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With several Korean restaurants having opened recently in Luxembourg, we take you on a little tour of the culinary specialties to be found in Korea, to help you make the right choices on the menu.
Focus on the gastronomy of this East Asian country and, of course, the Luxembourg addresses where you can enjoy these dishes.
Korean food specialties
Fermentation plays a fundamental role in the Korean diet. Initially used as a means of preserving food, lacto-fermentation has given a unique flavour to Korean dishes over the years. Food is fermented mainly in soy sauce, soybean paste or gochujang (a spicy fermented red pepper paste). Fermentation sometimes lasts for several months. This technique increases the nutritional value of food, makes it more digestible for the body and strengthens our microbiota thanks to its rich source of probiotics.
Bibimbap, a bowl of rice with pickled vegetables and gochujang served with a fried egg, is undoubtedly the star dish. The country’s other great speciality is fried chicken coated in a sweet and spicy sauce. Be warned, this dish is totally addictive. Another emblematic dish found in K-street (Korean street food) is “Tteokbokki”, slices of rice cake with egg and meat, simmering in a sweet and spicy sauce. An ultra-comforting recipe!
For vegetarian lovers, Kimbap, rice rolls with vegetables wrapped in seaweed, will delight your taste buds. Another choice for vegetarian can be the Mandu, fried dumplings filled with vegetables.
You can’t eat Korean without indulging in Kimchi, chinese cabbage fermented with gochujang (sometimes for more than a year), and packed with nutritional benefits for our health.
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Korean Restaurants in Luxembourg
In Gasperich, inside the Primavera shopping centre, traditional dishes are served at lunchtime only (until 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays). On the à la carte menu, try the bulgogi beef, marinated in sweet soy sauce and sesame, but above all go for their fried chicken, which is perfectly executed with a crispy, light frying. It’ll be hard to stop eating it!
12, rue Christophe Plantin, L-2339 Luxembourg
In Luxembourg city centre, you can discover the food of Unsill Kim, a Korean expatriate who has lived in Luxembourg for several years, prepared with skill and passion. To read about Delikoreana, click here. Open for lunch only.
11, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg
Right in the heart of Belair, this small restaurant serves typical Korean food with traditional dishes such as Japchae, vermicelli sautéed with vegetables and beef. The good news is that it’s open evenings and weekends (even on Sunday evenings), and there’s also a nice terrace where you can eat in peace and quiet.
1, rue d’Orval, L-2270 Luxembourg
Located route d’Arlon, this restaurant offers Korean barbecue with a large choice of meat, vegetables, fishes. Each platter is served with 3 different sorts of kimchi. Other Korean dishes such as Bulgogi or Bibimbap are also available to taste.
174, route d’Arlon, L-8010 Strassen
In Belval shopping centre, this address has won over the neighborhood’s workers, who queue up every lunchtime to eat a Bibimbap, which can be made up to suit their tastes (vegetarian, meat, tofu).
14, Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette
This is the place to discover Korean barbecue : a platter of raw meat (rib steak, lamb chop, chicken) and raw fish (salmon, squid) that you cook yourself at the table. The platters are served with 6 kinds of homemade kimchi.
16, rue du Brill, L-4041 Esch-sur-Alzette