Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Annyeong haseyo, yorobeun ! Jaljjinaesseyo ? ( Hello everybody ! How are you ? )
Today I'll discuss about Korean Street Foods. Hmmmm ... the taste is so great ! It can be your recommendation to eat when you're in Korean. You'll never being disappointed when you try it ! Ok, ga ja !
1. Kimbab
In the previous post, I also posted Kimbab. Kimbab is served everywhere, including in pojangmacha ( street vendor ). A layer of cooked rice is spread over a square piece of gim (dried laver). Various ingredients (including ham, sausage, spinach, cucumber, crab meat, carrots, and radishes) are thinly sliced and placed on top. The laver is rolled into a tube, sliced into sliced pieces, and seasoned with sesame seeds. The idea was borrowed from the Japanese during the colonial period, but Korean Gimbap is slightly different.
How to eat: Each roll is sliced into bite-sized pieces. Eat one at a time with chopsticks. If you eat at a street vendor, sometimes you have to use a tooth pick instead of chopsticks.
2. Mandu (Dumplings)
Circles of wheat dough are pulled around a stuffing mixture of tofu, minced beef, pork, mixed vegetables, or other ingredients. Alternatively, they may be sealed around the filling from the side, forming a crescent shape. Sheredded kimchi, bean sprouts, and small sliced baby squash can be added, depending on the taste. They can be cooked several ways: steamed, simmered in beef stock, or fried. They are served with kimchi on the side and a small container of soy sauce. Use chopsticks to eat, dipping in the soy sauce for taste. (Some places also have crushed red papper to mix with the soy sauce, for an extra spiciness.) Traditionally, the mandu paste was made at home. Nowadays, however, the paste is readily available in supermarkets and convenience stores.
3. Tteokbokki (Stir Fried Rice Cake)
Long tteok (rice cakes) are stir-fried with carrots, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and cucumbers and stewed in a gochujang-based sauce. Although it may sound unappetizing, the taste is very good. It is very popular at street vendors.
4. Fish Cake ( (오댕 ---> Odaeng )
Odaeng is made from fish. You have to mix fish, flour, and another ingredients then shape it like a long bar. You can fry it or steam it or boil it ( if you want to make a soup with fish cake mix on it ). Odaeng can be found in many pojangmacha ( street vendor ). And I think Moslem can eat this too.
Goo Joon Pyo a.k.a Lee Min Ho ate fish cake too in Boys Over Flowers Drama ^^
5. Korean Sugar Cookies/Crisps
6. Korean BBQ Chicken Skewers
These were white meat chicken which was surprising because Asians like dark meat. These were really saucy and sweet. They were spinning on the BBQ for a long time so they were probably dry but I couldn’t tell because they were covered with sauce.
Half was covered with a sweet honey like sauce and the other half was coated in a spicy and sweet Korean chili sauce.
The chicken skewer is drizzled with mayo and mustard before serving – it’s pretty much chicken and packaged sauce. It’s about $1.50 for a stick.
7. Hoddeok ( 호떡 )
Hoddeok or 호떡 is a Korean pancake made of flour, water, sugar, yeast, milk, brown sugar and cinnamon. The batter is poured on a griddle in the shape of a circle. 호떡 tastes sweet. The filler is honey, which oozes out of the pancake when you take a bite out of it. The fact that the syrup needs to be poured on the outside necessitates a plate and a fork. Since the 호떡 has everything inside, all you need are your hands and maybe a cardboard to hold the scalding hot 호떡.
8. Bongeobbang ( 붕어빵 )
붕어빵 are kind of like waffle cakes. The batter is poured into a mold that looks like a fish and 팥 or red bean paste is spread over the batter, which is then covered up with some more batter. 붕어빵 is soft and crunchy (if you make it right). Sometimes 붕어빵 is sold frozen with an ice cream filling. These 붕어빵 are sold in convenience stores and not on the street. For the cost of about one U.S. dollar you can get at least three 붕어빵.
9. Hobbang ( 호빵 )
호빵 is made of rice flour with sweet bean paste. The sweet bean paste. They look like white, round dumplings. My favorite are the sweet ones, but there are different kinds of 호빵. Some have vegetables inside, while others are more creative with meat and cheese. You can also get these at retail stores in pre-packaged cases, but I prefer them fresh off the street. Unlike the other street food, which are fried, 호빵 is steamed with boiling water.
10. Twaegim ( Deep Fried Food )
Twigim is a Korean Street food. You can easily see at snack car on the street. Normally Korean like to eat a Twigim with Topokki and Sundae. The price is between 500KRW, 2,500KRW or 3,000KRW is for 1 person or 1 portion. You can choose a Twigim by ingredients, such as Mandu (Dumplings), Gimmali (Crystal Noodle Rapped in Seaweed),Yache (Vegetable), Ojingeo(Squid), Saewoo (Shrimp),Gamja (Potato),Gochu (Chilli), etc.When you order Twigim, you can combine each Twigim and you can request mix Topokki Sauce.
Eottohkae, chingu deul ? They seem so delicious right ?? Hmmm ... I just wrote it and I really want to eat them. I become so hungry now ^^
I hope you will find these all if you go to Korea and try it. Leave a comment here, don't forget that. hahaha ...
Kamsahamnida ^^
-Aka-
Source :
1. www.lifeinkorea.com
2. www.followmefoodie.com
3. http://www.transparent.com/korean/korean-street-food/
4. http://lookatkorea.com/blog/korea/archives/twgim/
