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Fish-cake bar

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What exactly is it?

Hotba is a handheld snack bar, often made from springy fish paste. Vegetables, squid or cheese may be mixed in before frying or baking. The name can also appear on meat-based products, so read the ingredient description.

Main ingredients

Fish paste, starch or flour and vegetables; optional cheese, shrimp or sausage

Ordering and serving

A cheese hotba may still have a fish-paste base. Follow reheating instructions for chilled packaged products rather than treating them like a hot counter snack.

Origins and changes

One development of fish cake is a bar that can be eaten without broth. Manufacturers offer vegetable, squid and shrimp varieties, with both fried and baked products.

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Fish-cake bar

핫바

Main ingredients: Fish paste, starch or flour and vegetables; optional cheese, shrimp or sausage
Flavor and character: Hotba is a handheld snack bar, often made from springy fish paste. Vegetables, squid or cheese may be mixed in before frying or baking. The name can also appear on meat-based products, so read the ingredient description.
How to eat it: A cheese hotba may still have a fish-paste base. Follow reheating instructions for chilled packaged products rather than treating them like a hot counter snack.

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Eomuk fish cake

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Main ingredients: Ground fish, salt and starch or flour; skewer broth may contain anchovies and radish
Flavor and character: Ground fish is formed into a springy cooked cake. Street stalls often fold it onto a long skewer and warm it in broth. The cake has already been cooked; the broth reheats and softens it.
How to eat it: Check whether you order first or help yourself. At stalls charging by skewer count, keep the sticks until payment. Avoid dipping a bitten piece into a shared sauce container.

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