Last Thursday, on February 5 at 9:00 p.m., a crowd of students waited in anticipation inside Hayden Lounge to have a taste of Korean street cuisine offered at KSA’s Seoul Street Food event. The KSA, or Korean Student Association, offered a variety of food for all students to experience that would normally be found in a street cart in Seoul, the capitol of South Korea.
These foods included spicy rice cakes (ddukdokgi), skewered rice cakes, chicken and beef meat (kaochi), and shrimp tempura. In addition, several sauces and dips were made available to the students, including hot pepper bean paste, ketchup, soy sauce, and the Tokyo classic, Tonkatsu sauce. The shrimp tempura ran out very quickly, lasting barely 15 minutes, but the aroma of the chicken and beef barbecued on site filled the lounge and continued to attract more students as the night progressed. Many students waited in line to try the barbecue, including student Dan Cousillas, who commented that “the chicken was delicious, [and] I’m about to have some beef too. [I] can’t wait.”
As the event progressed, more students flowed into Hayden Lounge to eat the rest of the beef and chicken barbecue. While K-pop was playing through a set of speakers, students settled in to eat, socialize, and get comfortable away from the cold temperatures outside.
Overall, KSA’s Seoul Street Food Night was well-received by students in attendance. The purpose of the event was to spread Korean culture and give the student body a chance to experience Korean street food, cooked as authentically as possible by the students who volunteered their time to help out and make this event a success.
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