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Street Food & Snacks 분식·길거리 음식

22 Korean street foods and snacks explained — what's in each one, how spicy it is, and how to order it.

Bunsik (분식) are cheap snack-bar foods — tteokbokki, gimbap, fish cake skewers, sundae and fried snacks — eaten at small counter shops, markets and street carts. Street stalls change with the seasons: in winter look for fish-shaped bread, hotteok, roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts.

Good to know

At street carts you often pay per piece — fish cake skewers are counted when you finish, and the hot broth is free to sip. Tteokbokki is the spicy one: ask for less spicy (덜 맵게, deol maepge) or try the black bean or rosé versions.

Quick picks

From our dish notes. Recipes vary, so ask if an ingredient matters to you.

Not spicy

Usually vegetarian

No pork

Questions about Korean street foods

Which Korean street foods are winter snacks?

Fish-shaped bread (bungeoppang), carp-shaped bread, flower-shaped red bean cakes, egg bread, hotteok, roasted sweet potatoes and roasted chestnuts appear at street stalls when the weather turns cold.

What is the difference between bungeoppang and ingeoppang?

Both are fish-shaped pastries filled with sweet red bean paste. Ingeoppang (carp bread) is longer and rounder, with a thinner, richer batter.

Which Korean street foods are not spicy?

Not spicy: Black Bean Tteokbokki, Eomuk, Korean Corn Dog, Hotteok, Seed-filled Hotteok, Bungeoppang, Ingeoppang, Gukhwappang, Egg Bread, Tornado Potato, Roasted Sweet Potato, Roasted Chestnuts, Korean Street Toast, Mayak Gimbap, Mandu, Twisted Doughnut, Tanghulu.

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