November eleventh is a special day named after a snack called 빼빼로. 빼빼로 is a commercial snack usually sold in a thin rectangular box. The snack itself consists of chocolate covered sticks made of cookie dough. Usually people eat the sticks two at a time. When you place two sticks together they look like the number eleven. That’s why the eleventh of November (which is also the eleventh month) is the designated day for Pepero Day.
In South Korea, Pepero Day is a lot like Valentines Day. Pepero Day is a day where people give 빼빼로 snacks to friends and lovers. It’s a day usually capitalized by the younger generation. All over Korea, you’ll see stores sell these packaged baskets full of Pepero. Some local bakeries make their own special version of the Pepero sticks. It’s a day where businesses really profit, and many try to sell as many of these chocolate varieties. The most common kind are the ones covered with chocolate, but there are also the kinds covered with strawberry. There are also the kinds covered with chocolate nuts as well. The choices are pretty diverse.
Even though the majority of snacks sold on Pepero Day are the 빼빼로 sticks, 초코파이 is also a popular alternative. Choco Pies are these round shaped chocolate covered snacks with cream filling. Some people freeze the Choco Pies and eat them like a frozen treat. Like the Pepero sticks, the Choco Pies are also sold in red boxes. Both Pepero and Choco Pie are classic Korean snacks loved and consumed by both adults and children.
파전 - is a pancake made of green onions. The green onions are sliced into long strips. Then they are mixed in a batter of flour and eggs, with a little salt. The 파전 is fried and the edges are usually crispy. Like most Korean pancakes, they are cut into squares and dipped into some soy sauce.
김치전 - is a pancake made of 김치. I make this when I have some 김치 that’s about to spoil. Instead of letting it go to waste, I put it in some batter and fry it. The red pepper of the 김치 give the pancake a reddish/pink color.
호박전 - is made of squash. The squash can be sliced into thin strips, but most often it’s cut into thin circles. The 호박전 tend to look like mini pancakes. A lot of them are small enough to fit your mouth. One tip I’ll suggest is to chop them into thin round slices, so that they cook all the way through.
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Gulgukbap (굴국밥) is a type of hejangguk (
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Before I go let me tell you a little more about jajang myun (자장면). There is the instant kind, where you boil some water and mix in the black paste, but the ones at good restaurants hand make the noodles. Jajang myun (자장면) is really inexpensive. About 3-4 U.S. dollars per bowl, which includes the side dishes. The side dishes include kimchi (김치) or spicy cabbage and danmuji (단무지) or pickled radish. If you’re still hungry you can mix some rice with the black bean paste sauce. This is called jajang bap (자장밥). If you’re really hungry you can order a kopbbegi (곱빼기), which is double the portion of one bowl of jajang myun (자장면).
호떡 is a Korean pancake made of flour, water, sugar, yeast, milk, brown sugar and cinnamon. The batter is poured on a griddle in the shape of a circle. 호떡 tastes sweet. The filler is honey, which oozes out of the pancake when you take a bite out of it. I like American pancakes, but it’s a little hard to take the pancake on the go. The fact that the syrup needs to be poured on the outside necessitates a plate and a fork. Since the 호떡 has everything inside, all you need are your hands and maybe a cardboard to hold the scalding hot 호떡.
붕어빵 are kind of like waffle cakes. The batter is poured into a mold that looks like a fish and 팥 or red bean paste is spread over the batter, which is then covered up with some more batter. 붕어빵 is soft and crunchy (if you make it right). Sometimes 붕어빵 is sold frozen with an ice cream filling. These 붕어빵 are sold in convenience stores and not on the street. For the cost of about one U.S. dollar you can get at least three 붕어빵. 
호빵 is made of rice flour with sweet bean paste. The sweet bean paste. They look like white, round dumplings. My favorite are the sweet ones, but there are different kinds of 호빵. Some have vegetables inside, while others are more creative with meat and cheese. You can also get these at retail stores in pre-packaged cases, but I prefer them fresh off the street. Unlike the other street food, which are fried, 호빵 is steamed with boiling water. 
