Dakgalbi eaten at a restaurant in Chuncheon

Origin of Dakgalbi; 

The origin of dakgalbi was developed by a chef who ran a restaurant in Chuncheon in the 1960s while cooking with chicken instead of pork.

How to order and eat 'Dakgalbi'

When you order 'dakgalbi' at a restaurant, the staff brings the ingredients to your table and cooks them on a fire. 

The ingredients of 'Dakgalbi' 

chicken meat, cabbage, bulgogi sauce, onion, rice cake, etc.

After you order 'Dakgalbi', the staff will ask. "Would you like to cook rice later?" (Note that some restaurants do not ask this way)

It's a question about how you want to eat rice. If you want to eat dakgalbi and fried rice, say yes, and if you just want to eat dakgalbi and white rice separately, no Thank you. say it

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If the staff doesn't ask you questions, you have to decide whether to eat fried rice or white rice and tell the staff. They may not bring rice to your table if you don't tell them.

If there is anything you want, you should tell the staff. If you want to eat less spicy, you can talk. Then the chef will respond to your request. If the dakgalbi restaurant you are visiting does not belong to a popular tourist destination, there is a high probability that the staff at the restaurant do not understand English.

So, I will end this post by giving you a guide on how to say it in Korean below. I wish you good luck and enjoy the delicious 'Dakgalbi'.

*Learning Korean

[When ordering Dakgalbi]

🇺🇸 Dakgalbi for 1 serving, please.

🇰🇷 닭갈비(Dakgalbi) 1인분(il in-boon) 주세요(Jooseyo)

[If you want to order a quantity of food for two?]

🇺🇸 Dakgalbi for 2 serving, please.

🇰🇷 닭갈비(Dakgalbi) 2인분(E in-boon) 주세요(Jooseyo)

• 1=il, 2=E, 3=Sam, 4=Sa, 5=Oh …. 

[Choose how to eat rice]

🇺🇸 I want fried rice / Fried rice please.

🇰🇷 밥은(bab-eun) 볶은밥으로(bokk-eun-bab eulo) 할게요(halgeyo)

/or/ 밥은(bab-eun) 볶아(bokk-a) 주세요(Jooseyo)

/or/ 볶은밥(bab-eun) 원해요(wonheyo) 

[Choose white rice]

🇺🇸 I want white rice / white rice please. 

🇰🇷 밥은(bab-eun)그냥 밥(geun-yang bab)주세요(Jooseyo)

/or/ 밥(bab) 한 공기(han gong-gi) 주세요(Jooseyo)