The taste of Korean Royal Cuisine

We all feel royalty when we really encounter the Royal's. Foe instance , the Korean Royal Cuisine. Don't you think so ?



“Daewonban,” a 65-centimeter diameter royal table just for the king and queen, is seen during the Royal and Aristocrat’s Traditional Food Festival held at Unhyeon Palace in central Seoul. The royal meal always had 12 kinds of side dishes on three tables. Daewonban was the largest main table.

Source: Korea Times



The finest ingredients from every corner of the land of morning calm were brought to the royal palace and the ladies of the court with the best culinary skills prepared food for the king. Here you guys must be reminding of the famous Korean serial based on the Traditional cook of the Royal family.

The royal meal is a combination of earnestness and devotion, in consideration of the king's taste, constitution and physical condition.

The art of traditional Korean cuisine was revived at the Royal and Aristocrat's Traditional Food Festival.
Hosted by the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, the festival features a variety of dishes from dignified royal cuisine to the dining table of aristocrats and ordinary people.


The dishes were re-created based on historical documents such as "Singnyo Chanyo" (Dietetic Treatment Book) and "Donguibogam" (Exemplars of Korean Medicine).



For more information about royal cuisine, visit www.kfr.or.kr.



King Sejong, the fourth king of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), preferred a meaty diet including beef cooked in a casserole with vegetables, slices of boiled beef and striped beef with mustard was often served. The king suffered diabetes from his 30s and medical officers advised him to eat chicken, pheasant and lamb instead of beef.




Source of the pictures: The Korea Times