In many aspects Korean cuisine is a combination of Japanese and Chinese techniques in preparing food.
Korean foods tend to be spicier than either Japanese or Chinese dishes.
The hotness comes chiefly from chili . Other common spices are sesame and ginger . Most peculiar about Korean cuisine, however, is its way of pickling instead of cooking vegetables. Pickled vegetables in Korean is kimchi , a term anyone visiting Korean restaurants will learn fast. Koreans are likely to eat pickled vegetables every day of the year, commonly for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.