{"id":7146,"date":"2021-07-26T00:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2021-07-26T00:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:36:13","slug":"korean-street-food-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-street-food-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Street Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Memories of Korean Street Food<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

When I was a teenager, I remember food hawkers were displayed endlessly near my school. It was a daily temptation because the food from street vendors was genuinely delicious to hungry little humans.
\nMy mom used to scold me if I had \uae38\uac70\ub9ac \uc74c\uc2dd (gil-guh-ri-eum-sik<\/strong>: street food) on the way home from school. I was always amazed at how she knew about it. Her reasons for scolding me were that street foods ruined my appetite for dinner. Street food might have ruined my appetite for dinners, but I built strong bondage with my friends while sharing \ubd84\uc2dd (book-sik<\/strong>: ready-to-eat snacks, particularly made of flour). It remains a lasting nostalgic memory to me.<\/p>\n

After I became an adult, I used to hang out with friends in \ud3ec\uc7a5\ub9c8\ucc28 (poh-jang-mah-cha<\/strong>: a Korean style of snack cart). It is a type of street vendor, where you could drink and eat \uc548\uc8fc (ahn-joo:<\/strong> snacks served with alcohol) inside a tarp tent. It can get chilly in wintertime, but the real fun of \ud3ec\ucc28 (poh-cha<\/strong>: short for \ud3ec\uc7a5\ub9c8\ucc28) was enjoying warm steamy \uc548\uc8fc. Some might think \ud3ec\ucc28 was humble looking, but they served the most delicious food.<\/p>\n

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Although, I have recently noticed that most \ub178\uc810\uc0c1 (noh-jum-sang<\/strong>: street vendors, hawkers) have disappeared in Seoul. The city of Seoul had been ordered to \ucca0\uac70 (chul-guh:<\/strong> demolish, tear down) most \ub178\uc810\uc0c1 due to legal issues related to taxes and aesthetic reasons. It is sad that my nostalgic memories are fading with history.<\/p>\n

It is, however, too early to be disappointed, if you want Korean street food. Instead of looking for hawkers, you can visit certain \ub3d9\ub124 (dong-nae<\/strong>: neighborhoods) that have a ton of options for street food, such as \uba85\ub3d9 (Myeong Dong) or \uc885\ub85c (Jongno). Food trucks seem to be another alternative near \ub300\ud559\uac00 (dae-hak-gah<\/strong>: neighborhood near the colleges).<\/p>\n

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Korean Street Food 101<\/em><\/h4>\n

\ubd84\uc2dd (book-sik<\/strong>: ready-to-eat snacks, particularly made of flour) literally means \u2018flour-based food\u2019, but it doesn\u2019t need to be made of flour only. \ubd84\uc2dd is an umbrella term for food that you can casually have from a cheap diner or street vendors.
\nWhen I think about Korean snacks, there are two different types of food. One is t the foods that you can find in \ubd84\uc2dd\uc810 (boon-sik-jum:<\/strong> a small diner that serves cheap food). The other kind is the food you can only find from street stalls from certain neighborhoods.
\nWhat To Eat
\nYou are probably familiar with \uae40\ubc25 (Gim-bap<\/strong>: a Korean dish made from cooked rice and ingredients such as vegetables, fish and meats that are rolled in dried sheets of seaweed). I am not exaggerating if I say that \uae40\ubc25 is one of the most common, but the most popular food in Korea.<\/p>\n

\ub5a1\ubcf6\uc774 (Ttok-bokki<\/strong>: a Korean dish made of spicy sauce with rice cake) is the most common \ubd84\uc2dd food. It is \uac00\ub798\ub5a1 (garae-tteok<\/strong>: a long, cylindrical rice cake made with non-glutinous rice flour) with \uace0\ucd94\uc7a5 (go-chu-jang:<\/strong> red chili pepper sauce). You can add side dishes like \uc624\ub385 (oh-deng<\/strong>: fish cake), \uc0b6\uc740 \uacc4\ub780 (sahm-eun-gye-rahn:<\/strong> hard-boiled eggs), \uae40\ub9d0\uc774 (gim-mari<\/strong>: deep-fried glass noodle wrapped in seaweed), \ub77c\uba74\uc0ac\ub9ac (Ramen-sari<\/strong>: cooked instant noodles), etc,. Many Koreans like \ub5a1\ubcf6\uc774 because of its \ub9e4\ucf64\ud568 (mae-kom-hahm: spiciness). If you can\u2019t eat spicy food, try \uad81\uc911\ub5a1\ubcf6\uc774 (goong-joong-Ttok-bokki) which is a soy sauce-based \ub5a1\ubcf6\uc774 dish with \ubd88\uace0\uae30 (Bbul-gogi). You would likely find this dish from a restaurant, not likely from a street vendor.<\/p>\n

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\uc21c\ub300 (Soon-dae) is a Korean blood sausage. It is made of \uc120\uc9c0 (sun-ji<\/strong>: clotted blood from slaughtered cows and pigs) with other ingredients, such as sweet potato noodles and vegetables. The history of this food is longer than you might think. Koreans have been enjoying this mouth-watering food since the 1800s. The recipes of \uc21c\ub300 can be various depending on regions, but \ucc39\uc300\uc21c\ub300 (chap-ssal-soon-dae<\/strong>: Korean blood sausage made with sweet rice) is the most common one you would find in Seoul.
\nThe most common way to enjoy \uc21c\ub300 is to season it with salt and pepper, but \uc21c\ub300\ubcf6\uc74c (Soon-dae-bokkeum<\/strong>: stir-fried Soondae with vegetables) is another way to enjoy \uc21c\ub300.<\/p>\n

In the next post, I will introduce more exciting Korean snacks that you can find on the streets. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

My Memories of Korean Street Food When I was a teenager, I remember food hawkers were displayed endlessly near my school. It was a daily temptation because the food from street vendors was genuinely delicious to hungry little humans. My mom used to scold me if I had \uae38\uac70\ub9ac \uc74c\uc2dd (gil-guh-ri-eum-sik: street food) on the…<\/p>\n

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