Korean Cafeteria Food

I was inspired to do this post by a girl in the UK who took pictures of her school lunches and rated them every day. You can find her blog, neverseconds, here. So I thought it would be fun to post some photos of cafeteria (구내식당) food that I have eaten in Korea. These photos will be from work cafeterias, not school ones, although I might try to get someone to take some school ones as well.

With rising food costs (especially in Korea), it's getting harder and harder to find good tasting, value for money meals. This is an area, however, where I believe Korea excels. This blog post will however be dedicated to cafeteria food. I will try to go to a couple different cafeterias in the next few months and post photos and descriptions of the food.

Cafeteria near my office

The food in the top row is rice (밥), fried kimchi and tofu (두부김치) and seolleongtang / ox bone soup (설렁탕). The bottom row is salad (샐러드), Korean lettuce salad (상추겉절이), and Korean potato pancake (감자전)

As for the the taste, I would say it was definitely above average for cafeteria food. Some of these dishes are among my favorites when it comes to Korean food, which I've eaten many times and many different restaurants. While it was obviously not the best Korean food I've had, for the price, they did a commendable job.

This meal cost 4,500 won (just over $4 USD). I usually pay 9,000 won for only seolleongtang at a restaurant.

I will add another meal to this post in the coming weeks.