Any visitor in South Korea is astonished by the variety, affordability, and amazing tastes of the treats available in its streets. Indeed, Korea is a haven for street food and these gastronomical delights are a significant part of their pop and food culture. You can easily spot vendors selling them on streets, … Read more
Jeyuk-bossam are pork belly slices with kimchi or kimchi seasoned fillings wrapped in greens like steamed napa cabbage leaves. Bossam is a great way to enjoy kimchi and pork belly. The bite sized wraps make an excellent appetizer, banchan like dish, or drinking snack (anju). Note that this is NOT a David … Read more
Mandu are dumplings usually filled with minced meat, tofu, green onions, garlic, soy or mung bean sprouts, and noodles made from sweet potato starch. They can be served as an appetizer, a snack, or eaten as picnic food. In Korea many different varieties of Mandu can be found in market stalls or … Read more
Often called Korean sushi, Kimbap is a Korean dish made up of seaweed, seasoned rice, and an assortment of other ingredients usually formed into a roll, then sliced and served. Kimbap/Gimbap is one of those dishes where nearly anything can be included. The more traditional versions include as fillings: Danmuji – Yellow … Read more
Hodo kwaja is a popular snack food sold by street vendors throughout Korea. Walking through the markets in Songtan-si, Kunsan, Suwon, or Seoul, the aroma of fresh cooked walnut cakes would stand out. My young sons would drag me to the vendor’s cart and demand that I purchase “wad ja” for them. … Read more
Hoddeok is a sweet, sugar and nut filled pancake that is a popular snack food sold on the streets of Korea. Hoddeok may have originated with Chinese merchants who immigrated to Korea in the late 1800’s. Servings: 6 Recipe Type: Appetizer, Korean, Snack, Street Food Ingredients Dough 1 cup all purpose flour … Read more
Extremely popular as a street food in Korea. or an appetizer in Korean Restaurants. This spicy dish is gaining popularity in many places around the world. Servings: 10 Recipe Type: Appetizer, Korean, Recipe, Snack, Street Food Ingredients 8 ounces ddeok (cylindrical shaped rice cake/rice pasta) 1 cup water 1 cup anchovy broth … Read more
Traditional Tteok is made by steaming and then pounding glutinous (sweet) rice into a dough like mass. This “dough” is then shaped into balls, rectangles, squares, cylinders, etc. The shaped rice cake may be coated with various powders, flours, or starches and eaten as is, or after frying or grilling. Tteok is … Read more
Bungeoppang is an extremely popular snack sold by street vendors nearly everywhere in Korea. When I was there in the late 70s through the 80s, they were cooked over open wood flame or charcoal burners in long molds that could cook 10 to 20 of the cakes at a time. Contemporary vendors … Read more
Yachae twigim is a popular street food/drinking snack in Korea. Just outside the air base I was stationed at, street vendors would offer a variety of twigim for a few hundred won Servings: 15 Recipe Type: Appetizer, Ban Chan, Korean, Recipe, Snack, Street Food, Vegetable Ingredients 1 large carrot 1 zucchini 1 … Read more