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As a Tourist in Korea – Useful Expression at a Restaurant Posted by on Jun 16, 2014 in Uncategorized

Many Koreans would love to take a unique and special food when they are traveling as a tourist in foreign country.  Sometimes people have experience to order wrong food in a restaurant with their poor language skill.  Fortunately, I do not think that you will make many mistakes when you order some food in Korea because there are usually pictures of food in a menu so you can just point out to order.  I bet, however, you still want to learn how to order some food in Korean.

I am sure that you will hear the first phrase “어서오세요/eo seo o sae yo/ welcome/” when you go to a restaurant in Korea.  The second phrase will be “몇분이세요?/ myoec bun e sae yo/how many people in your party?” You may answer “두명이요/ du myung e yo/two (two people)”.  After that you can ask to see a menu “메뉴주세요/menu ju sae yo/ please give me a menu.”  As I said, you will see some food pictures on the menu, if they do not have it and you are not sure about the food you want to ask “이거무슨음식이에요?/ e geo mu seon eum sik e ae yo/ what kind of food is this?’  I am sure that they will give you explanation as much as they can.  Let’s learn some useful phrases and words below.

dinner 저녁식사 jeonyeoksiksa
table 식탁 siktak
waiter 웨이터 weiteo
glass keop
May I have some water? 물좀주시겠습니까? mul jom jusigesseumnikka?
absolutely 완전히 wanjeonhi
wine 포도주 podoju
appetizer 전채 jeonchae
What do you recommend? 무얼추천해줄수있습니까? mueol chucheonhaejul su isseumnikka?
May I have some ice, please? 얼음좀주시겠습니까? eoreum jom jusigesseumnikka?
menu 메뉴 menyu
May I have a menu, please? 메뉴좀주시겠습니까? menyu jom jusigesseumnikka?
chicken 닭고기 takkogi
What is in this dish? 이 요리는 뭐로 만든 겁니까? i yorineun mweoro mandeun geomnikka?
I am allergic to… …알레르기가 있습니다. …allereugiga isseumnida.
fish 생선 saengseon
pepper 후추 huchu
beef 쇠고기 soegogi
potato 감자 kamja
I would like to start with… …부터 먹고 싶습니다. …puteo meokko sipseumnida.

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About the Author: Soo

Soo came to America in 2002 for studying English and getting degrees in higher education. He’d never expected to work in America after he finished his college, but he got a great job in construction and had worked with them for three years. He also has working as a FT and PT Korean instructor and tutor for seven years in Korean and America. He got his TESOL certificate in 2011 and finished his master’s degree in 2014.