The Reason of Korean Food Easy Come to Indonesia
Korean wave or Korean cultural
invasion is undeniably infecting almost all the world, including Indonesia.
This is what then encourages the desire of Indonesian people to visit South
Korea to feel the country's own culture. Cheap plane tickets and easy to take
care of travel insurance become one of the driving factors. Culture that goes
to Indonesia not only in the form of entertainment segment like K-Pop or
K-Drama only, but already penetrated into culinary world. No wonder if in
Indonesia, especially in big cities now easily found a restaurant that serves
Korean cuisine. Wondering why Korean food is so popular? Here's why:
We are familiar enough with Korean
artists. If you include people who really love Korean things, it's no stranger
to names like Choi Siwon, Psy, Rain, Yoona, Kim Hyun Joong, Kim Tae Hee, Lee
Min Ho or Song Hye Kyo. Whether they realize it or not, what they eat must be a
mecca for their fans. Not only in Indonesia, has this phenomenon also occurred
in other countries, especially Asia, given the popularity of Korean artists in
Singapore, Thailand, or the Philippines. It's not a surprise if a dish like
Bibimbap, Kimbap, or Kimchi is so popular in the Korean fan community.
We want to feel what Korean dramas
eat. You must be very familiar with the title of Winter Sonata drama, City
Hunter, Good Doctor, My Love from Another Star, and Full House. Almost all
Korean dramas introduce their country's typical food, and this is an effective
promotional medium since almost all Korean series have been exported to many
countries. Not only in Asia, but also to Europe and America. So, fans in
Indonesia also want to feel the sensation of food that their idol artists eat
in the series watched.
Simple and easy to create. One of
the most striking things about Korean food is its simplicity and its easy way
of making it. Just take note: the Korean food menu does not take a long time
and uses simple ingredients that are easy to get. Ranging from rice, noodles,
tofu, vegetables, to meat. Almost most of the famous Korean food menus such as
kimchi, jajangmyeon, kimbap, until toppoki, are easily made and very simple.
The taste is rich and also spicy.
Korea has unique menus with distinctive taste but is very familiar and
acceptable to the tongue of the international community. His snacks to popular
soup foods always have a rich, delicious, and spicy flavor at the same time.
Totally intriguing and arouses the desire to eat!
Large servings with plenty of side dish. Koreans have
a habit of eating their food with the accompanying side dish and one of them is
kimchi. Not only the side dish, which attracts the portion they serve for a
dish is enormous. So do not be surprised if one serving can be eaten together with
relatives.
Always equipped with vegetables
and seaweed. Maybe this is rarely you realize, but Koreans love to use
vegetables in every dish. Even for food made from rice in the form of bibimbap
and also kimbap just use mixture and seaweed as a mixture. Not only that,
Koreans are very fond of seaweed soup and almost always eat it in special
occasions.
The ingredients used are fresh so
healthy. Still related to the above points, Koreans always use vegetables in
their cooking blend and they try to use fresh vegetables. Spices that are used
were thought in such a way that it can cause a warm impression in the stomach
when consumed.
In recent years, Korean food has
become one of the many food hits consumed by Indonesians. Even in Indonesia
began to emerge many Korean restaurants with a diverse menu with different
innovations as well. Although the taste of Korean cuisine is very different
from the taste of Indonesian cuisine, but does not make the typical food of
Ginseng Country is losing its devotees. There are some Korean dishes are very
popular Indonesian people. Check this following:
1.
Ramyeon
Ramyeon is a
South Korean noodle sauce that can be made from wet noodles or instantly.
Usually ramyeon will be directly served with a golden pot used to cook it and
usually eaten with cuts of meat, various seafood, vegetables, sausage, eggs and
kimchi. But now there are also ramyeon innovations that use vile as its
topping.
2.
Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki is a
typical Korean snack in the form of rice cakes cooked in Korean sauce or
commonly called gochujang. Gochujang has a sweet spicy flavor so it is perfect
on the tongue of the Indonesian people. What makes this food more like it now
is tteokbokki also has a variety of stuffing or toppings such as fish cakes,
sausages and mozarella cheese.
3.
Bulgogi
Bulgogi is a
popular Korean meat dish in the form of thin slices of premium quality beef such
as sirloin or rib eye. Bulgogi is usually served with stir-fried vegetables and
sesame seeds on top. Bulgogi has a sweet and savory taste that fits in make a
side dish as a rice companion. The bulgogi look itself is a bit like the one
I'm from Japan.
4.
Korean
Fried Chicken
If talking
about Korean favorite Indonesian food, surely this one chicken processed into
one of them. Korean fried chicken does have a different taste compared to other
fried chicken. Korean fried chicken is not just a simple flour fried chicken,
but there are two most popular flavors of this Korean fried chicken is spicy
and sweet. In the country of origin, this fried chicken served without rice and
just as a snack companion cola or soju.
5.
Bibimbap
One of the
reasons why bimbimbap is popular in Indonesia is the Indonesian people always
put rice as the main menu. Bimbimbap is white rice served on a Korean bowl
served with vegetables, beef, half-cooked eggs and gochujang sauce. Although
bimbimbap is not the only Korean food served with rice, but it’s unique and
distinctive Korean flavor makes anyone who eats will be addicted.
6.
Korean
BBQ
Apparently
Korean bbq is not only a favorite in its home country only. In Indonesia Korean
bbq start ogled culinary lovers because it's amazing taste delicious. Proven by
the many Korean bbq restaurants that currently exist in Indonesia. You can
choose a variety of meat with additional Korean bbq sauce that tastes sweet and
savory.
7.
Bingsoo
The last Korean
food that Indonesians favored was Bingsoo. Bingsoo is a typical Korean dessert
in the form of shaved ice consisting of various flavors and toppings.
Originally bingsoo only shaved ice usually given red bean topping, but now you
can find bingsoo with various flavors such as chocolate, green tea, mango and
also various kinds of toppings such as red beans, berries, mangoes and so
forth.