Korean foods that are familiar to Koreans but fascinating to Vietnamese people 🍡

Foods that are so familiar in Korea that we never thought of them as special!😋

But did you know that in Vietnam, everything from how it looks to how it's eaten might feel surprisingly unusual? 👀

More and more Vietnamese people are discovering Korean food through K-dramas and K-pop.

Thanks to this, Korean street foods such as tteokbokki and gimbap are also gaining popularity.

At an actual Korea-Vietnam cultural festival in Da Nang, dishes like tteokbokki and fish cakes really caught the attention of the locals.

Today, let's take a look at 4 foods that are familiar to Koreans but would be fun to introduce to your Vietnamese friends! 😋

🌶️ 1. Tteokbokki — Red rice cakes? You can make a dish like this with rice cakes?

A signature Korean street food made of chewy rice cakes tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce!

Even for Vietnamese people, who eat rice as a staple food, the chewy texture of tteokbokki can be an interesting experience.

It would be fun to see them take on the spicy challenge, especially when they spot the red seasoning, right? Of course, there are also plenty of Vietnamese people who love spicy food.🔥

🍙 2. Gimbap — rice and side dishes rolled up in seaweed?

Gimbap, made by rolling up rice, eggs, vegetables, ham, and more in seaweed!

Vietnam also has many dishes made with rice and a variety of ingredients.

However, gimbap, which combines several ingredients at once and is eaten in bite-sized pieces, may feel like something new and different.

They're easy to eat and come with a variety of fillings, so they make a great meal while you're traveling. 🥢

🍢 3. Fish Cakes and Broth — A Korean Street Snack Eaten on Skewers

Fish cake skewers, a common sight on Korean streets in winter! -🍥-🍥-🍥---

It is characterized by soaking fish cakes in warm broth and eating them, and by dipping skewered fish cakes in soy sauce before eating.

Vietnam also has dishes made with fish cakes.

However, enjoying the atmosphere of a Korean-style fish cake street stall together with a warm broth is another charm of its own. 😊

🍠 4. Hotteok — a hot little flat thing stuffed with lots of honey inside?

Hotteok, a Korean street snack that's crispy on the outside and sweet on the inside!

When you fill the dough with brown sugar, cinnamon, and more, then flatten and cook it, the warm filling melts into something like a sweet syrup.

Be careful when you first cut into it, because hot honey syrup may flow out!

If you love sweet snacks, this is a menu item worth introducing to your Vietnamese friends. 🍯

Food that's part of everyday life for Koreans can be a brand-new experience for someone else!

Even foods that are familiar to Koreans, like tteokbokki, gimbap, fish cakes, and hotteok, to people from other countries

It can be an opportunity to experience new flavors and textures.

Try introducing Korean food to a local friend during your trip to Da Nang.

Or, conversely, rediscovering familiar Vietnamese dishes through the eyes of a Korean could also be part of the fun of traveling, don't you think?

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Is there a Korean dish you'd really love to introduce to your foreign friends?

Or is there a Vietnamese dish you'd like to introduce to your Korean friends? Let us know in the comments! 👇

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