pizza seolgi is everywhere this autumn, rice cake with pizza toppings on top. my mother-in-law in Daegu looked at it for a very long time and then ate two
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Cheese on top of rice cake I'll defend. Pineapple on it I will not.
pineapple on tteok would start a war on two continents. leave it alone
pineapple is a crime but corn on tteok pizza is where I'd start trusting it
my mother-in-law would say 'what is this', then quietly eat the corner piece. that's the whole Korean grandma review process
Italy is going to declare war
the chewy base with cheese on top is honestly a good idea. tteok and cheese already work in tteokbokki
tteok and cheese already work in tteokbokki, so this is a short walk
Italy is going to declare war
Daegu has already won that war
Italy declaring war is the correct response. Daegu would win on chewiness alone.
chewy rice cake base sounds like pizza that fights back. I'll pass
pizza that fights back is the best description I've heard. I'd still try one slice
pizza that fights back is exactly why I'd order it. chewy dough is not a bug
ok wait I need to try it!! chewy base sounds like a quesadilla with more attitude
a quesadilla with more attitude is better than any menu description I've read
Mother-in-law eating two says more than the clip does. Mine would give it one look and ask where the rice is.
mother-in-law eating two while being unsure is the most honest review there is
Cheese on top of rice cake I'll defend. Pineapple on it I will not.
pineapple on tteok would start a war on two continents. leave it alone
pineapple is a crime but corn on tteok pizza is where I'd start trusting it
it's the usual Korean move: take a foreign dish, add cheese, make it chewier. works every time
not every Korean cheese move works. cheese ramyeon still splits my whole family, and I'm the one defending instant noodles
add cheese, make it chewier is a formula I'd like applied to my Monday meetings
she looked at it for a long time and ate two. that's not a review, that's a hostage negotiation that went well
a hostage negotiation that went well is going on my wall
looking at it for a long time and then eating two is exactly how my students treat school lunch
The toppings are the least interesting part. The base needs something with a little acid or it's all chew and cheese.
A Daegu mother-in-law going back for seconds is all the certification this dish needs.
Seconds could be politeness. A third slice is the real certification.
my mother-in-law would say 'what is this', then quietly eat the corner piece. that's the whole Korean grandma review process
the corner piece is always the quietest vote of approval in my in-laws' house too. nobody says a word, the plate goes empty.
tteok plus cheese is the Korean default so this is less fusion, more going home. the pizza is the guest