Food Detective / South Korea / Hodu-gwaja

Hodu-gwaja (walnut cakes) · 호두과자

호두과자 · Hodu-gwaja

Small walnut-shaped cakes filled with red bean paste and a piece of walnut, sold at train stations and rest stops.

Kind
Snacks & sweets, Bread & bakery
Cooking
Grilled
Taste
Sweet, Light bite · Not spicy
Served · texture
Hot or cold · Soft cake, sweet bean centre

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients, including hidden ones

Main ingredient
Wheat
Usually included
Peanuts & nuts, Egg, Other grains
  • Contains walnut (tree nut), wheat and usually egg.

Basis: General recipe. Shops differ and unlisted ingredients can be present; this is not an allergy guarantee.

CHAINS

Which chain, which menu item

Prices in local currency (KRW).

No chain with a confirmed menu item yet. Find restaurants on Google Maps ↗

“Signature” is used only when the brand itself says so. No sales ranking is invented, and no dish is judged tastier than another.

PRICE GUIDE

General price guide · One small paper bag (count varies)

Budget
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Typical
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Premium
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Separate from chain menu prices. Premium reflects setting and service, not a rip-off.

ORDERING

Phrases to show when ordering

새우는 빼 주세요
Please leave out shrimp (saeu-neun ppae-juseyo)
해산물은 빼 주세요
Please leave out seafood (haesanmul-eun ppae-juseyo)
멸치 육수나 액젓이 들어가나요?
Is there anchovy broth or fish sauce in it? (myeolchi yuksu-na aekjeot-i deureoganayo?)
돼지고기는 못 먹어요
I can’t eat pork (dwaeji-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
소고기는 못 먹어요
I can’t eat beef (so-gogi-neun mot meogeoyo)
계란은 빼 주세요
Please leave out egg (gyeran-eun ppae-juseyo)
견과류 알레르기가 있어요
I’m allergic to nuts (gyeongwaryu allereugi-ga isseoyo)
안 맵게 해 주세요
Not spicy, please (an maepge hae-juseyo)
알레르기가 있어요
I have an allergy (allereugi-ga isseoyo) — then say the ingredient

A request, not a guarantee the ingredient can be removed.

Recipe sources: Wikipedia — Hodu-gwaja (2026-10-18). Photos are Google results AMS does not vouch for; check opening status on Google Maps.