Once it was 'Chimaek(chicken+beer)', but now 'Tteok-bokki' is the newly trending Korean food!
It's said that tteok-bokki is gaining huge attention as a new hit product in not only Asia, but also America and Europe. And, this is none other than BTS' influence.
They are even contributing to the spread of Korean food!
"I shouldn't eat too much before stage… But, oh well, I'll still eat," said RM and started to devour the tteok-bokki.
With a touched face, J-Hope ate tteok-bokki very tastily.
Jimin left words of greeting, "On Christmas, you should have tteok-bokki. Merry Christmas!"
Suga was too focused on eating to say anything.
V and Jin, who belatedly joined the meal, began eating as soon as they sat down.
Thanks to BTS' appealing mukbang, tteok-bokki became known, even to the world's leadership class. Choi Jeong Hwa, the executive director of Corea Image Communication Institute(CIC), who has been trying to globalize Korean food, said, "When a mother and daughter in the leadership class of Britain visited Korea recently, they asked to go to a tteok-bokki place as soon as they arrived. After getting to know that it was all thanks to BTS' success, I truly realized the power of Hallyu."
By Bongbong and Soohyoun Nam voomvoomk@gmail.com