How Do You Wash The Dishes? Western and Korean’’s methods of washing dishes are very different. In fact, for many Koreans, Western-style dishwashing is pretty shocking. There is one episode in a Dutch pub when I was in the Netherlands. I ordered a glass of beer as usual. It was a pretty busy bar and the waiters looked really busy. As I was waiting for the beer I ordered, I was really shocked to see their way of dishwashing. They soaked a glass in water with detergent and then just took it out without rinsing at all and poured beer. “No matter how busy they are...” that’s what I thought that time. It was just so ridiculous. Anyways, I just drank it without complaining, but I felt it tastes like detergent. Actually, it was a cultural difference as I found out later. Usually, the order of washing dishes in Korea is to wash the dishes with detergent and then rinse them perfectly with water. Rinsing the detergent is the most important step in Korea. Detergent is just for cleani...