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“Eating tteokguk on New Year's Day is traditionally believed to grant good luck for the year.”

Tteokguk

What the real thing tastes like

Tteokguk (Korean: 떡국) or sliced rice cake soup is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of broth/soup (guk) with thinly sliced rice cakes (tteok). Eating tteokguk on New Year's Day is traditionally believed to grant good luck for the year and confer one sal (a year of age). It is usually garnished with thin julienned cooked eggs, marinated meat, gim (김), and sesame oil (참기름).

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Tteokguk is a silken broth studded with slender, tender rice cake slices—the bowl Koreans return to each New Year's Day to mark time itself. Tradition holds that the moment you eat it, you gain a year. The soup arrives garnished with ribbons of egg, whispers of meat, dark gim, and a gloss of sesame oil that catches the light.

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  • symbolizes renewal and aging
  • light and composed
  • traditional significance

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