HK Supermarket on Western Avenue has both a Bosco Cake Salon counter selling Western pastries and a Happy Rice Cake House (행복떡집) counter selling traditional Korean rice cakes called 떡 (tteok).
I’m not that big a fan of tteok except in tteokbokki, but I’m always seduced into buying some because of the festive, colorful variants. Yesterday, I saw some that had chestnuts (밤 = pam) as one of the main ingredients. I love chestnuts so I had to get it.
The lady selling them was very nice but she had a cellphone to answer so I wasn’t able to quiz her. The dark purple ingredient seems to be 홍미 (hong-mi), which is “red yeast rice” as in rice that has yeast grown on it. Delicious!
Label: 행복떡집. Happy Rice Cake House. 855 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005. Telephone number: (213) 388-3341.
Their main “factory” outlet seems to be between 8th and 9th Streets.
Tags: food, picture, Rice Cakes, tteok
