A few things come to mind when I think of iconic Super Mario villain Bowser: Mr. steal-your-girl; a roided-up turtle that just discovered Hot Topic; Great dad. Now I can add Korean rice and soup delicacy gukbap to that list.

According to this 2000 Famitsu interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, Bowser was given the Japanese name Daimaō Kuppa — Kuppa being the Japanese name for gukbap, a Korean dish. See the resemblance?

The things you learn. (The Korean word is “gukbap” but Japanese romanize it as “ku-ppa”). pic.twitter.com/n1yZpcESFC — Emily Koh (@meltingnoise) January 14, 2017

The two other runner-up contenders for names were yukke and bibinba, the Japanese names for Korean dishes yukhoe and bibimbap. Take a look at the images below and see if you agree with Miyamoto’s final decision. If you’ve never tried these dishes, go ahead and give them a try, if only for the sweet satisfaction of imagining you’re eating a pulverized Bowser! (Was that too much? Sorry.)

While we're on the topic of video game characters looking like food, check out the excellent tumblr Food that looks like Zelda characters. I can’t believe I never saw the connection between Link and slightly toasted white bread!