(Click images for sources) Stop by seoulistic.com for more Korea travel tips! Seoul is home to a number of food towns and streets, clusters of specific types of Korean foods all found in one specific place. If you're a fan of Korean foods, be sure to check out these awesome food towns in Seoul! Note: Most of these dishes (besides galbi) will cost approximately less than 10,000 won a person (that is if you take it easy on the alcohol! ;)). Where to Eat Tteokbokki in Seoul: Tteokbokki Town in Sindang Tteokbokki (떡볶이): spicy rice cakes (Korean street food) Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) is Korea's representative street food. And although Korean street food is quite popular with tourists, it's also a local favorite for Koreans. And that's why there's a tteokbokki town in Sindang-dong. Sindang's Tteokbokki Town has represented street food in Korea since the 90's. The tteokbokki restaurants here are famous for a so-called "secret recipe." But even if it...
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(click images for sources) Tteokbokki, ddukbokki, dukbokki – one of the hardest to spell Korean street foods is also one of the most popular. But walk the streets, and you'll find everyone and their grandma's selling the Addicted to tteokbokki? Don't worry, Seoulistic.com has compiled a go-to list for the most famous places to eat spicy rice cake in Seoul by tapping Korean bloggers. Read on! Stop by Seoulistic.com for more awesome things Korea :D Eat, Rest, Money, Leave Tteokbokki Kings If you’re a tteokbokki fan, Meokswidonna is pretty much the most famous place in Seoul to go for spicy rice cakes. This often Korean-television-featured tteokbokki restaurant is a popular tteokbokki spot hidden away in some back alley of Samcheong-dong. But even though this place isn’t located in the most ideal spot, you’ll often find lines out the door for some of the best tteokbokki in Seoul. It’s awesome because you can add all kinds of toppings like cheese, seafood, noodles, and more. ...
Jaws Tteokbokki There are so many tteokbokki joints in Korea these days that it might be hard to figure out who is truly the best. I mean is it the ajumma down the street or is it one of these new fangled, franchised places. It's all about the sauce. Jaws Tteokbokki which is run by CJ Foods (which is owned by Samsung) is spicy. The fried tempura is crispy and the the sundae is...alright (I'm not a huge fan of the stuff). The place is clean and it is always filled with young people sweating over their meal. The rice cake noodles here are chewy and they are shorter and fatter than some of the counterparts that are longer and thinner. It's a good idea here to get a couple extra cups of water to cool down your mouth. Dan
It is always great to meet other people that share a love of food. I got to meet with Seoul Grub a couple months back and he is definitely a foodie. His blog is a great resource for those looking for good eats. Here are some of his favorite places in Seoul. Also, if you are interested in contributing a post to Seoul Eats, please contact me at seouleats at gmail dot com. Seoulgrub’s 5 Favorite “Grubberies” in Seoul! In no particular order: Vatos Urban Tacos 1 - Vatos Urban Tacos: A spunky spot located in Itaewon where they serve up “Tacos, Margaritas, and everything in between,” this place does taco’s deliciously. They have incorporated fresh, authentic ingredients to muster up a delicious fusion blend of Mexican and Korean flavored dishes. Staying true to what a taco should be, Vatos Urban Tacos has a variety of tasty taco choices, finger-licking hot sauces (plural), and a great selection of drinks to accompany your meal. I recommend getting each of the different types o...
Sosun and Jihyun The other night I was at Beodul Yeeyagee in Itaewon to have some spicy seafood tteokbokki to celebrate my friend, Sosun, passing her CPA exam. To celebrate we had shots of soju mixed with peach and pineapple juice. It was a good time with good friends. Beodulgol Yeeyagi Itaewon Korean Dining Bar 02-797-0167 Directions: Go out Itaewon Station Exit 4 and make a U-turn and make a right. At the first street at Chef Meili's make a right and walk to the bottom of the hill. You'll see a tent outside.
Seafood Tteokbokki at Beodulgol Rating 3 Stars: Recommended (Great atmosphere, inventive touches on familiar food, understanding service). Last week was another sensational food week. I was able to meet the fabulous food writer Marina O'Loughlin and her husband David and we spent the next few days eating our way through Seoul. Marina, who is a twitterholic (follow her at http://twitter.com/#!/MarinaMetro ), was a wonderful person to dine with and by the time we got to Beodulgol, I had an understanding of what she and her husband liked to eat. They liked the local, the raw, the real cuisine that you can only get if you know the land. Of course, I didn't just go to hole in the wall places, but I think this place was a big hit with them. Beodulgol, is a local hangout that is well known for their seafood. The shellfish outside the restaurant are well taken care of us and it shows in the food they cook. Their most famous dish is Seafood Rice Cake (Haemul tteokbokki). The noo...
Hyojadong Old-Fashioned Tteokbokki at Tongin Market The other day I got a letter from Jules who is planning a trip to Seoul and she said she is searching for the best tteokbokki places in Seoul for a story she is writing for a magazine. I guess I was wrong, maybe tteokbokki will become an overseas hit. Anyway, here is my first recommendations. If anyone else has any let me know and I'll tell her. Hyojadong Old-Fashioned Tteokbokki are not drowned in a slurpy spicy-sweet sauce. Instead, chewy fingers of rice cake are either dry rubbed with red pepper flakes and then then pan fried over high heat or it is basted in soy sauce and then pan fried as well. They are crispy on the outside and chewy in the middle like a deep fried Mars bar. The only other things on the menu are soondae (blood sausage), pork pancakes, and Nokdu Bindaetteok (a pan-fried bean pancake). The lady running the place is a sweetheart, so be nice to her. She often gets busy during the daytime, so you might hav...
Chef Shawn has been testing tteokbokki at the O'ngo Cooking Studio in preparation for our class tomorrow. The first version is the traditional soupy version topped with some sesame leaves. He added pineapple for sweetness. The second version is more of a crispy variation with red chili paste. I liked the second one more. Tteokbokki: Rice Cakes in Red Chili Paste Sauce Topped with Sesame Leaves and has Pineapple Crispy Rice Cake with Red Pepper Flakes and Sesame Seeds They are like Tatertots, only better.
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