Tteok-bokki (Stir-fried Rice Cake)

Tteok-bokki is Korea’s representative street food, and carts selling the snack can be found throughout the streets of Seoul. The original tteok-bokki was made of stir-fried garaetteok (cylindrical rice cakes) and beef in soy sauce, and was served in the royal palace.

After the Korean War soy sauce was substituted with chili paste, creating the tteok-bokki Koreans enjoy today. Most tteok-bokki vendors also sell eomuk (fish cakes), sundae (korean sausage) and twigim (fritters), which are also recommended. Some people think that Tteok-bokki with cola is a great combination.