Facts you didn't know about Asian food

Did you know that when you visit South Korea you will find plenty of traditional Korean dishes from barbeque to stews to soups to side dishes and something sweet. 

Did you know that rice was used to pay taxes. Rice is central to Korean cooking. In the Three Kingdoms Period, considered to be the late Iron Age, rice was so important in the kingdom of Silla that it was used to pay tributes and taxes.

Did you know that In the south, Chinese eat bowls of rice or rice noodles with almost every meal (as well as far greater varieties of fruit and veg), and only occasionally eat wheat.

Did you know that Chinese people eat everything. Foreigners are often shocked what Chinese eat. Many Chinese dishes make foreigners feel weird or squeamish, like dog hotpot, insects, scorpions, snakes, rats, pig's ears, heads, feet, hearts, lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines, and boiled blood.

Did you know that the most expensive fruit in the world is the Japanese Yūbari cantaloupe: a melon variety that is unique in the world and is only grown in the village of Yubari in Japan. The fruit is sold for an average of 11,000 euros. That is another expensive piece of fruit.