tteokbokki
/tɒkˈbəʊki/
tteokbokki noun: stir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.
Noun
tteokbokki (uncountable)
- Stir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.
- At the Momofuku restaurants, David Chang made his name by layering the intense flavors of Korea into Japanese and American dishes; at Ssam Bar, his version of tteokbokki is crossbred with Italian gnocchi in a light, fiery, herb-spiked pork sauce.2009 September 23, Julia Moskin, “Culinary Diplomacy With a Side of Kimchi”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2021
tteokbokki meaning in Indonesian and Persian
tteokbokki in Indonesian
- stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
- topoki
tteokbokki in Persian
- stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste
- تئوکبوکی t'okboki, دئوکبوکی d'okboki, توپوکی topoki, دوکبوکی dokboki
Forms of tteokbokki
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Origin of tteokbokki
Borrowed from Korean 떡볶이 (tteokbokki), from 떡 (tteok, “rice cake”) + 볶이 (bokki, “stir-fried and seasoned food”).
Words that rhyme with tteokbokki
Questions about tteokbokki
- What does tteokbokki mean?
- Tteokbokki means stir-fried sliced tteoks (Korean rice cakes) seasoned with red pepper paste.
- What is tteokbokki in Indonesian?
- Tteokbokki in Indonesian is topoki. See Tteokbokki meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is tteokbokki?
- Tteokbokki is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tteokbokki?
- Tteokbokki is pronounced /tɒkˈbəʊki/.
Words near tteokbokki in the dictionary
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