Korean noodle dish ‘Japchae’

 One of the foods that often appears on the Korean table is japchae. Noodles made from sweet potato starch are stir-fried and seasoned with soy sauce and various ingredients such as spinach, carrots, beef, and onions.

Japchae is the most popular food served at parties or holidays. Japchae was originally a food eaten at the royal court made by boiling cucumbers, radishes, bean sprouts, bellflower root, etc.

Japchae is very popular among foreigners as it can have a variety of flavors depending on the ingredients used. With the recent Korean Wave craze and increasing global interest in Korean food, many foreigners also like Japchae once they try it, saying, “It is similar in shape to European pasta, but has a completely different taste.”

Depending on the taste preferences of people in each country or region, various ingredients such as 'eel japchae', 'seafood japchae', and 'mushroom japchae' can be added.

Japchae is also pleasing to the eyes. It is visually gorgeous and is nutritious as it contains the five five colors, including the blue of cucumbers, the yellow of egg slices, the red of carrots, the black of wood ear and shiitake mushrooms, the white of onions and bellflowers, and the brown of beef. .

▶'Japchae recipe' '잡채 레시피'

Source_Overseas Culture and Information Service Korean Food Recipes Series 3: Japchae

▶The buzzword kids use these days is ‘그 잡채(geu-japchae)’

Source_koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Text = Reporter Jeongju Lee, Graphics = Designer Juyeon Byun

Japchae is a fun way to express ‘itself’. Netizens are changing the word ‘jache’ from ‘itself’ to ‘japchae’, that is, the name of a food made from glass noodles. no reason. Just because it's fun!

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이 상황 정말 황당 그 잡채. 
This situation is the definition of absurdity.