[History Is Alive - Goguryeo Edition] Episode 29: From Maekjeok to K-Food — The Goguryeo Dining Table

1. This series explores the Goguryeo dining table through a record that Maekjeok, a grilled meat dish of Goguryeo, appeared on the banquet tables of Chinese aristocrats around the 4th century.
2. Murals in the Anak 3-ho Tomb depict a kitchen, steamer, well, and meat storehouse, and the Samguk Jji records that Goguryeo people were skilled at making soy sauce and fermented seafood.
3. While Maekjeok cannot be definitively identified as the direct ancestor of bulgogi, its principle of marinating and grilling meat is regarded as the oldest prototype of Korean grilled meat culture.

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