Seoul, South Korea 2016 - What I Ate (Korean Street Food Edition)

In the year 2016, I have been to Seoul, South Korea 3 times. Yes, you may think I am crazy but honestly there is so much to do over there. Moreover, my trips while I was there never lasted more than 1 week so they're pretty much short stays. And guys let me tell you something, if you thought New York was the city that never sleeps then believe me.. you are totally mistaken. Seoul is the city that never sleeps !! I have been to New York before, so I can confirm this statement is true. 

Anyways, other than it is the city that never sleeps, it is also the city where you can EAT. Eat for cheap super super cheap! Everyone who knows me can all say that I LOVE FOOD and I am a food whore. 

Here I have compiled all the Korean food I devoured in South Korea this year - I would recommend everything that is listed in this blog.

Korean Street Food

1) Spicy Rice Cake 떡볶이 

This is one of my favourite street food to have (to be honest I pretty much like all Korean street food) but this snack is essentially rice cake and fish cake in a thick sweet chilli consistency sauce called gochujang. 

2) Kimbap 김밥

Personally to me, it is the Korean version of sushi. Instead of raw fish, you have like pickles, carrots, spinach etc. sprinkled with sesame on top. I normally have kimbap with ddeokbokki because it tastes so good when you dip it into the ddeokbokki sauce.

Left: Kimbap & Right: Spicy Rice Cake

3) Egg Bread 계란빵

This is probably my least favourite street food only because it is very dry to eat. I'd definitely recommend you have a drink with you because you'll need it. You can thank me later.

4) Fish Cake 어묵

There are two ways to say it 어묵 "eomuk" or 오뎅 "odeng". I usually go by the way "odeng" because it is what you will see written more however, "eomuk" is the correct way to say it. As "odeng" is derived by the Japanese term of fish cake "oden". Anyways moving swiftly on, Korean fish cake is hands down the best street food to have during the winter period as the fish cake is steaming hot, and you also get a cup of soup with it. 

5) Korean Pancake 호떡

Whether you're a savoury, or sweet person; hotteok is definitely a must try street food! You can get various kind of filling but the most popular, and original hotteok would be the brown sugar syrup filling which is to die for!! I've tried the original flavour, but I have also tried "green tea hotteok"녹차호떡 which has the same filling (brown sugar syrup) but has a green tea flavoured pancake. 

Shameless selfie with my mum. Vegetable Hotteok & Honey Hotteok

These are just a handful types of Korean Street Food you can eat whilst in South Korea - there are so many more to list to be honest (and in fact I didn't manage to capture all the food eaten.. I was too excited and hungry). 

Also, instead of having a proper meal in a restaurant, you can easily be full and content from just solely eating Korean Street Food. Stall hopping sounds more like my thing rather than bar hopping hahaa