How to pronounce Chungmu gimbap

Chungmu gimbap is written 충무김밥 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tɕʰuŋ.mu.ɡim.p͈ap̚/. In plain English letters that is CHOONG-moo-GIM-bahp, 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 Chungmu gimbap?

Chungmu gimbap is a rice dish of South Korea. Where it comes from: South Gyeongsang. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and as a snack. Its main ingredients are rice, seafood and vegetables. It tastes spicy and savory.

Where Chungmu gimbap comes from

Chungmu gimbap is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map. See all dishes from South Gyeongsang.

• Jinju naengmyeon 진주냉면 · Noodles & pasta · South Gyeongsang

  Jinju naengmyeon is cold buckwheat noodles in a broth of beef stock mixed with seafood stock made from dried pollack, anchovies, clams, mussels and shiitake, topped with strips of beef pancake, chopped kimchi, pear, cucumber, egg and pine nuts.

• Agwi-jjim 아귀찜 · Main dish · South Gyeongsang

  Agwi-jjim is braised spicy anglerfish, seasoned with chilli powder, doenjang, soy sauce, garlic and spring onion, with soybean sprouts, sea squirt and water dropwort for freshness.

• Kimchi 김치 · Snack · Korean peninsula

  Koreans have salted vegetables for winter for well over a thousand years, but the red kimchi most people picture is younger: chilli peppers only reached Korea from the Americas around the 16th or 17th century.

• Bibimbap 비빔밥 · Rice dish · Jeonju

  Bibimbap simply means "mixed rice": a bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, often beef and an egg, all stirred together with chilli paste just before eating.

• Tteokbokki 떡볶이 · Street food · Seoul

  Tteokbokki started as a court dish: cylinders of rice cake stir-fried with beef and vegetables in soy sauce, recorded in royal kitchens of the Joseon dynasty.

• Seolleongtang 설렁탕 · Soup & stew · Seoul

  Seolleongtang is ox bone soup: leg bones, brisket and other cuts of beef simmered over a low flame for many hours, sometimes a whole day, until the broth turns milky white and cloudy.

Food of South Korea

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