Hye-Mi Cho from Korea Street
food stands are very popular in Korea. They take
their name from the two kinds of hot foods they
sell: Dukbokgi and Odeng. They are mixed with sliced vegetables in a pan with a spicy red dressing. Fifteen minutes later, they are ready to eat. Odeng is made of ground fish. It comes in various shapes: some are square, others are round, and still others are stick style. You can buy big or small ones. At these food stands, you can also eat Odeng, which has been boiled in a pot. It's served on a long stick so you can eat it easily, and it's eaten with soy sauce. The food sold at these stands is not expensive, compared to what other foods in Korea cost. Each Dukbokgi and Odeng costs about twenty to fifty cents, depending on the owner. Each food stand has its own recipes for its food; for example, some like to add sugar or other special ingredients in the food. Usually, there is just one owner, but if the food stand is big, there may be two or three owners. When I was an elementary school student, I used to stop at one of these stands everyday after school to eat this food because I liked it so much. Near my school, there was a Dukbokgi and Odeng food stand which was and still is famous in my hometown. I remember standing there many times eating Odeng with soup. Return: Food Stands Around the World | A World of Food | Home Page TOPICS
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