"Street food" in Korea is everywhere, and comes in many different forms... on a stick, rolled up in seaweed, in a bowl, or served in a dixie cup.
Some of my favourite street foods are:
Hotteok (호떡)
Hotteok is a small pancake filled with things like chopped nuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, and honey. It is fried in oil and served hot in a dixie cup. These things are the perfect snack on a crisp fall day. There is a famous hotteok stand in Nampodong, one of the coolest areas in Busan. People line up to pay 900 KRW (less than $1) for a nice hot hotteok. YUM!
Kimbap (김밥)
Kimbap is a typical lunch you would eat at a picnic. Many of my Korean students bring it in their school lunch. It reminds me of the Korean version of a sandwich, but without bread or any of the normal sandwich fillings (if that makes any sense). Kimbap is rice, meat, fish, eggs, vegetables sliced thinly and rolled up in seaweed (kim). It is basically Korean sushi. You can buy it on the street for around $1-2.
Ramyeon (라면)
Ramyeon, or as many of us know it as "ramen," is everywhere. You can buy instant ramyeon at the convenience store. Even Korean rapping sensation PSY is on commercials for ramyeon! Ramyeon is like the Korean person's version of chicken noodle soup... the classic soup that everyone loves and eats when they are feeling sick.
The best things about Korean street food is that they are delicious and CHEAP. YUM!!!
Some of my favourite street foods are:
Hotteok (호떡)
Hotteok is a small pancake filled with things like chopped nuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, and honey. It is fried in oil and served hot in a dixie cup. These things are the perfect snack on a crisp fall day. There is a famous hotteok stand in Nampodong, one of the coolest areas in Busan. People line up to pay 900 KRW (less than $1) for a nice hot hotteok. YUM!
Kimbap (김밥)
Kimbap is a typical lunch you would eat at a picnic. Many of my Korean students bring it in their school lunch. It reminds me of the Korean version of a sandwich, but without bread or any of the normal sandwich fillings (if that makes any sense). Kimbap is rice, meat, fish, eggs, vegetables sliced thinly and rolled up in seaweed (kim). It is basically Korean sushi. You can buy it on the street for around $1-2.
Ramyeon (라면)
Ramyeon, or as many of us know it as "ramen," is everywhere. You can buy instant ramyeon at the convenience store. Even Korean rapping sensation PSY is on commercials for ramyeon! Ramyeon is like the Korean person's version of chicken noodle soup... the classic soup that everyone loves and eats when they are feeling sick.
The best things about Korean street food is that they are delicious and CHEAP. YUM!!!
I think I would like the little pancake thing...btw, HOW do you guys jump so high on the beach???
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