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This Month Seoul in Breif Specific Maps of Seoul Where to Stay What to Eat What to Do What to See What to Buy What to Know  Home >> Korean Cuisine >> Tteokguk (A soup of slices rice cake), Tteokbokki (Boiled rice cake with sweet sauce & vegetables) The Spicy- Sweet Taste of Korea, Shindang-dong Tteokbok-ggi In Korean traditional cooking there is something called rice cake. The rice cake is made by pressing steamed rice toget... Tteokguk Koreans always associate special holidays and festivals with special food. This is called 'Sesi' food. Tteokguk is the... New Year¡¯s Food, Tteokguk (Rice-cake Soup) Tteokguk is a typical traditional New year¡¯s food in Korea. Other wise, Tteokguk is the first meal of the year. Eating Tteokguk early in the of new year¡¯s morning also means wishing the healthy and good new year. And that custom has been transmitted from old times until now. A Meaning of Tteokguk Every Korean holidays have all different kinds foods. These food is, so called the food of times and seasons. Tteokguk is one of the example and it represents New Year¡¯s food. A Korean proverb says since long long times ago, ¡°Every time you eat Tteokguk, you get one year older.¡±. This simply means that everyone is eating this food in New Year¡¯s morning and how Tteokguk is universal among Korean population. Main ingredient of Tteokguk, which is long and white rice cake signifies a long healthy life.   Copyright ¨Ï 2001 What's On Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Write to Us post@whatsonkorea.com.