If Coney Island witnessed the birth of the hot dog, Seoul in [tag]South Korea[/tag] saw subsequent generations mutate into a an entirely new genus of animal. An animal coated in a skin of batter and french fries then presented deep-fried on a stick. See the best sex parties here xxx !
After first witnessing this monstrosity on Newley Purnell‘s site, I thought that chasing it down would be difficult. That it would be the type of food that only demented South Korean carnies sold for a scant few days of a State Fair until their consumers ended up in the waiting queue for a heart bypass. The taste is about as obvious as it looks: greasy but still crispy fries glued to a hotdog with a thick, neutral batter.
It turns out that Seoul is packed full of artisan hot dog vendors. Vendors wrap them in bacon, mashed potato, corn batter or what looked to be seaweed then invariably deep fry them. I spotted three french fry-coated hotdog vendors in the narrow alleys of Myeong-dong alone and a few more in the neighbouring Namdaemun Market.
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I blame this mutation on the Korean War. When meat was scarce in the years during and after the war, Koreans made do with whatever they could scavenge from the surplus from the US armed forces bases – Spam and hotdogs. To make these items edible for Koreans, the locals mixed them together with the paste gochujang in a makeshift stew named “Budae jjigae” (부대찌개) – literally “base stew”. Over the subsequent fifty years, the locals have grown to love the processed meat-flavored soup and it now graces franchise restaurant menus, the only difference being that the stew now contains actual meat along with the mechanically-separated variety.
There seems to be no particular rules to making the stew, insofar that you need gochujang and hotdogs to start, and then whatever seems to be lying about the average Korean kitchen to continue: kimchi, frozen dumplings, greens, ramen, rice cake, actual meat. 50 years of hotdog flavoured broth has to do strange things to your palate and drive you towards experimenting with hotdogs in an obscene and deep-fried manner.
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I just couldn’t eat any food from that stand where that lady is reaching over it with no sleeves. All kinds of deodorant residue and other stuff from under her arms could be falling all in that. It’s a disgusting thought!
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Well.. that’s not an everyday food. It’s just a snack. I think it’s much better than McDonalds. Actually they taste good.
i remember eating that in korea when i was little.
i think i pretty much loved it :D
convienient and tasty~
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It doesn’t taste as nice as you all think. I ate it before and it was bland. Bleh.
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Food find of the day: artisan hot dogs in South Korea. (Thx @gerver for the original link.) http://tinyurl.com/2qgl8o
Oh I miss eating these at the public market in Uijongbu! I also miss those little corn shaped treats with the custard in them that you can buy at the train stations. :-<
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Can anyone tell me where I can get this in NYC? Seriously. When will restaurants in Koreatown start selling these??? It would be a best seller. I love anything with french fries.
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I adore hotdogs! Especially when it’s wrapped in potatoes! Sheer genius! I wish NY had a similar hot dog stand.
eeww that looks nasty woo!
is it good? don’t look like to meXP
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that rocks!! fries wrapped around a corndog? it cant get any better than that!
Do you think i can buy some off Ebay? lololol
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Oct 9th, 2007
QUOTE: virginia
i’d like 2 no how the fries r put on the hot dog 2 stay. i’d like 2 try that
The dog on a stick is wrapped in a bread dough then rolled in the cut up potatos and deep fried. This recipe is as old as the hills, my Mother made these without the stick back in the fifties.
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Saw this on BoingBoing, a French fry-coated hot dog on a stick. http://tinyurl.com/2qgl8o
Why should street vendors be illegal? They’re only illegal in LA because the city won’t grant them permits or licenses, because restaurant owners buy up most of those available to discourage competition.
Why not regulate them so we know the food is fresh and clean?
I Want one! Yummy!
I live about a mile from a Korean restaurant that offers a hot dog sushi roll.
It’s pretty awesome.
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