This Cute Little Shop always has a huge line. In English it is Mamae Cup Chicken. It’s 1000 for a small cup and 2000 for a large cup. I believe they recently changed the name to Lee’ cup of Chicken.
They mix pieces of crisp chicken and fried rice cakes in a sweet and spicy chili sauce and then layer in tater tots and top this with honey mustard.
Here are the ladies hard at work assembling the Spicy Cup O’ Chicken.
Here is the finished cup. Just grab a toothpick and go for a walk.
Location: Right down from the main entrance from Sookmyeong Woman’s University.
Holy Street Food: Spicy Cup O’ Chicken Tuesday, Jun 30 2009
cheap eats and chicken and korean fried chicken and snacks and sookmyeong and street food 8:30 pm
Robyn Lee from Serious Eats is flying in Today! Tuesday, May 5 2009
Food and friends and korea and korean food and Seoul Eats and street food 7:42 am
Wow.
So, I am waiting at the Incheon Airport for Robyn Lee from Seriouseats.com and The Girl Who Ate Everything to come in. It’s been a month of planning to this point. For the past year and a half I have been living in Korea and I have been writing about and promoting Korean food. Last month the Institute of Traditional Korean Food approached me and asked me to help them prepare for the Rice Cake Fair that they are holding on Friday and Saturday.
I saw the rice cake fair as an opportunity to really promote Korea in a new way. In this day and age, traditional media is failing. Newspapers are dying off and it is the same with radio and television. So what is there? There’s the Internet. And through this, a new kind of marketing is happening. Now with a only a small team of people large scale projects can be accomplished.
Let me take the time to thank Terry Rah and Soo Hyang Choi from the Institute of Traditional Korean Food. I also would like to thank Dr. Yoon Sook-ja for making this possible.
Tomorrow Rachel Yang from Seattle will be flying in. I can’t wait to meet her. Her food and her story sounds amazing. I plan on taking them around to the best that Seoul has to offer. I just wish we had more time.
Well, 20 minutes to go. I’ll be sure to keep you posted on the upcoming foodie adventures. We are planning to go meet Mr. Paul Schenks of the COEX Intercontinental Hotel and Chef Hickey of the Walker Hill Hotel. Also, Robyn is on the hunt for French Fry Encrusted Hot Dogs and Gelato. Rachel is back home after many years.
Oh, and you’ll be able to hear Robyn speak on Wednesday on Drivetime (tbs eFM radio 101.3FM) with Sam and Annabelle at 4pm. Rachel will be on the Evening Show with Sid Kim at 7:oo on Thursday.
And Yann Kerloch and Gilles Collot will be filming their adventures for a documentary.
I don’t plan on sleeping.
Dan
Dung Bang!!! AKA Poop Bread! Monday, May 4 2009
bizarre foods and dessert and dung and insadong and Seoul Eats and street food 10:12 pm
What is Korea’s obsession with Dung? I mean there are even children’s books on it. Seriously. No joke. One I read tells the story of how a little turd was born from a dog and then lived its life until it grew up (or decomposed) to become a beautiful flower.
Yeah. Sure.
Well, in Insadong in Seoul. There is the huge art/ shopping complex called the Ssamzigil. Here you can find a cart named Dalki (Korean for Strawberry) that sells red bean bread in the shape of strawberries and Dung.
How do they taste?
Well…It’s more about the look than the taste.
Dan
Random Pics: Street Food from Year’s Past Wednesday, Apr 15 2009
korean food and New York Times and street food 6:25 am
Sweet Potato Fries Monday, Nov 3 2008
고구마 and korean food and street food and sweet potato 5:30 am
I want some sweet potato fries like woah. I’ve been craving them since the beginning of October.
Does anyone happen to know where I could find sweet potato fries?
I’ve given up hope of finding any, and started looking for recipes to make some on my own.
