Check Korean food before you order.

What BapCheck does

• My Food CardTell restaurants what you cannot eat.
• Food GuideExplore dishes and hidden ingredients.
• Scan a LabelRead Korean food ingredients.
• RestaurantsExplore menus and allergen information.

• Anchovy broth멸치 육수Stock made by simmering dried anchovies, often with kelp.
• Fish sauce액젓Salty fermented fish liquid (often anchovy or sand lance).
• Salted shrimp새우젓Tiny shrimp fermented in salt.
• Gochujang (chili paste)고추장Fermented red chili paste.
• Soy sauce간장Most Korean soy sauce is brewed from soybeans and wheat.
• Sesame oil참기름Toasted sesame oil, added at the end for aroma.
• Beef bone broth사골 육수Milky or clear stock from long-simmered beef bones.
• Cooking wine (mirim)맛술Sweet rice-based cooking wine (맛술, 미림) or soju, used to remove smells in meat marinades and braised fish or crab.

• 
  Bibimbap비빔밥A bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, usually minced beef and a fried egg, mixed with spicy gochujang chili paste and sesame oil.View ingredients
• 
  Bulgogi불고기Thin slices of beef marinated in sweet soy sauce with pear and garlic, grilled or pan-cooked.View ingredients
• 
  Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi Stew)김치찌개Bubbling spicy stew of aged kimchi, pork and tofu.View ingredients
• 
  Tteokbokki (Spicy Rice Cakes)떡볶이Chewy rice cakes simmered in a sweet and spicy red sauce, usually with fish cakes and boiled eggs.View ingredients
• 
  Kimbap김밥Rice and fillings rolled in dried seaweed and sliced into bite-size rounds.View ingredients
• 
  Samgyeopsal (Grilled Pork Belly)삼겹살Unmarinated pork belly grilled at your table and wrapped in lettuce with garlic and ssamjang sauce.View ingredients

• Myeongdong명동26 stores
• Itaewon이태원17 stores
• Hongdae홍대48 stores
• Gangnam강남66 stores

1. 1Set your needsPick allergies and diet once. It stays on this phone.
2. 2Check your foodSee what a dish usually contains and what to ask.
3. 3Show your cardStaff read your needs in Korean, in big letters.
4. 4Confirm before orderingOnly staff know today's recipe. Ask, then order.

1. Usual recipe onlyUsual recipeA general recipe, not one restaurant's. Ask staff.
2. Official allergen tableOfficial brand allergen tableFrom the allergen table a chain publishes.
3. Restaurant confirmedConfirmed by the branchA specific branch told us, dish by dish, with a date. No branch has confirmed yet.

Not listed does not mean safe.

Kitchen cross-contact is a separate question. Official tables rarely answer it, so BapCheck shows "Kitchen not confirmed".

Ate somewhere in Korea with an allergy or diet? Share how it went. Your experience helps the next traveller. Go to BapCheck Table

Posts are from travellers and never change BapCheck's safety results.