Sundae

Sundae (Korean pronunciation: [sundɛ], also sometimes spelled sondae) is a Korean dish made generally by boiling or steaming cow or pig's intestines that are stuffed with various ingredients. It is a kind of blood sausage and believed to have been eaten for a long time. The recipes related to sundae can be found in Joseon cookbooks published in 19th century such as "Gyuhap chongseo" and "Siuijeonseo".

Sundae can be made with seafood such as ojing-eo sundae (오징어 순대 squid sundae) and myeongtae sundae (명태 순대 Alaska pollock sundae). The most common type of sundae is made of pig's intestines stuffed with cellophane noodles (dangmyeon), barley, and pork blood,although some variants also contain perilla leaves, scallions (pa), fermented soybean paste (doenjang), glutinous rice, kimchi, and soybean sprouts. It is a popular street food in North Korea and South Korea. In fact, there is a neighborhood called Sundae Town in Sillim-dong that has many restaurants specializing in sundae.

Sillimdong Sundae Town

The origins of Sillim-dong's Sundae Town comes from a sundae bokkeum restaurant in Sillim Market. At that time, laborers working nearby would stop by this restaurant after finishing a hard day of work and enjoy some sundae with a nice hard drink. In the early 1990s, the market was torn down and a shopping center was built in its place. Many sundae restaurants began forming in the new shopping center, and soon Sundae Town was born.

Sundae itself is great on its own, but it is also great as a soup, aptly titled sundaeguk (sundae soup), and stir-fried as in sundae bokkeum, the way it is sold in Sillim-dong's Sundae Town.

Information

1.Address: Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu,Seoul.
2.Transportation: Sillim Station (Line 2), Exit 3
Walk straight for about 100m and then take a right. Walk for about 60m and you should see Sillimdong Sundae town on your right.