Leegane spicy rice cake @ 3대천왕 이가네떡볶이, 부평깡통시장

I needed some awesome spicy rice cake because I have went all the way to Busan. I will be disappointed at myself if I couldn't find any. So, in preparation, I have went through Instagram and blogs just to find the best. And I am proud to say I've found it!

부산까지 왔는데 떡볶이를 못 먹으면 말이 안되지... 떡볶이 맛집을 못 찾았으면 나는 나한테 실망할거야 ㅎㅎ 맛있는 떡볶이를 먹을수 있도록 여행을 떠나기전에 검색을 많이 해봤어! 드디어 찾았어!

It was miraculously near to my accommodation and I could just walk there. No subway, no bus, no taxi, no transportation needed. It is located in a market called Bupyeong Kkangtong market 부평깡통시장. You can get a lot of household food like side dishes, late night snacks, street food, household furnitures, Busan's famous fish cakes, pastries, fruits and more in the market.

신기하게 이 맛집은 내 숙소랑 엄청 가깝던데... 그냥 걸어도 갈수 있는 정도! 지하철이나 버스나 택시 다 필요 없어~ 이 번에 찾던 이 맛집은 부평깡통라는 시장에 있어
이 시장에서 파는 물건도 많고 음식도 많아! 반찬, 야식, 길거리음식, 과일, 빵, 부산어묵, 가구까지 다 찾을수 있어 ㅎㅎ

The almighty spicy rice cake stall is called 이가네 떡볶이. It is not hard to find because of the queue in front of it. Yes, people line up for it. But fret not! The line moves fast!

맛집 이름은 이가네 떡볶이야. 가게 앞에 긴 줄을 서있는 사람들이 많아서 찾기 어렵지 않았어 ㅎㅎ 맞아... 먹으려면 줄을 서야해. 다행히 아줌마가 음식을 빨리 빨리 주니까 기다린 시간이 5분도 안됐어

I came here the first time rather late, it was around time for dinner. Sadly it was all sold out and they were cleaning and ready to close. I have vowed to come early the next day and I was happy to see a line in front of the stall.

사실은 난 두번째 왔었거든! 처음엔 좀 늦게 찾아와서 다 팔렸어 ㅜㅜ 그래서 그 다음날에 일찍 찾아왔어 ㅎㅎ 줄을 서있는 사람들이 보니까 기뻤어 ㅎㅎ

They offer Ala carte and set for their famous spicy rice cake. You can get a set of spicy rice cake with fried stuffs, or you can order them separately. They have fried stuffs like fried dumplings, fried green chilli, and fried kimbap. The star of the dish is definitely the spicy sauce of the rice cake. I have never tasted any sauce that tasted like that and it was everything I wanted, and more.

떡볶이는 튀김이랑 세트로 주문해도 되고 따로 주문해도 돼! 튀김도 여러가지 있어~ 군만두, 고추 그리고 김밥. 이 집의 떡볶이 소스가 제일 맛있었어 ㅎㅎ 내가 먹었던 떡볶이 중에서 제일 맛있었어 완전 내 스타일이야. 내 입에 맞아 ㅜㅜ

So I have ordered the set, and it came with spicy rice cake (all cut into small bite size), a fried dumpling 군만두 and a fried kimbap 김밥튀김. The fried stuffs were all soaked with the delicious spicy sauce and I was literally craving for some more kimbap and soondae to dip in the sauce and just clean the paper bowl.

결국엔 떡볶이랑 군만두랑 김밥튀김을 세트로 주문했어. 소스가 너무 맛있어서 김밥이나 순대를 더 시켜서 찍고 먹고싶었어 ㅜㅜ

After you have queue and successfully gotten your food, you can proceed to go to the back of the stall as they have some standing place with table bench for you to eat while you stand. They also have free flow water too. Good thing they have mirrors on the wall for you to check if you have sauce all over your face before you leave for more good food in the market.

음식을 다 주문하고 가게 뒤로 가보면 서서 먹을수 있는 자리가 있어! 차가운 물도 있어!
벽에 거울이 있으니까 다 먹고 거울을 보고 소스가 얼굴에 묻었는지 확인해주세요 ㅎㅎ 맛있게 먹어서 그럴수 도 있지...

Other than that, I have also tried a fried chicken meat on stick called 미니꼬지. It is made of fried battered chicken meat drizzled with ketchup and mustard. Although it was a bit oily for me since the better around it was on the crunchy side, the sauce on top was bomb.

게다가 미니꼬지라는 꼬지도 처음 먹었어
닭고기를 밀가루 반죽에 적시고 기름에 튀겼어
그 위에도 케첩이랑 머스터드를 뿌려줬어!

Although I wasn't able to eat 이가네 떡볶이 the first time when I came, I have settled my dinner in a restaurant that sells all kinds of street food. It is called 사거리분식. The restaurant was rather big and it was full with people. They have udon, fried dumplings, spicy rice cakes, lots of different soup noodles, fish cakes, kimbap and many many more. The price was very reasonable too.

그리고 처음에 부평깡통시장에 왔을때 이가네 떡볶이를 못 먹어서 사거리분식이라는 식당에서 저녁을 먹었어! 여기에 파는 음식 종류도 많고 사람도 꽉 찼어~ 우동, 군만두, 떡볶이, 국수,  김밥, 어묵 등등 다 있어!

