Cooks from northern Korea feature most spicy, colorful and chunky meal while cooks from south are more presentable. When you are served, before eating, just take a look at how much work has been spent for your meal. Each and every one were carefully handled and seasoned. Those poor Korean cooks, Korean food wasn't meant to be mass marketed. If you have been to Japanese restaurant, you know what I mean.
Korean dish require large number of side-dishes and they are mandatory for Korean food.
Let's start the list. There are about 43,000 restaurants in S. Korea.