Food Detective / South Korea / Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) · 떡볶이
떡볶이 · Tteokbokki
Chewy cylinder rice cakes simmered in a sweet and spicy red sauce, usually with fish cakes.
- Kind
- Street food
- Cooking
- Boiled
- Taste
- Sweet, Salty, Light bite · Spicy
- Served · texture
- Hot · Very chewy, sticky sauce
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients, including hidden ones
- Usually included
- Rice, Fish
- Sometimes added
- Egg
- Varies by region or shop
- Wheat
- Can be in the sauce or broth
- Tofu & soy
- Fish cakes are a usual ingredient and the broth is often anchovy-based.
- Rice cakes may be made of rice or wheat flour (mil-tteok).
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).
| Brand | Menu item | What’s different | Serving | Price |
|---|
| Sinjeon Tteokbokki 신전떡볶이 | 떡볶이 (Tteokbokki) Status unknown | No brand description | One serving | Price not published |
| Cheongnyeon Dabang 청년다방 | 떡볶이 (Tteokbokki) Status unknown | No brand description | One serving | Price not published |
Find Sinjeon Tteokbokki stores ↗Find Cheongnyeon Dabang stores ↗
“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 serving
- 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 — Tteokbokki (2026-10-18). Photos are Google results AMS does not vouch for; check opening status on Google Maps.