Young Korean like to eat Tteokbokki | Yeoljeongdo 'Saenggaknaseo Tteokbokki' in Yongsan, Seoul

Seoul Yongsan has an island. The name is Yeoljeong-do. (* Yeoljeong means passion and Do도 means island in Korean.)

 

About four years ago, young people with little money opened a store in Yongsan's print alley where are declining. Yeoljeong-do began. Yeoljeong-do created by the passion of young people like that.

Yeoljeong-do alley looks like a triangle island if you look at the map! That's why it's called Yeoljeong-do. It means that Yeoljeong-do is not a real island.

 

Yeoljeongdo has become increasingly famous from the nearby Sookmyung Women's University, and now it has become a specialty of Yongsan, Seoul.

 

Today, I came to eat 'Saenggaknaseo Tteokbokki' in Yeoljeongdo. And I relaxed the stress in the 'Comcom Oraksil(old style arcade)' of Yeoljeongdo.

Those shops run by young people all. There are also a lot of young people in their main customer base.

 

First, Saenggaknaseo Tteokbokki is inside of the Yeoljeongdo alley. How about the Tteokbokki shop is managing by young people?

The Tteokbokki shop is very small. There are four tables in the above picture and a few more tables in the left space.

 

Saenggaknaseo Tteokbokki is instant tteokbokki. I was worried about what would happen if I could not order for one person. Fortunately, it is possible to order for a person.

What I chose from the menu is red tteokbokki. You can also choose from a variety of toppings. I chose the side menu instead of topping.

 

It is a Tteokbokki which is put on a gas burner and increases heat more and more. And fried dumplings and rice cakes are on a side menu picture of the left wall. Both of them seemed to be

good, so I decided to order both.

 

This is dumplings. The usual dumplings were mixed with spicy and sweet sauce. It is similar to a spice chicken sauce. The taste is very good. The dumplings are also plump and delicious.

Looks spicy but not spicy at All. I ate four alone.

Fried rice cake that came out during that time. They fried the rice cakes and sprinkled peanuts and condensed milk on them. It is an ordinary combination. But the taste is good! It is the

rice cake which is right after splashed out. It's really crispy and sweet.

Tteokbokki is all cooked. I put one on the plate and eat one. 'Saenggaknaseo Tteokbokki' is not much of a spice. It is sweet and sour. It is a taste that teenagers will like.

It was a little sorry for me, but it is okay. Instead of Tteokbokki, fried dumplings and rice cakes were very delicious.

 

After eating Tteokbokki, I moved to the next place. Comcom Oraksil! It is a place that retains the atmosphere of an old arcade.

 

There is an old game like Initial D. There is also a 'Mole catching' machine which was in front of an old apartment buildings in South Korea.

 

The enthusiasm of young people summoned memories of my childhood. I applaud their enthusiasm for creating such a cultural area in Yongsan.