This is one of the staple foods of Korea and you need only walk twenty five metres before you find a child clutching a roll of this.

The Korean version of sushi, with vegetables replacing the fish, literally flies out of the shops and restaurants and quickly becomes a firm favourite of almost all English teachers. Along with the vegetables, you can also order cheese, tuna or kimchi flavours. We recommend the tuna!

This has to be one of the simplest foods, particularly good if you have some left over rice the next day. Basically, you take half a bowl full of rice, add in some vegetables, a fried egg and some spicy chilli paste, and in the space of about two minutes, you create a nutritious, delicious, filling lunch!

Samgyetang is basically a whole stuffed chicken in a soup. This is particularly popular in the Summer months. It is simply delicious and whole restaurants can be packed full of people only ordering this.

Inside the chicken tends to be rice, ginseng and a couple of dates.

Long rice cakes are stir fried with vegetables in a spicy hot sauce. This is one of the staples, or so it seems, of all Korean schoolchildren!

Korea’s national drink, distilled from rice, can be found at any corner store for $2 (£1.50) a bottle. Some teachers have likened it to drinking a cross between vodka and rubbing alcohol. One thing is sure though, it will lead to many painful memories!

- Leave your shoes at the door in most restaurants.
- Never start or finish your meal before someone older than yourself.
- Always pour your eating partners drinks but never your own. Use both hands to give and receive.
- Never decline a drink, however drunk you may be!
- Never leave your chopsticks poked into your rice. This is a sign of respect for the dead.

For most English teachers, the most memorable restaurant is one of this variety:
This restaurant, known as Kimbap Heaven, Kimbap Land, or pretty much any other version of Kimbap is your local café. They can be found on every street corner and come lunchtime are packed full of locals ordering their seriously cheap meals. Be warned, however, that the menus are in Korean and very rarely do the staff speak English. However, once you learn how to say the names of your favourite dishes correctly, you’ll be fine.

Known for its stamina giving properties to men, dog meat isn’t actually widely eaten by Koreans as it is now an illegal practice.

These seem to have absolutely no taste at all apart from cartilage, mmmm!