8 muslim friendly food you can find in Gangwon, South Korea

It is not easy for Muslim travellers to find appropriate food in a non-Islamic country.

Most of the time, you will end up gobbling up kimchi fried rice with a sunny side up, just like my Muslim friends!

If you are concerned and unsure of the Muslim friendly restaurants during your holiday in Korea, be sure to stay with me until the end. I have included 5 Muslim friendly, delicious, and appetising Korean cuisines you can find in Gangwon.

Korean Set Meals

Also known as the Hanjeongsik, it is a full course meal which the main dishes usually involve a form of Korean pancakes, soybean paste stew, porridge, hot pot, soups, fried dishes, shelled crabs, raw fish, eel, patbab - a mixture of rice, beans, and nuts and more.

Steamed Snow Crab

When the steamed snow crabs are served, every parts of the crabs are separated and organised on the serving plate. The legs and claws are usually cut through vertically on one side so it's easier for us to indulge in the juicy and tender crab meats!

Seafood Noodles Soup

Seafood Noodles Soup comes with the luxury such as abalones, mantis shrimps, oysters, octopuses, mussels and clams. As the seafood is cooked, the delicious and yummy juices are collected, and it forms a highly flavourful soup base.

Chodong Sundubu

Just south of Gyeongpo Beach, it is famous for dubs (tofu). Along Gangneung's most famous food street the beans are ground for Chodang Dubu, then through several steps, salt water from the East Sea is used in the congealing process resulting in a soft and light tofu. The Soft Tofu Soup has a rich taste than any other tofu, and is incredibly softer.

Muldakgalbi

With a name of mul-dakgalbi, it is made by adding seasoned chicken, vegetables, rice cake and noodles to a hot broth and boiling them on a hot plate.

Stir fried squid with spicy sauce

Squid is stir fried in a savoury, spicy, and diners are able to make a fried rice afterwards.

Gondrebap (Steamed rice with mountain vegetable)

Gondrebap is basically steamed rice with goner. It is very famous in Jeongseon and Taebaek area as gondres in these areas are very soft and delicious.

Beef BBQ

Taebaek hanwoo galbisal, or boneless Korean beef ribs, is a must for visitors to Taebaek, Gangwon. The word that Taebaek served up quality beef, grilled on charcoal became popular. Taebaek hanwoo is also known for having less saturated fat and an abundant amount of unsaturated fat, which is good news for the body.