Korea by day looks just like home. It has high-rise buildings, cars driving, people walking. Korea at night transforms into a neon-lit hornets nest of activity. One of my favourite elements of this busyness is the street-food vendors.
These street-food carts are open all day long and they sell a variety of food, mostly accompanied by some soju or beer. You get carts that sell odeng (a kind of fish cake) and ddeokbokki (a dish with rice cake, odeng and red pepper paste).
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| Enjoying some ddeokbokki |
You get carts that sell Soondae (similar to blood sausage) and Naejang (steamed pork intestines - one of my favourites.) You get carts that sell Bungeoppang ( A custard / red-bean paste filled pastry, usually in a fish shape.)
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I am not a fan of the red bean paste. But the
custard-filled fish are great! |
And then you get carts that sell my favourite kind of street-food: Battered and deep-fried everything! I love the fried octopus- / squid-tentacles (Or as I like to call it: Squid-leg.) Other goodies on offer include hard-boiled eggs, jalapenos, shrimps, rice-cakes and crab-stick. All, of course, battered, deep-fried and dripping with oil. With this you usually get a little bowl with soy sauce, and sometimes a side of kimchi. You can eat as much as you like and then just pay the attending adjumma once you're done. And it is WAY cheap!
Heading home hungry, after a night out? Just stop at one of the many carts on your way! Doing shopping on a Saturday afternoon? Grab some fried squid! Feeling hungover after more soju than a Samsung worker? Have an egg.
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| Playing with chopsticks is also fun! |
Today I'm appreciating street-food. Eating will never be enjoyable again, unless its happening on a sidewalk.
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