The Spicy Chew and Street Soul of Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki is one of Korea’s most iconic, comforting, and crave-worthy street foods, built around chewy cylindrical rice cakes called garaetteok simmered in a bold, spicy-sweet sauce made from gochujang (fermented red chili paste), sugar, soy sauce, and garlic, with optional additions such as fish cakes, boiled eggs, scallions, cabbage, ramen noo