Is Korean food like Japanese or Chinese?

Roxane Leathers: It is more simmilar to Japanese than to Chinese. They have delicious BBQ beef and pork, they also have sushi looking things (but it's not sushi--still good). It really isn't like Chinese. They use noodles as well but they're thicker.

Ayesha Genova: Korean food is very similar to Japanese food. They make many of the same dishes (or very similar), using many of the same ingredients. The main difference is that Korean cooking consists of lots of chili, garlic and sesame oil.I love Korean food. I just take it easy on the amount of chili and garlic I use or order in restaurants....Show more

Bibi Tyron: Korean food is not like Chinese or Japanese food. Korean food tends to be spicy because they add chili peppers to their food and use different spices.Kim Chi (fermented spicy cabbage) is often a condiment to Korean food. Other popular dishes are kalbi (marinated beef ribs) bul go gi (marinated beef) and kook so (noodles). Their bbq and noodle di! shes tend not to be so spicy.

Terrell Lawman: Not really. Korean food is a lot more flavorful and spicy than Japanese and is usually less oily than Chinese. Kimchi, fermented cabbage deliciousness, is the quinessential Korean food. Kimchi chige (kimchi hotpot/stew) is a great dish like that.If you're interested in learning more about Korean food, including how to make it, try www.maangchi.com. It's totally awesome. A Korean woman built it. It includes information about different ingredients and where to get them and different foods and how to make them (the site includes written recipes/instructions AND videos!)Yummy!...Show more

Omar Phipps: I think Korean food is very different from Japanese food. When I think of Japanese food, I think of sushi, sashimi, soba... but Korean food has more flavor and spices (like kimchi, spicy kimchi stew, spicy rice cakes, etc.) I am not as familiar with authentic Chinese cooking, but I think in general Korean food must be hea! lthier since a lot of Chinese food is stir fried or oily (from! my experience).

Bryan Avinger: Well, for one thing, china has many different regions, each with their own cooking style.Cooking from Sichuan/Szechuan is very spicy so that would be very similar to some aspects of Korean Cooking. If you don't like spicy foods, Korean food may not be for you.I also think that Korean cooking is similar to Japanese cooking as well. Korean foods incorporate a lot of fermented foods (like kimchi) and Japanese foods do as well. Most people think that Japanese food is all sushi and ramen but that's not true. As a child, I remember eating quite a bit of various types of tsukemono (japanese pickles) and natto (fermented soybeans). In that way, I'd consider it part japanese.Korean food can be an acquired taste, especially if you're going into the more "traditional" dishes and not just Korean BBQ....Show more