Amazing Street Foods Worth a Visit in South Korea

It’s not the meat you thought! Chicken skewers with various sauces

Food on skewers is one of the staples of Korean fast food. You can mix everything you want, it looks appetizing and it’s very comfortable to eat on the go.

Not all food on skewers is fried. O Kkochi Eomuk it’s a fish cake that you put on a skewer and boil in a broth. It is served with vegetables and you get an interesting mixture of cake with toppings and broth. It’s popular in winter

You tteokbokki also heat up, they are pieces of pasta in hot sauce. The simplest versions are served with sauce, the more complex ones include meat or fish.

An egg cake is very popular and can be found everywhere. One of the most economical ways to satisfy hunger on the street

More octopuses! Koreans make everything with them, from skewers to roasts and soups. And not just in restaurants.

Of the other seafood, the most requested is the squid.

scallops with cheese

Crawfish and shrimp. Several prawns are placed on skewers and fried in oil with honey or simply browned on the grill. Perfect!

Note the extravagant way in which they use marine motifs in their cooking. These stuffed fish are very popular on the streets. For stuffing they use beans

That’s how fries are sold on the street. The whole potato is sliced, placed on a skewer and fried. It’s called a “potato tornado”

It’s a potato chip. The tubers are roasted whole on a grill. Both adults and children like

In general, potato is widely used in various street food dishes. Here’s a rich combination of potato, cheese and sausage on a skewer. looks very appetizing

If you want to eat something light, then there are options like fried chestnuts.

Insect larvae. They look like seeds or nuts

Koreans aren’t the biggest candy fans, but they do like ice cream. Including an original like this

Fruits are also very popular as desserts. In plastic containers or on a skewer

Among the not-so-usual fruits are a fist-sized Korean melon and an unusual fruit: a mixture of watermelon and mango that is grown in Korea.

After eating all this, you can have a sweet rice drink.

Bonus: Seeing street bosses at work is a pleasure