Winter Snack Street 붕어빵

After the frost sets in, a common sight along streets include popular winter snacks such as baked sweet potatoes, roasted chestnuts, hoppang (steamed buns) and bungeo-ppang (red bean in fish-shaped wafer).

Despite Korea’s rapid development, these traditional snacks remain almost unchanged, and bring back childhood memories for Koreans who stops for a bite.
Warm up while taking a bite of traditional Korean culture!

Bungeo-ppang / Ingeo-ppang
(fish-shaped wafer filled with sweet red bean paste)

The bungeo-ppang or ingeo-ppang, also known as hwanggeum Ingeo-ppang (goldfish-shaped bun), is made of dough from wheat flour and glutinous rice flour and is filled with red bean paste. Bungeo-ppang is chewier than hoppang because of the glutinous rice (sticky rice) flour. Bungeo-ppang carts can be seen all over the streets of Seoul as they fill the streets with a delicious aroma. Five bungeo-ppang usually sell for a mere 2,000 KRW! Some believe the way one eats their bungeo-ppang says a lot about one’s character. Head first or tail first? Those enjoying the snack head first are considered positive and passionate individuals while tail first are likely to be sensitive, romantic and fashionable. Its fun to notice what your friends choose!

[for fun] :
*Eats head first: Easy-going optimist, unconcerned with trivial things, says whatever comes to mind. Has passion, but it can dwindle easily.
*Eats tail first: Cautious. A romanticist concerned with the fine details; is slow in catching onto other’s feelings.
*Eats stomach first: Masculine, active, bright, and outgoing.
*Eats fins first: Temperamental and childish; a loner.
*Split in half and eats tail first: Polite, good at saving money, and a rationalist.
*Split in half and eats head first: Strong willed who follows through with plans. Stingy, and does not like to lend money.


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