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Korean expression

대표 메뉴

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What does 대표 메뉴 mean?

대표 메뉴 means "the restaurant’s signature dish" in Korean.

How it works here

Here, the two nouns combine to refer to the dish that best represents the establishment.

Key expression

대표 메뉴

The restaurant’s signature dish

A common, natural expression for a restaurant’s specialty or main dish.

When it's used

Used in a restaurant, café, or bar to ask about its most famous or main menu item.

The line

여기 대표 메뉴가 뭐예요?

What’s the signature dish here?

Someone asks this while choosing what to order in a restaurant they have just entered.

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More examples

  1. 이 집 대표 메뉴는 해물파전이에요.

    This restaurant’s signature dish is seafood pajeon.

  2. 우리 카페 대표 메뉴를 한번 드셔 보세요.

    Please try our café’s signature dish.

Quick check

When would you use this expression?

대표 메뉴

여기 대표 메뉴가 뭐예요?

What’s the signature dish here?

  • Asking urgently for the restroom as soon as they enter the restaurant.
  • Looking at the menu and choosing the cheapest dish.
  • Asking which dish is most recommended at a restaurant they are visiting for the first time.
Show the answer

Asking which dish is most recommended at a restaurant they are visiting for the first time.

The restaurant’s signature dish. A common, natural expression for a restaurant’s specialty or main dish.

Other words in this line

여기
Here
대표
Representative; signature
메뉴
Menu; dish
뭐
What

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