As the Chinese diaspora spread across the globe, Chinese communities formed in their adopted homes, and adapted their cuisines to suit the locals in their new locations.
A prime example is American-Chinese cuisine, which gave us those iconic takeaway boxes, dishes like General Tsoโs chicken and chop suey, and fortune cookies.
Korean-Chinese restaurants, known as joongguk jib (literally โChina houseโ) in Korean, are fixtures across South Korea, in city centres and remote towns.
Consider this: Marado, a tiny island of just 30 hectares (about 12 football fields) in Jeju province has nine joongguk jib restaurants.
Each serves its own variation on typical Korean-Chinese dishes such as jajangmyeon (black bean paste noodles) and jjambbong (spicy seafood noodles) which incorporate local ingredients โ mostly seafood.