I haven’t gotten over my SHINee fetish yet so here I am trying a Korean dish to experience a fragment of their world-renowned
existence.
I didn’t have a clue on what to order so I asked for suggestions and a plate of spicy hot ddeokbokki was served before us. I should have undertaken this journey solo but I figured that sitting alone in a foreign restaurant didn’t seem half as fun as I presume it would be so I dragged someone along. And I’m glad that I did.
Tteokbokki, also known as ddeokbokki, topokki or dukboki, is a popular Korean snack food which is commonly purchased from street vendors or pojangmacha. Originally it was called tteok jjim (떡찜), and was a braised dish of sliced rice cake, meat, eggs, and seasoning.
It’s too spicy for my own good but I’ve grown to like things that I hate. I’m not sure what the side dish is called but I think it’s Kimchi. What is up with Korean cuisine? They pile you with hot foods until you can no longer stand them.
That place also had I wall where you can write thoughts on your bias K-Pop groups and I knew I just had to pour my fan girl feelings out.
Sorry for my shallowness, it happens sometimes. Gotta unleash this monster before it starts to eat its own body.