I’ve never actually made sweet potato fries before, but this recipe looks delicious, and easy. I don’t think I have any ground fennel on hand though…
This recipe for cumin sweet potato fries also looks realllly good.
Korean sweet potatoes are a little different from American sweet potatoes.
What Americans think of as a sweet potato.
Korean sweet potatoes.
Notice the color difference? The texture is a little different as well.
I’m wondering if the difference is big enough to create a problem when making fries… I managed to make sweet potato casserole last year easily enough.
Has anyone tried making sweet potato fries using korean sweet potatoes, or goguma (고구마)? I’d love some advice. 
- Lily
(aka Lunalil)
Sweet Potato Fries Monday, Nov 3 2008
고구마 and korean food and street food and sweet potato 5:30 am
I want some sweet potato fries like woah. I’ve been craving them since the beginning of October.
Does anyone happen to know where I could find sweet potato fries?
I’ve given up hope of finding any, and started looking for recipes to make some on my own.
I’ve never actually made sweet potato fries before, but this recipe looks delicious, and easy. I don’t think I have any ground fennel on hand though…
This recipe for cumin sweet potato fries also looks realllly good.
Korean sweet potatoes are a little different from American sweet potatoes.
What Americans think of as a sweet potato.
Korean sweet potatoes.
Notice the color difference? The texture is a little different as well.
I’m wondering if the difference is big enough to create a problem when making fries… I managed to make sweet potato casserole last year easily enough.
Has anyone tried making sweet potato fries using korean sweet potatoes, or goguma (고구마)? I’d love some advice.
- Lily
(aka Lunalil)
Sweet Potato Fries Monday, Nov 3 2008
고구마 and korean food and street food and sweet potato 5:30 am
I want some sweet potato fries like woah. I’ve been craving them since the beginning of October.
Does anyone happen to know where I could find sweet potato fries?
I’ve given up hope of finding any, and started looking for recipes to make some on my own.
I’ve never actually made sweet potato fries before, but this recipe looks delicious, and easy. I don’t think I have any ground fennel on hand though…
This recipe for cumin sweet potato fries also looks realllly good.
Korean sweet potatoes are a little different from American sweet potatoes.
What Americans think of as a sweet potato.
Korean sweet potatoes.
Notice the color difference? The texture is a little different as well.
I’m wondering if the difference is big enough to create a problem when making fries… I managed to make sweet potato casserole last year easily enough.
Has anyone tried making sweet potato fries using korean sweet potatoes, or goguma (고구마)? I’d love some advice.
- Lily
(aka Lunalil)
I’ll take my egg boiled and deep fried, thank you Sunday, Oct 12 2008
street food 5:20 pm
My first twiggim street encounter was exactly as first described to me – looks great, tastes okay (unless you’re really hungry.) Mostly because it sits cold on the street, having been fried hours before consumption. Regardless, it’s one of those things you just have to try, and heck, I’d probably go back if I were craving something greasy on the go.
But imagine the potential… tempura made fresh to order… a gourmet street stand that let you pick your fried coatings… i.e. Would you like your veggies panko or macadamia nut crusted, Miss?
Nonetheless, I came across something I’ve never seen before. A deep fried boiled egg…!
I’ll take my egg boiled and deep fried, thank you Sunday, Oct 12 2008
street food 5:20 pm
My first twiggim street encounter was exactly as first described to me – looks great, tastes okay (unless you’re really hungry.) Mostly because it sits cold on the street, having been fried hours before consumption. Regardless, it’s one of those things you just have to try, and heck, I’d probably go back if I were craving something greasy on the go.
But imagine the potential… tempura made fresh to order… a gourmet street stand that let you pick your fried coatings… i.e. Would you like your veggies panko or macadamia nut crusted, Miss?
Nonetheless, I came across something I’ve never seen before. A deep fried boiled egg…!
Video: Bundaeggi! Monday, Oct 6 2008
bizarre foods and korean food and street food and video 5:18 pm
