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Dessert Around The World: Korea

Hi there everyone! So today's destination is Korea (go figure, since i like Korea so much)! Enjoy!

Bungeoppang

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Image taken from golden-rama
Bungeoppang is a stuffed pastry similar to waffle in the shape of a fish. Bungeo 붕어 is the Korean for Carassius Fish and Ppang 빵 means bread. It's similar to Japanese fish-shaped bread, Takiyaki, since it is introduced to Korea by the Japanese in the 1930. This pastry are commonly eaten during winter and are sold by street vendors across Korea, and usually stuffed with red bean paste.

Patbingsu

Patbingsu literally means red beans with shaved ice. But not to worry, this dessert doesn't only serve shaved ice along with red beans, it also have chopped fruit, milk, and syrup on it. Now days, patbingsu also served with marshmallow, ice cream, and jelly. The earliest history of patbingsu was recorded in the Jeoseon dynasty and it was only shaved ice with red bean paste, ground nuts, and Tteok. 

Hotteok

Hotteok is a filled pancake sold on streets vendors during the winter int Korea. It's made with wheat flour, sugar, milk, water and yeast and is filled with sweet filling such as honey, chopped peanuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It's shaped to a large circle and served with baking paper or tissue as the holder. Hotteok was brought to Korea by a Chinese merchant in the 19th century, They changed the filling from savory to sweet fillings to suit the Korean taste. 
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Image taken from bakingbites

So, That's for today's destination guys, See you on our next destination! Bye!


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