Even though I’m Korean-American, I never really celebrated Chuseok. I think I might’ve celebrated it once when I was younger but I can barely remember… My parents were always busy with work and now we don’t even know how to celebrate properly. That’s why this year, I decided to do some research! I’m still not…
Category: Food
Food Highlight From My Seoul Trip (March 2019)
In March of 2019, I was blessed to be able to go on a solo trip to Korea and it was a much-needed healing trip~ And what better to heal your soul than with delicious food? In conjunction with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s “Special Travel Week” to promote safe and healthy travel…
Food: Baskin-Robbins
Baskin-Robbins is an American chain of ice cream and cake specialty shops founded in 1945. It is American BUT Baskin-Robbins in Korea are completely different from the ones in America, and frankly in my opinion, way better! Korean Baskin-Robbins have unique flavors with equally unique names. Their most iconic flavors are “Mom is an Alien…
Food: Sweet Corn Ice Cream (명가 찰옥수수)
This sweet corn ice cream (명가 찰옥수수) is my new favorite ice cream! I’ve always loved corn but whoever thought of making a sweet corn ice cream was a genius! The sweet corn ice cream includes pieces of real corn kernels inside and in newer ones, little pieces of rice cake. There’s a thin layer…
Food: Hotteok (호떡)
Hotteok (호떡) is a stuffed Korean pancake and extremely popular street snack in Korea. It is believed that hotteok was brought to Korea by Chinese merchants during the late 1800s. Merchants started to make and sell hotteok on the streets, dough pancakes stuffed with savory ingredients like chives, as savory stuffed pancakes were a staple…
Food: Tanghulu (탕후루)
Tanghulu (탕후루) is actually not Korean but rather a traditional Northern Chinese snack (tánghúlu/糖葫芦) since ancient times. Traditionally, it is made of skewered shanzha (山楂), or Chinese Hawthorn, covered in hard sugar syrup. However, recently street vendors have been using a variety of fruits such as cherries, tomatoes, grapes, and strawberries. Though it is a…
Food: Dalgona (달고나)
Dalgona (달고나), also known as bbopki (뽑기), is a Korean candy made with melted sugar and baking soda. This treat is known by a variety of names depending on the country but is most commonly known as honeycomb toffee. Dalgona was a popular street snack in the 1970s and 1980s and is still eaten today…
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