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Korea, Tteokbokki Q5 During the Joseon Dynasty, where was tteokbokki served? comfort food nostalgic surge stir-fry introduce For the final country on our global food trip, let’s return to Korea. Since our early years, most of us have enjoyed a variety of street foods. Among them, what is your comfort food? 5 10 15 Tteokbokki  (spicy stir-fried rice cakes), is one of the most comforting and nostalgic foods for many Koreans. Since images of famous K-pop stars eating tteokbokki appeared on social media, tteokbokki has had a surge in global popularity, as depicted in the bar graph below. It’s a spicy stir-fried dish made of tteok  (Korean rice cake), sweet red pepper sauce, and, sometimes, eomuk  (fish cake). This dish is thought to have originated in the 19th century, during the Joseon Dynasty. At the time, it was served in the royal court. Although this original version of t teokbokki was brown, the modern version is red due to the addition of gochujang  (a spicy red pepper paste) that was introduced to Korea in the mid-20th century. Progression of Tteokbokki Exports (unit: tons) 2015 4,550 2016 5,093 2017 6,008 2018 8,326 2019 11,066 2020 16,996 44 I Unit 2 Taking a Cultural Food Trip