Keeping Up with the K-Food Culture
Keeping Up with the Food Delivery
Culture in Korea
Tips for Ordering a Delivery
Korea's food delivery industry began in the 1960s and has grown significantly since the 2010s, when delivery apps became popular. Today, you can order various food, dessert, or drink via various apps quickly anywhere. Millennials and Gen Z have especially embraced the food delivery culture as it has deeply ingrained in everyday life.
Tips for Ordering a Delivery
Ordering Delivery Food from Hangang River
Having a picnic along Hangang River while enjoying the view of the river is one of the most popular activities among Korean Millennials and Gen Z, and when they do, they order delivery for the picnic food instead of bringing their own. This is because they don’t have to prepare anything for the picnic, as there are many tent rentals in the riverside park where they can rent a picnic shade, mat, table, and fan. However, there are specific areas for tent installations, so check before using them. You can order food using an app and pick it up at the delivery food ordering area near the tent installation area.
Ordering Delivery Food from Hotel
You can also experience food delivery in hotels and other accommodations. Hotel guests usually order food through an app and pick it up in the lobby, but some hotels allow you to have them deliver to your room as well. A relaxing and comfortable stay in your room with fried chicken and beer is another great pleasure.
Tips for Using Delivery Apps
You can use a multilingual app to order food while traveling in Korea. Tourists prefer it because it requires no Korean phone number or payment method, and you can order food like chicken, jjajangmyeon(black bean sauce noodles), pizza, hot dogs, and desserts.
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Operating hours14:00-23:00 (Last Order 22:00)
How to OrderTurn on the App → Click ‘Travel > Food > Delivery’ → Enter Delivery Address → Make a Payment (Credit Card, Union Pay, etc.)
Gen Z’s Favorite Delivery Food in Korea
Among Gen Z's favorite delivery food, these are popular menus that are well received by foreigners.
Samcheop Snack | Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki in Sauce is the restaurant's specialty. Deep-fried Dishes, Fried Chicken, Grilled Pork Intestine, and Grilled Beef Loin can be ordered on the side. There are 4 levels of spiciness, so even foreigners can try them.
Signature Dishes
Samcheop Tteokbokki, Potato Bomb
Chungnyeon Zzigae | Kimchi Jjigae
Kimchi Jjigae, the Korean soul food, is the restaurant’s specialty. Spicy soup and the rich flavor of Kimchi are excellent.
Signature Dishes
Chungnyeon Pork and Kimchi Jjigae, Chungnyeon Thin-sliced Pork and Kimchi Jjigae
Hongmi Dakbal | Chicken Feet
The deliciously spicy sauce and chewy texture make it a perfect snack to go with a drink.
Signature Dishes
Grilled Boneless Chicken Feet
Myungrang Hotdog | Corn Dog
K-hot dogs in a variety of flavors and shapes are the restaurant's specialty. They are freshly fried on the spot and are very crispy.
Signature Dishes
Potato Corn Dog, Whole Mozzarella Cheese Corn Dog
BHC Chicken | Chicken
The restaurant uses over 30 natural ingredients and healthy sunflower seed oil. Crispy Ppulinkle and spicy Matchoking are the most popular fried chickens.
Signature Dishes
Ppulinkle, Matchoking
Kyochon Chicken | Chicken
The restaurant started the Soy Sauce Glazed Fried Chicken craze in Korea. The Kyochon Original's sweet and salty garlic soy sauce flavor makes it a favorite, as does the Honey Original's sweetness.
Signature Dishes
Kyochon Original, Honey Original
Sulbing | Shaved Ice
As Korea's representative dessert cafe, the place serves original shaved ice with Bean-Powder-Coated Rice Cake. There are a variety of shaved ice menus using traditional ingredients.
Signature Dishes
Shaved Ice with Bean-Powder-Coated Rice Cake and Ice cream, Shaved Ice with Black Sesame Sweet Rice Cake
Baskin-Robbins | Ice cream
The ice cream store releases new flavors of ice cream every month. You can taste various flavors of ice cream.
Signature Dishes
Almond Bon Bon, Mint Chocolate chips
A Twosome Place | Coffee & Cakes
In this trendy European-style franchise cafe, you can try a variety of cakes, drinks, and seasonal specials.
Signature Dishes
Strawberry Chocolate Cream Cake, Mascarpone Tiramisu
* The content was written in September 2023, hence some of the details may have changed.
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