Top 10 Daiso Kitchen Items – Korean Restaurant Tableware Set
Daiso kitchen items have turned my kitchen into a Korean restaurant vibe. Would you believe it if a Korean stainless steel bowl costs 1.5 euros? This is the reason why you should go Daiso shopping when you come to Korea. If you travel to Korea and go back home wanting to eat like a Korean restaurant sometimes, shop a Korean tableware set at Daiso. With just 10 euros total, you can make your kitchen feel like a Korean restaurant. This is absolutely not a Daiso ad!! It’s just that not only me, but all Koreans love Daiso.
Daiso’s Criteria for Choosing a Korean Tableware Set 🥄
Korean restaurant feel: Actually, in Korean households, people use ceramic bowls rather than the Korean stainless steel bowls you’ve seen at Korean restaurants. But since today’s concept is “enjoy a Korean restaurant at home too,” I put this together with stainless steel Daiso kitchen items.
Affordable price: At Daiso, everything is under 5,000 won (2.9 euro), and most of the things I’m showing you today are 1,000~3,000 won (1~1.7 euro). If you buy this in Europe it’s over 10 euros, so definitely buy it in Korea!
10 Daiso Kitchen Items That Turned My Kitchen Into a Korean Restaurant
1. Ttukbaegi (Korean Stone Pot)
- Price: 3000 won (€1.7, $2)
If you go to a Korean BBQ restaurant, you’ve probably seen doenjang-jjigae served boiling in this stone pot. This is called a ttukbaegi. This is used for boiling stews, and it stays boiling hot throughout the meal so you can eat it warm until you finish. Every Korean has a ttukbaegi at home. However, it cannot be used on induction. It is possible on an electric stove.
Great For
Easy Korean Seafood Sundubu Jjigae with Clams & Shrimp
Quick Ttukbaegi Beef Bulgogi. No Marinating Required!
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2. Stainless Steel Spoon & Chopsticks Set
- Price: 3,000 won (€1.7, $2)
What’s the difference between Japanese or Chinese wooden chopsticks and Korean chopsticks? Korean chopsticks are flat, metal, and heavier. Historically, this comes from royal court customs (silver was used to detect poison), but today, metal chopsticks are used for practical reasons. They get less damaged and can go straight into the dishwasher.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
I find it such a hassle to wash wooden chopsticks every single time. And honestly, metal chopsticks just feel more hygienic to me. Haha.
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3. Korean Stainless Jeongol Pot (Korean Wide Hot Pot)
- Price: 5,000 won (€2.9, $3.3)
This shallow, wide pot is placed in the middle of the table and used for stew dishes like budae-jjigae or mandu jeongol, or even for dishes like dak-galbi or jeyuk-bokkeum. It’s meant to be placed on the table and simmered so you can eat it warm until the very end of the meal.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
This is genuinely hard to find at this price in the US or Europe, and just one of these alone gives off such a real Korean restaurant feel. I don’t regret buying it at all.
Great For
Authentic Budae Jjigae, Korean Army Stew
Cheese Dakgalbi – Famous Seoul Restaurant Style
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4. Kitchen Shears
- Price: 3,000 won (€1.7, $2)
You can easily spot kitchen shears on the table at a Korean BBQ restaurant. We Koreans cut everything with scissors – meat, noodles, kimchi, even Korean pancakes. It’s convenient because you don’t need to bring out a cutting board and can just cut right there.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
My European friends saw me cutting Korean pancake with scissors, and they all went and bought this 3,000 won pair from Daiso kitchen corner too, haha.
🛒 Buy KitchenAid Kitchen Shears on Amazon
When I was in Europe, buying something as cheap as what’s at Daiso didn’t cut Korean BBQ meat well. KitchenAid was reasonably priced and cut meat well.
5. Yangeun Pot (Korean Ramen Pot)
- Price: 3,000 won (€1.7, $2)
You’ve probably seen this gold pot in Korean dramas, in scenes where someone is cooking ramyeon alone at midnight. This is a yangeun pot, made from an aluminum alloy.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
Honestly, it’s not great for your health, so households don’t really use it anymore, but Korean pocha (Korean bar) and restaurants still use it quite often.
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6. Kitchen Tongs
- Price: 1,000~3,000 won (€0.6~1.7, $0.6~2)
Tongs are an essential cooking tool for Korean BBQ, you grill the meat holding it with tongs while cutting it with scissors.
Great For
Korean BBQ Recipe: Pork Belly (Samgyupsal) Without Grill
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7. Korean Stainless Steel Bowl (Korean Cold Noodle Bowl)
- Price: 3,000 won (€1.7, $2)
This large Korean stainless steel bowl is a bowl for Korean cold noodles in Korean tableware set. It keeps the broth cold for longer, and it’s nice because it keeps your hands cool even when you lift the bowl to drink the broth.
Great For
- Kimchi Mari Guksu
Kimchi Korean Cold Noodles – Kimchi Mari Guksu
- Tofu Kongguksu
10-Min Tofu Kongguksu Recipe | Easy Korean Cold Noodles
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8. Stainless Steel Rice Bowl
- Price: 3,000 won (€1.7, $2)
This is actually a real representative Korean restaurant item that Korean households don’t use. Restaurants use this steel rice bowl because it’s convenient for cooking rice portion by portion inside the bowl.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
I often scoop rice or side dishes onto the lid of the rice bowl, haha. It becomes another little personal plate for me.
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9. Stainless Steel Sauce/Side Dish Bowl
You’ve probably seen these dipping sauce bowls at Korean BBQ restaurants. The sauce plate at Daiso kitchen usually hold ssamjang, salt, or sesame oil for dipping meat. You can also use them for side dishes like kimchi or danmuji (pickled radish).
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10. Stainless Steel Water Bottle
You may have noticed these on many Korean restaurant tables, filled with ice. Even after hours, the ice doesn’t melt and it stays as cold water. It’s exactly what Koreans who love icy cold water are drawn to.
👱🏼♀️ Blonde Kimchi says
What’s inside might not be plain water. It could be roasted barley tea, which has a nutty flavor and feels like something my grandmother used to boil at home so drinking barley tea at a restaurant warms my heart. Of course, it’s cold barley tea, haha.
