How to pronounce Andong soju

Andong soju is written 안동소주 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /an.doŋ.so.dʑu/. In plain English letters that is AHN-dong-SOH-joo, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Andong soju?

Andong soju is a drink of South Korea. Where it comes from: North Gyeongsang. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are rice. It tastes rich.

Where Andong soju comes from

Andong soju is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map. See all dishes from Andong.

• Andong jjimdak 안동찜닭 · Main dish · North Gyeongsang

  Andong jjimdak is braised chicken from the city of Andong: chicken simmered with glass noodles, potato, carrot, shiitake and other vegetables in a sauce of soy sauce, syrup and sugar, with fiery Cheongyang chillies for heat.

• Heotjesatbap 헛제삿밥 · Rice dish · North Gyeongsang

  Heotjesatbap means "mock ancestral rite meal".

• Andong sikhye 안동식혜 · Drink · North Gyeongsang

  Andong sikhye is a red, spicy rice drink, quite unlike the sweet sikhye found elsewhere in Korea.

• Andong salted mackerel 안동 간고등어 · Main dish · North Gyeongsang

  Andong salted mackerel, gan-godeungeo, is mackerel preserved with salt and then grilled or braised.

• Hwangnam bread 황남빵 · Dessert · North Gyeongsang

  Hwangnam bread, also called Gyeongju bread, is a small round pastry filled with red bean paste, the filling making up nearly seventy per cent of the cake.

• Gwamegi 과메기 · Snack · North Gyeongsang

  Gwamegi is half-dried Pacific herring or saury made in winter on the east coast of North Gyeongsang, around Pohang, Uljin and Yeongdeok.

Food of South Korea

Dishes like Andong soju in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Andong soju:

• Shaoxing wine 绍兴酒 · Drink · Zhejiang, China

  Shaoxing wine is a huangjiu, or Chinese yellow wine, from Shaoxing in Zhejiang.

• Awamori 泡盛 · Drink · Okinawa, Japan

  Awamori is a distilled spirit made from rice that is unique to Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands.

• Apong · Drink · Arunachal Pradesh, India

  Apo, or apong, is a rice beer made by fermenting rice, found among the Tani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.