Bob Sticks! (밥 스티크)

I know what you're thinking! WHO IS BOB??? Well... Bob is great. He makes delicious snacks in Korea. But actually Bob isn't a man. "Bob" is a word you get when you take the Korean word for rice and translate it into English and then misspell it. If you want to pronounce the Korean word for rice, you need to say "Bop".

So, near my church in Dobong (도봉) there is a little snack stand, shown in the picture.




Anyway, a man and his wife work there, and they sell rice sticks. I Think in the picture you can see that they have hot iron molders. They start by putting in some kind of batter, and then they pack it with steamed rice. The batter is ONLY to allow the rice to stick together when it's all cooked. Then, they take toppings of your choice and spread them across the top. When it's all finished, they put it on a foil wrapper that conveniently slides away from a thin piece of cardboard as you eat it. It's SO delicious and cheap! About $1 each!

They have a pizza bop stick... a fried chicken cutlet bop stick with Japanese Tonkatsu sauce on top... and many many other kinds!