Rounding out the list is a sweltering Korean stew made with ingredients such as tofu, pork, scallions, and seafood, but with a base of kimchi--a spicy pickled garnish made from Cantonese baechu cabbage and herbs such as perilla. The spiciest kimchi comes from the lower southeastern region of Gyeongsang-do. What make the dish-slash-condiments so potent are the dried red chili peppers which form a near lethal combination during pickling process with the piquant cabbage.
