The unwritten rules of sacred Korean food pairings ^9.9%

BBC - By Yun Sun Park - 5/17/2026, 1:01 PM

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There's an art to enjoying the sweet, spicy, savoury and fermented flavours of Korean cuisine. Here's a cheat sheet to the iconic ingredient pairings that Koreans always obey. Korean cuisine is famous for its unique flavour profiles, mixing earthy layers of spicy, sweet, fermented and savoury. Its most popular export, Korean barbecue, is... more