Eating Korean food is an excellent way to avoid deep-fried foods, if you're on a diet. Unlike Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian cuisines, Korean dishes tend to be boiled, blanched, boiled, steamed, and stir-fried or pan-fried in vegetable oil.

Korean food etiquette is somewhat different from that used for other Asian foods. For example, Koreans do not hold their food bowls while eating, even when eating with chopsticks; rice, for example, is eaten with a western-style spoon, though chopsticks may be used.

When dining in a Korean food restaurant, it's traditional for all the diners to eat out of the same food bowls. However, you can opt for an individual bowl of your own if you need one; most restaurants will happily provide one for you if you ask.