It is served at virtually all meals. Served as a main course, this is a delicious mixture of meat, fish, vegetables, and bean curd. The ingredients are simmered in beef broth over a charcoal brazier at the table. This is a rice beef soup seasoned with sesame seeds, salt, pepper, scallions, and sesame oil. It is served with rice as a main dish along with a special radish kimch'i called kkaktugi.
Cooked rice is served with bits of meat, seasoned vegetables, and egg.
Koch'ujang, a red pepper sauce, is often used with this interesting dish. You are usually served pulgogi, steamed short ribs, grilled fish, and a plethora of side dishes. The side dishes vary from restaurant to restaurant and region to region, but be sure that the servings are ample. This is a ginseng chicken soup, believed to cool the body during hot and humid days. Thin, tender slices of beef are marinated in a sauce made with soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and other seasonings, and then cooked over a hot charcoal grill at your table.