korean treats in flushing
there's a small stand right outside of the han yang mart on northern blvd (at 151st street) selling hot, freshly made korean pastries. i think it must have opened within the last 4 months or so. except for a sign saying "hot corn" and one saying "sweet yam," there isn't any english signage so we had to go with the point and smile system. we got a bag of fish-shaped cakes stuffed with sweet black beans, which i believe are bungeoppang, and some pancakes (made from a chewier batter) stuffed with cinnamon-sugar syrup (which got all caramel-y in the cooking process). both were great. it's hard to beat warm, sweet dough on a snowy day.
By wleatherette
on Jan 18, 2009 11:31 AM
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That stand has been there for years. At least before I wrote about Hanyang several years ago.
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it hasn't been operational the past half dozen or so times i've been there in the recent past. it isn't the small snack shop you mention in your post, which sells noodles, dumplings, rice cakes, etc.
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I mentioned the outdoor food stand in the first paragraph of the old post. And I think it's mostly in operation on the weekends, when there's more of a festival atmosphere around that parking lot. Either way, it's been in operation for a while.
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oh, right! i see it now. since you just mentioned an outdoor food stand with no description, i guess i missed it! my bad! hope you can forgive the redundancy! :) :)
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The "pancake" is probably a version of hotteok. Adding some sweet rice flour to the regular flour gives it the chewier composition.
Hotteok also often contains some type of nut, like crushed peanuts or pine nuts.
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yup, one of the pancakes had crushed peanuts. thanks for the info.
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They also have this (last time I checked which was about a year ago) at the H-Mart on Union Street. I love those fish cakes with bean paste. Sorry, I know a lot of people like the Japanese version, but my preference is for the Korean one because it's hot and crispy. And the hotteuk is awesome.
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i need to go here soon, my gf said this place is good and i LOVE hotteuk
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Yeah, that stuff is the best! Hot, crispy, chewy, sweet and slightly greasy. I wish I had some hotteuk to jam down my throat to dislodge a fish bone this weekend instead of a taro mochi ball.
Also wanted to clarify my position about the bungeoppang versus taiyaki. Taiyaki can be hot and crispy when just made, but has more of a "cake-like" interior while bungeoppang's outside is more like a crispy shell.
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Also, with respect to the Union Street HMart, I noticed, for the first time, a guy cooking sweet potatoes over a barrel. Maybe he's been there for a while, but this was the first time I've noticed. Made me feel like I was back in Seoul, perousing any number of street treats in chilly weather.
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