All the dishes are brought to the table at the same time to provide pleasure for the eye and palate. For dessert there are no pastries, but you'll find fresh fruit served either plain or flavored with ginger cooked in syrup, a cup of poricha (roasted barley tea) or a glass of soju, sweet potato liqueur.

When someone celebrates a 61st birthday - because here it is said that life expectancy is 60 years - the family organizes a kujolpan, a meal drawn from Japanese tradition in which "9 celestial varieties" are placed into the nine compartments of a large black lacquer tray. Each guest then places a "pajon," or thin green onion pancake, in the palm of his hand and tops it with meat, vegetables or egg from the tray; then the pancake is rolled up and dipped in the various sauces provided to each diner.