Eating out is one of the great pleasures of visiting Korea, a country famous for its diverse native dishes. Korean cuisine is nutritious, well balanced and low in calories as it involves a wide variety of vegetables and fermented foods. The Korean meal is almost always accompanied by a big bowl of hot soup or stew, sticky rice and a variety (minimum 3) side dishes, usually different forms of kimchi (pronounced kimchee). Bulgogi (marinated, barbecued beef) and Bibimbap (steam rice mixed with vegetables) are the most famous Korean food. Also Western and other foods are available in a growing number of restaurants and stores. Although most of the Western options available in supermarkets and shops are from the United States, the number of European and South American products on stores shelves is increasing. Western and other ethnic restaurants are growing in number and improving in quality as more and more Koreans are traveling and/or living abroad. It is also now possible for foreign residents to own restaurants and a number of them are doing so.