Bibimbap ( , from Korean , literally "mixed rice"), sometimes romanized as bi bim bap or bi bim bop, is a Korean rice dish. The term "bibim" means "mixing" and "bap" refers to cooked rice. Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) or kimchi (traditional fermented vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang (a fermented soybean paste). A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The hot dish is stirred together thoroughly just before eating. In South Korea, Jeonju, Jinju, and Tongyeong are especially famous for their versions of bibimbap. In 2011, the dish was listed at number 40 on the World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll compiled by CNN Travel. Name origins The origin of the many names of bibimbap come from Korea's hanja based records, originally appearing in Yeokjogumun () of Gijaejapgi () by Bak Dongnyang () in the end of 16th century (around 1590). This record associated the original bibimbap as "hondonban ()" This later went on to become beubwieumbap () nearly 200 years after the hanja record, and was documented in a Hangul record. The hanja dictionary () indeed contained "bubwida ()" or "bubwium (), Dong ()" in hanja, which meant "mix" or "" in Korean. In the late 19th century the two names were recorded for the recipe being () and (), with the recipe being written in pure Korean. Other various recordings after this include (in Hanja) (, ), (), and () and also (); then in Hangeul, (), (), (), (), (), and (). History The exact origin of bibimbap () is unknown. People could have started mixing bap (rice) with banchan (side dishes) after the outdoor jesa (rites), such as sansinje (rite for mountain gods) or dongsinje (rite for village gods), where they needed to "eat with the god" but did not have as many cooking pots and items of crockery to hand as they would normally have at home. Jeonju Bibimbap is an old-fashioned and delicious dish. Some scholars assert that bibimbap originates from the traditional practice of mixing all the food offerings made at an jesa (ancestral rite) in a bowl before partaking of it. Ordinary people ate bibimbap on the eve of the lunar new year as the people at that time felt that they had to get rid of