It's so tasty

street food. those delicious food carts. selling everything from savory fried food to fresh popped rice cakes, hot dogs to bungeoppang (waffle batter poured in a carp fish shaped griddle filled with bean paste) or gyereonppang (similar waffle dough but rectagular oval in shape and filled with a well done egg). the popped rice carts are amazing. the truck has a red hot steel form (either a tube or a flat iron), rice falls from above on the heated metal portion and almost instantly puffs and flies off with a snap and pop and jumps into some container where it waits to be packaged. there's noodle booths, kimbap (veggie and rice filled seaweed wraps), fishcake on a stick, tteokbogi (chewy rice cake cooked in a spicy sauce), fried veggie fritters, fried sweet potatoes, sundae (not what you think. it's actually pork sausage filled with blood, parts, rice, and veggies. it's a deep purple color and served fried). all this food is really cheap (like under 3000W) and you eat it standing at the cart. food is either served on a stick or on a plastic plate covered with a plastic bag for easy cleanup no washing just peal the bag off and serve another portion. the carts don't have running water so this makes perfect sense and cut out the need for lots of wasted paper products. most people stop and chat with the cart owner, if it's the local neighborhood vendor it's easy to form a relationship if you have any korean vocabulary.