I’ve also eaten hotteok, which I think may be available only in winter. These little pancakes are usually filled with cinnamon-flavoured sugar and nuts – the sugar becomes molten hot as it cooks.

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Aside from cinnamon and brown sugar-filled hotteok (once dubbed "Korean pupusas"), Captain Bbang also doled out penny-shaped waffles known as penny bbang, which came filled with cheese or Nutella.