Tteokguk
📍 Nationwide
★ 4.3
Sliced rice-cake soup eaten on New Year Day.
About Tteokguk
Oval slices of chewy rice cake are simmered in a clear beef or anchovy broth and topped with egg, seaweed and beef. Eating a bowl on Lunar New Year is said to add a year to your age.
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