Hotteok: Korea’s Winter Street Pancake Explained
The Sound Before the Taste You usually hear hotteok before you see it. The oil sizzles.The dough presses flat against metal.Sugar begins to melt inside. “Hotteok.” (호떡) In English, it is often translated as “Korean sweet pancake.” The translation is technically correct, but it does not carry the season. Hotteok belongs to winter. Not officially.