A couple of years ago I saw tteokbokki featured heavily in a K-Drama and decided that I wanted to love the dish. Not exactly sure what it was about it, but I was determined. When I went out to try it for the first time there was a quality that I really enjoyed, but something I couldn’t identify that wasn’t doing it for me. After a few more attempts, I finally identified what was rubbing be the wrong way: the soup stock, specifically the dried anchovies. There isn’t a single manner of preparation I know of where I can tolerate the taste anchovies. Fresh, fried, cook, dried, etc, the taste is completely overpowering and the epitome of fishiness.
When the fate of the tteokbokki I want is in my own hands, I could easily down an entire pot. Everything the recipe calls for, minus the soup stock, sausages, and fish cakes, and with a bunch of cheese. Paired with some makgeolli, and the evening is perfect. However, I’m not always in the mood to cook some up when the craving hits, and would prefer to get some good takeout. I know that instant tteokbokki brands like Yopokki exist, but the preservatives take their toll. No slander to the precious Yopokki, which I’ve eaten enough of to warrant shares in the company.
The point of this this long-winded post: is there a feasible way to order tteokbokki without the soup stock? Does this version of the dish have a different name? The version I like is basically vegetarian, so would asking for that work?
Help me get my basic peasant tteokbokki without making a fool of myself… more than I already have, anyway.
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