Husik means dessert in Korean and it refers to the food you have after a main meal.Traditionally, seasonal fruits are favourite desserts for Koreans:strawberries in spring,watermelon and yellow melon in summer ,and apples and pears in autumn and winter.
Tea and coffee are popular drinks to have after a meal as well.However, these days such as cakes,macarons,chocolates,cookies and so on are now readily available in Korea due to globalization. So today,there is a wide range of desserts to choose from than there was decades ago.
From traditional Korean Desserts to modern desserts reinterpreted in a Korean Style let me introduce you to some famous Korean Desserts we serve at our Restaurant.
Since rice is a staple Korean food and never absent in a Korean's table,many desserts are based on it and various other grains.
"Drinks are also regarded a typical dessert in Korea"
Seasonal fruits are good ingredients for desserts too.With the evolution of the tea drinking culture.
It is unclear when the rice cakes begun being made and eaten in Korea, but it is presumed to have begun with primitive forming. Koreans have been making rice cakes cakes for centuries and they are a feature of celebrations,big events,traditional festivals or simply when guests arrive.
Rice cakes are made by steaming or grinding rice,glutinous rice or other grains.
Potato starch or other grains are used as well and various kinds of ingredients are added to add flavour and shape
According to the latest survey of the Korean Cultural Association the following rice cakes are popular in South Korea and are served at our restaurant.
Ggul Ttteok,Garaetteok, Bek-Seolgi,Injeolmi,Chaapssalteok,Yeongyang-Chaltteok,Sultteok, Siru Tteok
Yak mean medicine and Gwa represents snacks.In other words Yakgwa refers to snack that is also medicinal. It got such a name because honey and oil were used as medicines in the past. Carefully made with health ingredients, it is considered a must-have food during ceremonies, holiday feasts and rituals.
It is formed by mixing honey and oil with a fine flour powder.Then the outside is coated with fried rice and sesame seeds
Hotteok is a dessert snack made from cinammon,brown sugar and peanuts filled with syrup.When the weather gets cold,it's not difficult to find street vendors selling Hotteok in Korea
Nowadays you can enjoy more varieties of Hotteok for example with fillings of ice cream or cheese.For those who like to cook this famous Korean Sweet Pancakes
Dasik is a Korean Traditional Dessert made by kneading Chestnut Powder,Pine Powder,Bean Powder,Starch Powder and Sesame Powder in honey and then molding it into beautiful shape
These sweets are made in five colours:Red,blue,yellow,white and black.The "da" in Dasik refers to tea, which these sweets are commonly served with.
Hwachae is a popular summer dessert made by various fruits to cold honied water. There are around thirty. There are around thirty types of Hwachae depending on the main fruits used in the recipe.
It is also a cool and delicious dessert that cuts through the summer heat,and the seasonal fruit in Hwachae replenish the sweat and help boost the immune system reduced by the heat in the summer.
