Spicy rice cake or Tteokbokki is a traditional street food that can be purchased from street vendors all around the country.

Rice cakes are made from rice flour and cut into different shapes depending on the dish. The ingredients to cook spicy rice cake are very simple, and everyone can cook it at home. You only need rice cakes, onions, carrots, cabbages, and special Korean chili sauce.

There are plenty of dishes that can be made from rice cakes, such as hot cheese rice cake, fried rice cake, rice cake soup, etc. But the traditional spicy rice cake is the most popular and ranked at the top of the most loved spicy dishes.

The characteristic hot spicy taste makes this dish a perfect choice to dispel the cold of Korean winter.

As one of the familiar dishes of Koreans and the perfect choice for food lovers, fish cake or odeng is a well-known food especially in winter. Just like spicy rice cake, the fish cake is also sold everywhere on the streets in Korea.

There is two way to cook this dish: skewers or soup. Fish cake is cut thickly and skewered on a wooden stick. It’s been eaten with a paper cup full of the soup it’s boiled in. Especially, fish cakes are cooked in a hot sweet soup with spicy rice cakes always have a special appeal in cold weather.

Fish cake is very popular with tourists, and Busan is the best place for this food. Make sure you can enjoy the dish when traveling to Korea.

The cold weather in winter is a great time together with family or friends at the hot barbecue.

The barbecue table is placed in a central position, convenient for everyone at the table to enjoy. The meat will be grilled and enjoyed at the same time. Slices of pork belly fry on the blazing fires in front of you, while you patiently wait to pick them out, wrap them up with lettuce, a little kimchi, grilled garlic, and Korean chili sauce, and stuff them in your mouth. Bringing you a wonderful combination in winter.

Moreover, simple ingredients and processing ways that give off a delicious taste are the highlights that make barbecue not only attractive in Korea but have also become popular in many countries around the world.

Kimchi Soup or Kimchi Stew is a familiar dish and is always present in the daily meals of Korean people.

Kimchi soup is cooked with kimchi combined with other ingredients such as meat, tofu, onion, etc and indispensable is the typical spicy chili sauce of Korea. In addition, people can also use seafood to cook kimchi soup like squid, fish, shrimp, etc. This soup is suitable for eating with instant ramen or hot rice. On a cold and rainy day in Korea, a bowl of kimchi soup and a bowl of hot rice can keep you warm in winter. You can enjoy the spiciness of the soup along with the crispy kimchi.

In Korea, you can find kimchi soup at the most traditional restaurants. This is considered a dish born to warm you in the winter.

Ginseng chicken soup is a nutritious and famous dish in Korea not only in winter but also very popular in hot summer.

The main ingredients to cook this dish include a young chicken, ginseng, jujube, garlic, and rice. The recipe is very sophisticated and meticulous. The soup is made by stuffing the ingredients into the belly of a chicken and tying it up, then stewing it in a pot with plenty of water until the meat is fully cooked. The chicken after taking it out will have a sweet aroma and a rich flavor of ginseng.

In Korea, you can find some special restaurants that serve only Ginseng chicken soup with the secret recipe. This soup is considered a tonic, which can help replenish the body on cold days.

Sweet potato is a favorite snack of Korean people. Many dishes can be made from potatoes such as potato ice cream, grilled sweet potato with cheese, sweet potato soup, etc. But the traditional grilled sweet potato is still the most popular. This is also a snack that Koreans love in the cold weather in winter.

In Korea, sweet potatoes are grilled in large ovens and charcoal. Ripe sweet potatoes taken out of the brazier will have scorched skin, but the inside of the sweet potatoes is ripe and sweet with a warming aroma. Grilled sweet potatoes will be wrapped in paper bags, you can walk and enjoy in the cold weather of winter.

It will be a great experience when coming to Korea. Besides, you can also easily see many people pushing carts selling grilled sweet potatoes on the streets in Korea.

Korean pancake, also known as Hotteok, is also a famous street snack in Korea, and you can also see it at traditional markets there. You can just watch people make a cake and enjoy it as soon as it is cooked on the street.

Hotteok is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, and yeast. With the filling inside, depending on the preference there are so many options for you to choose from, such as strawberry, green tea, red bean, chocolate, etc. The traditional pancake is the most favorite with brown sugar, cinnamon, nuts, and seeds.

When you travel to Korea, you can eat this cake during the year, but it will be more special when enjoyed in winter with its crispy outside, soft inside, and attractive with the sweet aroma of the pancake.

Korean Egg Bread, also known as Gyeran Bbang, is a must-try street food when coming to Korea in the winter. It makes a perfect brunch or snack.

The main ingredients, including flour, eggs, and milk, are easy to prepare at home. Enjoy the mushy, hotcakes with the greasy aroma of eggs, making the dish even more attractive on typical cold days in Korea. In addition, you can decorate with cheese, bacon, or sweet corn to make the egg bread more delicious than the traditional flavor. You can find Egg Bread on the street food, around markets, or near the park.

Korean Egg Bread gradually becomes popular and a favorite dish of not only Korean but also many tourists when traveling to Korea.