Being the spicy rice cake maniac, I had to have spicy rice cake on that day no matter what. So I've ordered one spicy rice cake and of course, Busan's famous fish cake. I would say that the spicy rice cake was just plain and normal. But I was surprised to see that Busan's rice cake is so huge compared to all the spicy rice cake I've had my entire life. Sadly the sauce was plain and not to my taste but still nice to eat after so long. The fish cake was better as the hot soup tasted so good!

원래 떡볶이를 먹을려고 시장에 왔으니까 떡볶이를 시켰어 ㅎㅎ 부산어묵도 추가했어! 떡은 맛있는데 떡볶이 소스 맛은... 그녕 보통이였어 ㅜㅜ 오랫만에 떡볶이를 먹어서 다 먹었어! 그리고 부산 떡은 다른 떡이랑 비교하면 훨씬 더 커

Here is how to go to 이가네떡볶이:


Address: 부산광역시 중구 부평1길 48

Website: www.leegane.co.kr/

2018.9.7 | 지도 크게 보기 ©  NAVER Corp.

The rock beach of Busan @ 태종대 Taejongdae

Every time I visit Busan, my head is full of thoughts of food. Little did I know Busan is rich with magnificent cliff beach views! The last time I visited Busan, I've only travel around taking the subway because yes I am a coward and I have bad sense of direction. So I could only travel as far as the subway could go. But this time, I had a Korean friend who was kind enough to lead me to the bus and all the way to Taejongdae. We took the bus at Nampo which would directly bring us to Taejongdae.

부산에서 먹거리 말고 볼거리도 많아! 부산은 바다랑 가까워서 경치가 예쁜 곳이 진짜 많아. 경치가 정말 장난 아니야... 저번에 부산에 갔을때 지하철만 타고 여기저기 구경을 하니까 멀리 갈수 없고 지하철을 타고 갈수 있는 곳만 갔어 ㅜㅜ 이번엔 친구 덕분에 버스를 탔어! 남포동에 있는 버스 정류장에서 버스를 타고 태종대까지 갔어~

I was glad that it did not rain that day. Although the weather was kinda warm, there were still a lot of people who went all the way to Taejongdae! I guess it was a great day for a day out.
After getting off the bus, I headed to the train ticket booth, which took me around 10 minutes by foot from the bus station. It was so tiring honestly. I bought a chilled beverage called Pocari Sweat, didn't know what it was at first, it was surprisingly a taste that I am more than familiar with. It tasted exactly like 100plus. Except that 100plus is way sweeter.

그 날에 비가 안 와서 다행이다. 날씨가 덥지만 태종대까지 오는 사람들 진짜 많았어.

버스를 내려서 다누비라는 열차 매표소까지 가면 10분정도 걸어야해... 갔다가 편의점에서  Pocari Sweat 라는 음료수를 사서 먹었어. 처음 먹었는데 아주 익숙한 맛이 었어ㅎㅎ 우리 나라에서도 맛이 비슷한 음료수가 있어! 100plus 라고 하는 음료수! 근데 우리 나라의 음료수가 더 달아

So my friend bought the Danubi train ticket from the ticket booth. It costed 3000 won per adult.
친구가 매표소에서 다누비 열차 승차권을 샀어. 어른 한명은 3천원이야.

After purchasing the tickets, you can just queue in the line to wait for the Danubi train. Danubi train is a cute train that transport people to where the observatory is. The cons is that there is no air conditioner in the train. People were sweating and the weather was warm so it was kinda stuffy. The train moves very slow because it is all slopes so there was no wind blowing in to the moving train. You can opt out if you want and walk up by yourself but it will be a challenge.

승차권을 사고 줄을 서서 열차를 기다리면 돼.  이 다누비 열차가 귀엽지만 안에 에어컨이 안 틀어줘서 더웠어 ㅜㅜ 기차 안 타고 걸어서 전망대까지 가도 되는데 나는 열차를 타고 가도 힘들어서 추천안할거야 (등산보다 더 힘들것같은데 도전하고 싶은 사람... 도전 해보세요 ㅎㅎ) 그래서 친구랑 태종대 전망대에 내렸어!

Taejongdae's scenery is so breathtaking. All these while I have only seen photos of Taejongdae but being presently here is such a beauty. The cliff is not that high. The colour of the water is so beautiful.

태종대 경치가 정말 예쁘다! 예전에 사진만 봐도 예뻐보이는데 실제로 보니까 숨이 막힘~

I wanted to get closer to the beach so I went down a flight of stairs!
Although my feet was hurting and my body was aching, getting closer to the beach and feeling the breeze brushing through my face was the best feeling ever.

근데 바다랑 더 가까이 가고싶어서 아주 긴 계단을 내려갔어 ㅎㅎ

다리 아프고 몸도 힘들었지만 내가 좋아하는 바다를 가까이 볼수 있으니까 기분이 좋았어 

바람이 엄청 불어서 파도도 많이 쳤어. 바다를 보니까 진짜 아름다운 그림인것같아. 

그리고 등대에 올라갈수도 있었는데 계단을 너무 많이 올라가야해서 딱 보고 포기해야겠다는 생각을 했어 ㅎㅎ

The sun wasn't scorching when I went to the observatory, so it was a relief. But even so, I was carrying my backpack and I was sweating profusely.

전망대에 갔을때 햇볕이 그렇게 뜨겁지 않아서 좋았어... 안 그래도 무거운 가방을 들고 계단을 많이 올라가니까 땀이 미친 듯이 흘렸어 ㅜㅜ