Telephone: 934 50 26 17.

Podonamu

The menu (12.50 euros with drink and dessert) has simple starters such as empanadas and vegetable omelette, classics in many Korean restaurants. The seconds are also traditional and are cooked with great art. Carrer de Valencia, 164 Telephone: 931 05 43 89.

In Andalusia, quite modern

Chingu Malaga

It never stops innovating so as not to bore its clientele, with dishes like: Cheese galbi, rib with a lot of cheese, kimchi and tteokbokki (irresistible Korean rice cake appetizer); Hot BBQ Kimchi Soup or Extra Kimchi Soup kimchi plus onion tofu and pork (or no meat); 100% vegetable kimchi tortilla with onion and flour; or sweet potato or sweet potato noodles with vegetables and veal, vegetable or with prawns. And, for dessert, be sure to try their flavored mochis. Calle Hero de Sostoa 14 Telephone: 610 85 75 78.

danbam korean bar

This new and innovative restaurant in Seville is succeeding in a very short time. The Chicken set is the favorite dish of the clientele, a combination of two of their fried chickens, the yangnyeom chicken and the butter garlic chicken, with their honey mustard fries, the latest trend in Korea.

As well as the cheesy gratin of dishes such as dakgalbi, a specialty of Chuncheon City in Gangwon, which consists of stir-fried chicken in a base of gochujang (chilli paste) with cabbage, onion, carrot and tteok, sticky rice cake. , served on a hot plate with mozzarella. Julius Caesar Street, 10.

Miso Korean Restaurant

This is your place in Granada if you like traditional Korean food enlivened with Kpop music (Korean popular music) to share with friends. For example, the Korean Fried Chicken Portions with Beer or the Spicy or Non-spicy Soft Tofu Soup, a hot casserole ideal for healing the stomach in winter that includes rice to accompany it and a variety of seasonal tapas. Ánimas Street, 7 Telephone: 858 69 37 24.

In other capitals, complicated but possible

Seoul Soul

In Coruña, it takes you directly to the capital of South Korea, with its Jemulyon, an omelette with squid, prawns and assorted garden vegetables, accompanied by soy sauce, as crunchy on the outside as it is soft on the inside; its Korean-style chicken curry or Duruchigui, pork belly cut into thin slices with onion and carrot, marinated in our chili, garlic and soy sauce, with a spicy touch; accompanied by rice and egg. Emilia Pardo Bazán Street, 17 Telephone: 625 62 62 29.

Seoul BBQ Restaurant

In Palma de Mallorca, they have traditional and famous dishes in their country such as Korean curry, seasoned with typical spices, accompanied by vegetables, beef, breaded loin steak and rice; or the Topokki & Mandú, traditional rice dough in a spicy sauce based on Gochujang, accompanied by Korean dumplings. Plaza Progreso, 17 Telephone: 871 17 27 63.

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