What is Korea’s obsession with Dung? I mean there are even children’s books on it. Seriously. No joke. One I read tells the story of how a little turd was born from a dog and then lived its life until it grew up (or decomposed) to become a beautiful flower.
Yeah. Sure.
Well, in Insadong in Seoul. There is the huge art/ shopping complex called the Ssamzigil. Here you can find a cart named Dalki (Korean for Strawberry) that sells red bean bread in the shape of strawberries and Dung.
How do they taste?
Well…It’s more about the look than the taste.
Dan
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I was just here last month! I didn’t try them, but I figured they tasted similar to the Japanese fish waffles with the red-bean paste in them. BTW, I *heart* Dalki – the character and the fruit!
Oh man, the dung obsession has always puzzled me but this takes it over the edge…
i was -at- Ssamzigil and I missed that. 똥! ㅋㅋㅋ We can ask, what is the korean obsession with 똥 or… why are americans so uptight about 똥? you can't even mention 똥 in america. In korea, on an ep of Vitamin (a fun health & food show) a couple years ago the celeb panel was asked to provide stool aka 똥 samples and from that, their overall health was analyzed. they also had to answer q about how often they pooped and its, uh, character. They were completely unabashed about this. The one celeb I remember being on the panel was Yoon Do Hyun, the musician and ultimate cool guy. I keep thinking — wow, this is amazing and refreshing. Imagine this show in the states…uh…no.