"I know the perfect dessert place in K-Town." Armed with knowledge of Koo's Ho-tteok Cart, these are magic words for a 20-something on a date. In a city full of faceless, members-only bars and superclubs, there's something especially sweet about waiting in the cold outside a Korean supermarket for a piping-hot pancake wrapped in a paper plate. Here the ho-tteok, or sweet rice pancake, is fashioned out of rice flour, filled with cinnamon and brown sugar syrup and crushed peanuts before being... More »
