Hottoek

Hotteok is also seen as a pancake that is famous and almost seems to be everywhere in Korea. In particular, when autumn colors began to tinge the leaves, I mean when it was cold or cold winter days, this hot dish sold even more. It is not difficult to find a place that sells this type of cake, it can be on the roadside, food stalls in the market, or alleys if you like the feeling of enjoying and wandering here and there. You can also absolutely have a chance to eat it in a fancy restaurant if you prefer

Hotteok cake has two main parts, the crust, and the filling. The crust is a mixture of various flours and yeast. The filling is more diverse with brown sugar, cinnamon powder, and chopped nuts such as walnuts, roasted peanuts, almonds, chestnuts, etc. However, nowadays there are several variations of Hotteok cake, sometimes people even add honey, butter, cheese, or even vegetables to the filling. When making a cake, people will take a little of the filling put it in the dough, and round it. After that, this cake will be put into a pan of frying oil until it is hot slightly golden, and flattened, while the filling inside will melt when biting.

And the price of a Hotteok cake is not too expensive. On average, a Hotteok will cost 1000 won, less than 1 $ So if you are a Korean tourist, you can more or less try this dish, if you don't know where to buy it, it's also easy to find because it's in everywhere.