The bulk of dishes in Korean cuisine are spicy. The amount of pepper used, however, is always so well balanced that the taste of the main ingredients are never drowned out, allowing even those who aren’t familiar with Korean cuisine to relish it. The words “delicious” and “spicy” have become synonymous in Korean cuisine. Spicy peppers were brought to the Koreans from South America by the Portuguese in the 16th century – that’s when the main approaches to cooking in the Korean cuisine that we know today began to be formed. RTG TV host Igor Vukolov adores Korean food, particularly a dish made with cucumbers and beef. He first tried the dish in his youth when visiting a Korean family, and he’s been making it regularly ever since. In the Geography of Taste, he’ll be making it for us – don’t miss it – it’s definitely going to be delicious! On Russian Travel Guide.