Around the globe, there is a craze for Korean food among people and most importantly when it comes to their variety of sauces, dips and their&nbsp;drool-worthy delicacies, which always&nbsp;rules&nbsp;the internet. &nbsp; 
 
There are varieties of K-cousins that have&nbsp;won millions of&nbsp;hearts, but among them, Korean styled fried chicken took the top spot. In the survey conducted last year, 8,500 people in 17 cities around the world were asked to name their favourite Korean dish. Fried chicken topped the list, with 16.1 per cent of votes and even it's the Korean dish that they eat most frequently, followed by kimchi and bibimbap (a Korean mixed rice bowl). 
 
But, what if we tell you that fried chicken is not Korean food. 
 
As per the recent polls, Korean-style fried chicken is the most favourite Korean food of people around the world, but half of Koreans surveyed in another poll do not think it belongs in that category.&nbsp;

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A survey of 1,500 Korean nationals by the Korean Food Promotion Institute shows that 63.9 per cent believe that regular fried chicken is not Korean food, while 45.1 per cent say that neither is marinated fried chicken. 
 
As per Koreans, kimchi is the dish that most (99.7 per cent) consider Korean, followed by doenjang-jjigae, buchimgae, savoury pancakes, japchae and others.&nbsp; 
 
Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish normally made of fermented cabbage, salt and hot peppers.

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&nbsp;When asked whether the fried chicken is a Korean dish, Joo Young-ha, a professor of Folklore Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies, said that it should be considered a K-food, adding that this category includes not only dishes that Koreans traditionally think of as Korean, but also dishes served in Korean restaurants or those produced by Korean food factories. 
 
Further, he pointed out that foreign nationals living overseas often come to be interested in K-foods such as samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly), soju, tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) and pajeon (scallion pancake) after seeing those dishes in Korean dramas.&nbsp;

Around the globe, there is a craze for Korean food among people and most importantly when it comes to their variety of sauces, dips and their drool-worthy delicacies, which always rules the internet.

Around the globe, there is a craze for Korean food among people and most importantly when it comes to their variety of sauces, dips and their drool-worthy delicacies, which always rules the internet. There are varieties of K-cousins that have won millions of hearts, but among them, Korean styled fried chicken took the top spot. In the survey conducted last year, 8,500 people in 17 cities around the world were asked to name their favourite Korean dish. Fried chicken topped the list, with 16.1 per cent of votes and even it's the Korean dish that they eat most frequently, followed by kimchi and bibimbap (a Korean mixed rice bowl). But, what if we tell you that fried chicken is not Korean food. As per the recent polls, Korean-style fried chicken is the most favourite Korean food of people around the world, but half of Koreans surveyed in another poll do not think it belongs in that category. 16 new books coming in January A survey of 1,500 Korean nationals by the Korean Food Promotion Institute shows that 63.9 per cent believe that regular fried chicken is not Korean food, while 45.1 per cent say that neither is marinated fried chicken. As per Koreans, kimchi is the dish that most (99.7 per cent) consider Korean, followed by doenjang-jjigae, buchimgae, savoury pancakes, japchae and others. Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish normally made of fermented cabbage, salt and hot peppers. ‘People want jewellery with meaning’: How breast milk became a gem When asked whether the fried chicken is a Korean dish, Joo Young-ha, a professor of Folklore Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies, said that it should be considered a K-food, adding that this category includes not only dishes that Koreans traditionally think of as Korean, but also dishes served in Korean restaurants or those produced by Korean food factories. Further, he pointed out that foreign nationals living overseas often come to be interested in K-foods such as samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly), soju, tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes) and pajeon (scallion pancake) after seeing those dishes in Korean dramas.

Did you know world's favourite Korean style chicken isn't really Korean ?

China's&nbsp;agricultural ministry has renamed&nbsp;Kimchi,&nbsp;the aged cabbage dish as Xinqi amid a cultural feud with South Korea.

Xinqi has two Chinese characters,&nbsp;Xin means spicy. Qi means unique, or curious. The old common translation, pao cai (salted fermented vegetables), would be retired.

China’s efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan, is turning into a social media showdown between Chinese and South Korean netizens over the origin of Kimchi, a staple Korean cuisine made of cabbage.

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Beijing recently won certification from the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) for Pao Cai, an achievement the state-run Global Times reported as “an international standard for the Kimchi industry led by China.”

South Korean media was fast to dispute such a claim and accuse the bigger neighbour of trying to make Kimchi a type of China-made Pao Cai.

Some South Korean media even described the episode as China’s “bid for world domination,” while some social media comments flagged concerns that Beijing was exercising “economic coercison.”

South Korea’s agriculture ministry on Sunday released a statement saying mainly that the ISO-approved standard does not apply to Kimchi.

“It is inappropriate to report (about Pao Cai winning the ISO) without differentiating Kimchi from Pao Cai of China’s Sichuan,” the statement said.

China's agricultural ministry has renamed Kimchi, the aged cabbage dish as Xinqi amid a cultural feud with South Korea. Xinqi has two Chinese characters, Xin means spicy.

China's agricultural ministry has renamed Kimchi, the aged cabbage dish as Xinqi amid a cultural feud with South Korea. Xinqi has two Chinese characters, Xin means spicy. Qi means unique, or curious. The old common translation, pao cai (salted fermented vegetables), would be retired. China’s efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan, is turning into a social media showdown between Chinese and South Korean netizens over the origin of Kimchi, a staple Korean cuisine made of cabbage. Also read | 'Stealing our culture': Kimchi ferments cultural feud between South Korea and China Beijing recently won certification from the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) for Pao Cai, an achievement the state-run Global Times reported as “an international standard for the Kimchi industry led by China.” South Korean media was fast to dispute such a claim and accuse the bigger neighbour of trying to make Kimchi a type of China-made Pao Cai. Some South Korean media even described the episode as China’s “bid for world domination,” while some social media comments flagged concerns that Beijing was exercising “economic coercison.” South Korea’s agriculture ministry on Sunday released a statement saying mainly that the ISO-approved standard does not apply to Kimchi. “It is inappropriate to report (about Pao Cai winning the ISO) without differentiating Kimchi from Pao Cai of China’s Sichuan,” the statement said.

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Did you know world's favourite Korean style chicken isn't really Korean ?

Chinese agricultural ministry renames Kimchi as Xinqi amid cultural feud with South Korea

Gravitas: South Korea and China fight over a cabbage dish