Natural Rice Cake Tteokbokki Topokki 450G

Love tteokbokki and this product is a good way of making a meal at home for the price. The whole pack is roughly two servings. Great texture when cooked and doesn't taste of anything- which is good lol, you want the meal's flavour to come from the sauce. I will say that you shouldn't attempt to separate them before soaking them in warm (not hot) water, otherwise you'll fight with them and they'll win. And I suggest to freeze any uncooked sections, as they will mold relatively quickly if you don't prepare and eat them from when they arrive- a few days tops.

I only saw other reviews after mine had dispatched so took a chance.The packaging is different On arrival. Not Korean but Chinese but they are the same thing.On opening there is a glue type smell but it isn't strong.There is a thin sheet between them so remove 'obviento'I washed these thoroughly and that removed the initial smell.When soaking these they don't become any softer. But nae worries as once added to your sauce they soften up nicely!It was our first time trying these and we loved them.They have little to no taste on their own but once they are added to your sauce ( have to say mine was perfect balance of sweet, salty and spicy)Then these little beauties come out as a lovely soft yet chewy texture.Glad I tried them. Ordered some more already but please bring the price down or I'll be going elsewhere for future purchases.UPDATE...........* Since purchasing the price has increased twice 1st purchase 9.99 then up to 10.49 and now 12.99 so Korean food Mart online is where I'll be going. Feel the seller is being really greedy in their pricing this is now 4 x the price of other rice cakes and half the weight!We have a Korean barbeque every four weeks so you've lost a regular customer.

Let's get something straight right off the bat - anyone complaining about a 'plasticky' smell or taste aren't cooking it properly. End of. Yes, it does come wrapped in plastic and it does have a faint scent, likely because of the preservation methods used. But once you pre-rinse it and then cook it appropriately, that goes away. We made a really fantastic tteokbokki dinner dish and these rice cakes were perfection.However, I also need to make something else clear: these are WILDLY overpriced for what you get. I bought these in a pinch as I didn't have my usual cooking ingredients in. But it is SO easy to just buy mochiko (sweet rice) flour and make your own tteok for a fraction of the cost. Bear this in mind and don't unnecessarily give away your money to opportunistic vendors.

Very economy pack, lasts more than one meal. Easy cook.

They were very hard to chew and went mouldy within 2 days!

Taste so good with buldak noodles

10 days after opening and storing in an airtight container I went to use it and all the rice cakes had gone bad and had fungi in it so I don't know if the best before date of the cakes were correctly labelled ,only used for one serving before it went bad so not really worth money

Taste so good!