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Street Food in Korea

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I know this is something you are all excited for, so I thought a blog post on street food would be fun! I LOVE street food (and just Korean food in general) and definitely ate my fair share of it. In this post I'll talk about the different kinds and street food, my favorites, and show pictures of the food!  Hopefully it's entertaining ^^ Street food stalls are all over Seoul... I would pass multiple ones every day, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find street food, especially in popular areas (Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, Hongdae). --------------------------------------------------------------- GUIDE TO KOREAN STREET FOOD: 떡볶이 - Spicy long rice cakes in a sauce made from red pepper paste; also contains fish cakes, sometimes egg (depending on the place) 순대 - Blood sausage; pig intestines stuffed with noodles (당면), barley, blood, and other various fillings (also depending on the place) 오뎅 - Fish cakes, also called 어묵 (Korean name); fish cakes on a stick. These are ...