Seoul Street Food – Good Things Come In Cups

Seoul 2009 - Sweet and Hot Mochi-Odeng Corndog in My Mouth - Bukchon

In which I consume a delicious surprise, a hot dog shaped mochi on a stick, wrapped in odeng and covered with a sweet, hot, sticky sauce.  This combined the awesome chewiness of mochi with delicious notes of fish, sweet and chili.

Seoul 2009 - Sweet and Hot Mochi-Odeng Corndog in a Cup - Bukchon

This is kind of a waste of a cup, but it does contain the sticky odeng.  But that’s how it came.

Seoul 2009 - Sweet Chestnut Pancake in a Cup - Bukchon

Again, in a cup!  This item was a serious surprise as well.  I thought it would be super savory, since everything else on the old lady’s cart was stewing and steaming in what looked like soup, but this was actually a dessert.  That’s a super light pancake, filled with a hot, sugary goo, composed of tiny bits of chestnut and cinnamon.  I’m not sure why the pancake was green, though.

Seoul 2009 - Sweet Chestnut Pancake in My Mouth - Bukchon

Right here I am having the moment of joy of discovering that something is even more delicious than I thought it could be.

Seoul 2009 - Sweet Chestnut Pancake Seller's Cart - Bukchon

The old lady who sold me the pancake and her cart.  Strangely, I don’t find myself aesthetically turned on by Korean street food carts.  I think I’m only interested in the aesthetics of mobile vendors when they’re attached to a motor vehicle.  Note the used stick holder attached to the cart.  I think that’s the most interesting element of the carts in Seoul to me.

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