Street food in Korea [WANNABE PS]

Street food in Korea

There are various and numerous street foods in Korea.

They are beloved until now, as they are cheap but delicious.

1. Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is one of the most popular street food in Korea.

It is made from soft rice cake, fish cake and sweet red chili sauce.

You can enjoy any time of the year, as it is easily found in all seasons.

2. Sundae

Sundae (pronounced as soon-dae) is made generally by boiling or

steaming cow or pig's intestines that are stuffed with various ingredients.

It is a kind of blood sausage and believed to have been eaten for a long time.

Mostly eaten together with Tteokbokki.

▲sundae with mini gimbap

3. Eomuk (Oden)

Eomuk is Korean styled Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon, konjac, and processedfishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth.
Its hot soup warms you in winter, which also goes well with Tteokbokki and Sundae.

4. Tteok Kochi

Another similar version of Tteokbokki, which is in skewers.

Usually the rice cake is fried in Tteok kochi, and they are not as spicy as Tteokbokki.

5. Twigim

Twigims are made by deep frying dried vegetables or seaweed that have been coated with chapssalpul. (glutinous rice paste)

They are also sold with Tteokbokki, as they make good combination and good taste.

6. Dak Kkochi

Dak = Chicken. Dak Kkochi means chicken in skewers.

▲Sausages are usually sold together with Dak Kkochi.

7. Hot dog

This is Korean style hot dog, which is quite different from common hot dogs that we know.

Korean hot dog is very simple, there is a sausage inside and it is covered with fried wheat flour.

Tomato ketchup should be "always" put.

8. Beondegi

Beondegi literally means "chrysalis" or "pupa" in Korean, Beondegi are steamed or boiled silkworm pupae which are seasoned and eaten as a snack.

They may seem to be gross, but they are tasty and nutritious.

9. Potato Twister

This "tornado" potato is recently spotted, which is a snack made out of potato.

Its shape is like a tornado, so it is called as "tornado potato" in Korean.

10. Ho tteok

The dough for hotteok is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, and yeast.

The dough is allowed to rise for several hours. Handful-sized balls of this stiff dough are filled with

a sweet mixture, which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, and cinnamon.

The filled dough is then placed on a greased griddle, and pressed flat into a large circle with a special tool with a stainless steel circle and wooden handle as it cooks.