Korean food in northeastern China?, Stealing in Thailand, too
Jan 14, 2025
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Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University said, `Many Koreans living in Thailand recently reported to me, and when I checked it, it was a restaurant called `Ant Cave` which has many chains in China" he said.
The restaurant uses paintings of Korean culture, such as selling tteokbokki while wearing hanbok, and explains 'Northeastern China Food' on the cover of the menu, adding a picture of making kimchi at the bottom.
In addition, the menu related to 'Kimchi' was misinterpreted as a completely different food 'Pao Chai (泡菜)' when translating into Chinese.
Last year, the Chinese franchise 'Michun', which sells hot pot bibimbap as its representative menu, has already exceeded 1,000 stores, and has been controversial for promoting 'Korean immaterial cultural heritage' inside the store.
Professor Seo said, `Just as Koreans can run Chinese restaurants all over the world, Chinese can also run Korean restaurants"But Koreans do not claim Chinese food to be Korean," he said.
In particular, he criticized "It is a serious theft to try to incorporate Korean food and culture into one's own culture with the nationality and base of the Korean people being China."
In addition, he emphasized that `Chinese people will have to learn to respect other countries' cultures first.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
