Holiday Ayo - Have you ever eaten Tteokbokki before? Tteokbokki is a South Korean dish made from rice flour. Generally, Tteok is simmered in a sweet and spicy sauce made from gochujang (red chili paste), soy sauce, sugar, and other ingredients, such as garlic, onions, and dried anchovies.

Tteokbokki is usually served with sliced boiled eggs, sliced cheese, and some vegetables.

Tteokbokki is a food that always appears in Korean dramas, vlogs or TV shows, so that tteokbokki is known by many people even outside of South Korea.

Here's why Tteokbokki is everyone's favorite, especially South Korea cited from IDN Times :

1. Delicious

One of the reasons tteobokki is so delicious is because the ingredients are prepared with Korean spices. The hot sauce is made from a mixture of gochujang or Korean chili paste, soy sauce, sugar and other ingredients. When eaten, this sauce gives a very rich sensation and is also delicious on the tongue.

Apart from that, the tteok or rice dough used in this food also gives a chewy taste which is very pleasant when bitten. Fluffy tteok with hot and sweet sauce makes for a very tasty and satisfying combination.

2. The price is affordable

The price of this snack is relatively cheap and can be found in many places. The price is cheap because the ingredients are easy to get and the manufacturing process is simple.

In South Korea, tteokbokki is easy to find in street food or restaurants with affordable prices, starting from 1,000-5,000 South Korean won, depending on the amount of additional ingredients added and portion size. This is what makes it one of the popular street food in South Korea.

3. Easy to find

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Tteokbokki can be found anywhere in South Korea, from street vendor carts to large restaurants and hip cafes. Restaurants are the best places to try authentic tteokbokki and usually offer a variety of variations, such as spicy tteokbokki, tteokbokki with cheese, and fried tteokbokki.

Street food in South Korea serves tteokbokki in practical and easy-to-carry packages, so you can enjoy it while walking around the city. Some food outlets even offer tteokbokki with various types of toppings, such as anchovies, sausages and eggs.

4. Rich in nutrients

Tteokbokki contains lots of nutrients and fiber which are good for health. This food is made from glutinous rice which is cut into small sticks, then cooked with gochujang sauce and several other ingredients such as meat, anchovies, eggs and cheese.

In general, tteokbokki has a fairly high carbohydrate content from the glutinous rice and sugar in the gochujang sauce. Meanwhile, the protein and fat content in tteokbokki is relatively low. However, some additional ingredients, such as anchovies and eggs, can provide a slightly better protein intake.

5. Hot spicy sauce

One of the charms of tteokbokki is that this food is served hot, so it is suitable to be enjoyed in cold weather. When served, tteokbokki is usually still melted and hot, thus creating a warm sensation on the tongue.

The hot state of tteokbokki also makes this food taste more delicious and delicious. Because when it's hot, the gochujang sauce and other spices mix well and seep into the tteok, giving it a savory and spicy sensation that fits right on the tongue.