Korean Food Vocabulary for Ordering and Eating Out
Learn practical Korean food words with pronunciation, restaurant examples, related counters, and ordering phrases.
How to study this vocabulary
Food vocabulary is easiest to remember when it is attached to an action: ordering, asking for more, describing taste, or paying. These guides connect core food words to those practical situations.
Open each word for examples and related expressions, then continue into restaurant sentences and conversations rather than stopping at a one-word translation.
Food vocabulary guides
김밥
gimbap
gimbap
Learn how to use 김밥커피
coffee
keopi
Learn how to use 커피과일
fruit
gwail
Learn how to use 과일빵
bread
ppang
Learn how to use 빵사과
apple
sagwa
Learn how to use 사과바나나
banana
banana
Learn how to use 바나나우유
milk
uyu
Learn how to use 우유주스
juice
juseu
Learn how to use 주스비빔밥
bibimbap
bibimbap
Learn how to use 비빔밥김치찌개
kimchi stew
gimchijjigae
Learn how to use 김치찌개불고기
bulgogi
bulgogi
Learn how to use 불고기냉면
cold noodles
naengmyeon
Learn how to use 냉면라면
ramyeon; instant noodles
ramyeon
Learn how to use 라면떡볶이
tteokbokki
tteokbokki
Learn how to use 떡볶이삼겹살
pork belly
samgyeopsal
Learn how to use 삼겹살치킨
fried chicken
chikin
Learn how to use 치킨맥주
beer
maekju
Learn how to use 맥주소주
soju
soju
Learn how to use 소주콜라
cola
kolla
Learn how to use 콜라샌드위치
sandwich
saendeuwichi
Learn how to use 샌드위치