Food tripping in Busan, Gyeongju, and Seoul: Surf and turf—and more!

Our recent vacation itinerary looked more like a food tour than a family trip. From Busan to historic Gyeongju, to Seoul where history was being made by a returning super group, we had a taste of the familiar, and wandered into some unknown culinary territory.

Busan welcomed us like celebrities attending the famed Busan International Film Festival. We began, fittingly, at BIFF Square (not beef, tempting as that interpretation may be), home of the popular ssiat hotteok. Although it’s described as a seed-filled sweet pancake, this Busan-style hotteok reminded me more of our equally sweet and chewy piaya. It was love at first bite for me when I sank my teeth into this wonderful concoction stuffed with enough sunflower and pumpkin seeds to start a small garden. Sold at KRW 2,500 each, it was the very first thing I ate on this Korean trip and—spoiler alert—also the last.

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