Korean Through Food Reviews

The following reviews all come from 배달요기요 for a Korean restaurant that specializes in “lunch box” type meals.

맛도 괜찮고 양도 괜찮았어.. 배달만 쫌 더 빠르면 좋겠어요.

Theflavor and amount were okay… I wish the delivery would come a bit faster.

김치찌개가 다른집보다 새콤달콤합니다.

고기는 생각보다 많지는 않아요.

제육은 불맛나고 괜찮습니다

The kimchi jiggae is more sweet and sour than other places

As for the meat, there wasn’t as much as I thought

The spicy(?*) flavor on the stir fried pork was okay.

*idk how to translate 불맛. It literally means fire flavor… so I’m just gonna continue to call this spicy*

너무 맛있었는데 스팸 한 조각밖에 안 왔어요.. ㅜㅜ

It was so good… but I only got one piece of spam..

(She had ordered 2 slices of spam)

Vocab:

맛 - flavor

양 - amount (not to be confused with 양고기 which is lamb)

배달 - delivery

다른 - different/another (conjugated)

새콤달콤한 - sweet and sour (conjugated)

생각 - think/thoughts

괜찮다 - to be okay (not conjugated)

조각 - slice/piece

맛있다 - to be delicious (not conjugated)

Grammar:

~만 - just/only (in this case, “just the delivery”)

~(으)면 좋겠다 - it would be nice if/ I would like it if/ I wish that

~보다 - more than (in comparisons)

~밖에 - only (in terms of amount. Usually a sad/negative thing.) (~밖에 안 왔어 means “only [thing attached to 밖에] came)

Culture Points:

Lots of restaurants are called ”(insert type of food here) 집,“ which literally means ”(insert type of food here) house.“

A place that is known for being super good will get called a "맛집” which literally translates to “flavor house.”