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Bullak-Jeongol (Bulgogi and Baby octopus Hot pot) refers to a Korean hot pot made of Bulgogi and baby octopus. Bulgogi is one of the famous Korean dish of barbecued marinated beef

Bomdong-Muchim is a Korean dish made of seasoned cabbage, particularly spring cabbage.

Bun Thang refers to Vietnamese rice noodles and shredded chicken with fried egg and prawns as toppings. It is served with broth made by boiling chicken, dried prawns and pig bones

Bingsu refers to one of Korea's summer snack. Bingsu means "Shaved Ice with Toppings". It is made of shaved ice topped with fruits, sweet red beans, fruit syrups, cereal flakes and sweetened condensed milk and ususally topped with ice cream or frozen yogurt. It is much like the Philippines' Halo-Halo. However, in Korea Bingsu is called in various names depending on the main topping of the shaved ice: 1. Pat-Bingsu when the topping is sweet red beans 2. Gwail-Bingsu when the topping is fruit 3. Nokcha -Bingsu - a green tea shaved ice, and many more Bingsu is also known as Bingsoo.

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Bori is Korean word for Barley. Wholegrain barley or split barley called Halmaek in Korean cooking. Bori can be mixed with rice to make barley rice, as in Boribap (rice and barley with vegetables ) and Jakobap (mixed grain rice)

Bunshik also spelled as Bun Shik or Bunsik is a Korean word which literally tranlated to: "bun" which means "flour" and shik means "food" "flour food", that included Ddeok, Ddeok boggi, Ddeok guk, Ra-myeon, Guk-su, Twigim . It refers to cheap Korean snacks. Bunshik is now synonymous with to Korean Fast Food vendor selling varieties of snacks, such as battered meat and vegetables (Twigim) and others which are great for evening or midnight snacks. The fried foods snacks include: ??? (Goguma) – sweet potato; ?? (Gyeran) – hardboiled egg; ?? (Gochu ) – pepper; ?? (Yachae) – vegetables; ??? (Ojingeo) – squid; ?? (Mandu ) – dumplings; ??? (Gimmari) – gimbap rolls; ?? (Saeu) – shrimp