호떡 hotteokNot spicy

A yeasted pancake pressed flat on a griddle with brown sugar and nuts inside, which come out molten. Wait before the first bite; this burns people every winter.

Quoted as printed, from the chapter on reading a Korean menu.

Hotteok being pressed flat on the griddle. The filling inside is molten sugar — it is served far hotter than it looks.

Allergens, honestly

The sentence above does not name any of the nineteen. That is not the same as there being none.

This is only what the sentence above names. Korean stock is built before anything visible reaches the bowl — dried anchovy, clams and simmered bone are ordinary, and soy sauce is usually brewed from wheat as well as soybeans. Ask.

이 국물에 멸치나 조개가 들어 있어요?

i gungmure myeolchina jogaega deureo isseoyo?

Is there anchovy or shellfish in this broth?

Sweet things, mostly bought standing up

Dessert after a meal is not really the habit here; sweet things are their own outing, bought from a cart in winter or sat down for in summer. Cash is still the safer bet at a street cart, though most now take cards.

Ordered from the same page of the menu

This is one line of a longer book

The chapter this came from runs to sixteen pages, and the allergy chapter next to it explains what the nineteen leave out. Both are in the guidebook.

See the guidebook