Street food in korea part 3

10 -Hotteok (호떡)

Hotteok is a top choice for locals to help warm up the body during the winter. and also because it’s cheap, delicious, and sold all over Korea. Hotteok is made with a glutinous rice dough and is slighty chewy like a doughtnut without the thick frosting! Hotteok is filled with melted sugar (or syrup), fried, then served in a paper cup (so the sugar doesn’t spill). Some street vendors put nuts inside which gives the Hotteok an extra ‘oomph’ in the flavor department. Hotteok is priced around 1,000 won

11 -Bungeoppang (붕어빵 / 잉어빵)

The winter snack 붕어빵 / 잉어빵
The pastry is made into the shape of a goldfish and filled with sweet red bean paste and made on the spot. You can easily find a Bungeoppang snack vendor that sells a pack of three Bungeoppangs for 1,000 won.


12 - Tteok-Mandu Guk (떡만두국)

Tteok-Manduguk (rice cake-dumpling soup) is a traditional winter food that warms both the body and mind, and is enjoyed by almost all Koreans during the cold winter. Dumplings are prepared and is also consisted of soft rice cakes, which is then bathed in a garlic-savory broth with spring onions and minced beef. This is traditionally served on New Year’s Day which is usually dated in January or February (coldest months out of the year!).

13 -Tteokbokki (떡볶이)

Tteokbokki (떡볶이). This winter snack (although can be eaten during any season) is one of the most famous dishes in South Korea, And if you’re out and about on the streets doing touristy stuff in the winter time, it’s pretty easy to get cold. And since tteokbokki is sold on pretty much any street, many people stop by to eat this spicy food. But the real reason is people want to heat up from the stoves that the tteokbokki is made from. And some of  these trucks have plastic drapes to help keep the heat inside during the winter time


14 - Steamed Corn (찰옥수수)

Another popular winter food in Korea is steamed corn. the Korean street corn version has little to no salt or butter at all. Most of the steamed corn for sale on the street is from domestic (local) farms