Don't say we didn't warn you: Korea's 5 spiciest dishes

by Jiyeon Lee

My mission: find the spiciest, most lip-burning, tongue-scalding, stomach-scorching dish in Korea.

But why?

Strange as it might sound, for me and many fellow Koreans, spice is therapy.

There's something cathartic about feeling like your brain is on fire; it's a sentiment many Koreans relate to.

In a country where extreme spice is considered as basic as salt and pepper, a sensible response to ?I?m so stressed out? is ?let?s go wolf down something terribly spicy."

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