Besides their authentic food, something you must try and it perhaps will give you a full Korean traditional dining experience is consuming their traditional liquors and wines. So today I want to introduce to you common wines and liquors served in Korean Restaurants.
The most popular traditional Korean liquor has to be Soju which is brewed from grains. This liquor is comparable to vodka but less strong. Besides that there’s also Makgeolli and Dongdongju which is a milky liquor with low alcohol content.
Other than those mention above, are wines and liquor that are known to be healthy such as Darae-ju and Mogwa-ju. These are a fruit wine that enhances stamina, relieves exhaustion, and has analgesic and diuretic effects.
However knowing what liquor and wines served in Korean Restaurant isn’t enough! You must now know the etiquette of drinking Korean liquor. Koreans offer glasses of liquor to each other as a gesture of camaraderie. When someone offers you an empty liquor glass, you are expected to hold it and receive a fill-up, drink it empty, and in likewise fashion return it to the person who offered it to you. This drinking tradition helps promote close ties around a drinking table. It is a rule of courtesy for juniors to pour liquor for their seniors. The juniors have to keep paying attention not to leave a senior’s glass empty. When a senior offers a junior a glass, the junior should receive it with two hands and drink with head turned aside, not facing the senior.
What do you think about all these Korean traditional liquor and wines? Do you think that their drinking etiquettes are too much to handle?
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rythemmalice Said:
on August 7, 2007 at 2:08 am
The only Korean liquor I’ve tried was Soju. I would say that is taste better that Vodka! Speaking about their drinking etiquettes, I would definitely say that is WAY too much to handle because I wouldn’t want to offend anyone at the dinner table but I can see that Koreans have high respect towards their elders and it shows the humbleness of their culture!
kamal Said:
on August 16, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Korean dining without liquor is similiar to drinking coffee without milk. A Korean traditional dinner, liquor is a must. Most common drink thats blend well with any Korean food is rice wain called ‘shoju’. Thus is a typical rice wain. Brand like Cham Mi Sul Jinro is a household brand to most Korean people.
kamal Said:
on August 16, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Korean dining without liquor is similiar to drinking coffee without milk. A Korean traditional dinner, liquor is a must. Most common drink thats blend well with any Korean food is rice wain called ‘shoju’. This is a typical rice wain. Brand like Cham Mi Sul Jinro is a household brand to most Korean people.