When it comes to Korean food, many people's first impression is kimchi. In fact, don't blame our inherent thinking. Koreans themselves are very proud of kimchi. If you ask them their favorite food, many of them will tell you that it is kimchi. However, with the popularity of Korean dramas in China, many Koreans are gradually known to China people at other times. For example, fried chicken beer, a Korean drama, made Korean fried chicken well known to the audience. It is said that there are many fried chicken and fried chicken shops in Korea, and even KFC fried chicken, which is popular all over the world, has been beaten in Korea, so you can imagine the popularity of Korean fried chicken.

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But what we are introducing here today is not Korean fried chicken, but another Korean food that everyone may have heard of, that is Korean barbecue. Now many places have this kind of Korean barbecue shop which specializes in Korean barbecue, and it is quite popular with customers. In fact, I think the barbecues in East Asian countries are basically the same. After all, we are geographically close and have contacts in history, so there are more or less similarities in diet, and barbecue is no exception. At most, there will be some differences in sauce collocation and part selection.

However, Korean barbecue is really different from barbecues in other places, that is, waiters often send you a lot of vegetables, such as lettuce and perilla, and the price is included in the barbecue. Many people are surprised. Eating barbecue in other places only calculates the price of barbecue. Why do Korean barbecue shops sell barbecue and vegetables together? There are actually several reasons for this.

One is the natural environment. The eating habits of a place are always closely related to the local geographical environment. Korea is a mountainous and hilly country, and it is located in the middle and high latitudes, which is more suitable for the growth of some semi-wild plants. And eating barbecue is easy to make people feel greasy. In order to overcome this defect of barbecue, Koreans often choose some local "wild vegetables" to match according to local conditions. The most typical are lettuce and perilla. Lettuce has the function of oil absorption, and perilla leaves can effectively alleviate the greasy feeling brought by barbecue and increase the flavor of barbecue, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, and the geographical climate in Korea is also very suitable for the growth of perilla leaves.

Another is the influence of eating habits.

In fact, strictly speaking, eating barbecue with lettuce is not an invention of Koreans. Northeasters in China also like to eat lettuce barbecue. It should be said that the Korean habit of eating barbecue is probably influenced by us, because we have been eating this way for a long time in history. The Korean dynasty was our vassal state for a long time in history, so it is not surprising that the food culture was influenced by us.

The last one is the lack of food.

We all know that Korea has a small territory and many resources are scarce, especially Korean meat. Why do you think so many Koreans eat kimchi? A large part of the reason is that they can't eat meat often, so eating barbecue is actually a luxury for them. If you have been to a barbecue restaurant in Korea, you will find that there is actually very little barbecue in it, and it is completely supported by other vegetables. After all, barbecue is actually a "luxury" for many Koreans.

So that's why Koreans put a lot of vegetables when they eat barbecue.