Welcome to Korean 火曜日 (AKA Korean Tuesday)
assortment of schneeballes from Schneeballen found in the basement of a Korean department store (Lotte I think)
Beginning today, and for the foreseeable future, Tuesday’s blog entry will be Korea related.
Today’s pic is of some schneeballes from Schneeballen; these delicious-looking treats can be found all over Korea now. I saw these several times before actually buying one. I imagined something between a pastry and a donut. Instead, these “cookies” from Germany are closer to something between a fortune cookie and a stale collection of balled-up tortilla chips. Needless to say, I didn’t go back for more. They weren’t very sweet, and I felt like I was going to lose a tooth trying to eat one.
August 20th, 2013 at 11:19 am
I’m surprised that these Schneeballen seem to be so popular in Korea.
I heard from a Japanese friend that these are seen as a German specialty in Japan (at least by Japanese travel guides for Germany).
In Germany these are usually sold on Christmas markets. During my childhood I never ate one and I just bought one a few years ago because of what my Japanese friend said about them. I didn’t like it at all and neither did my Japanese friend. So much for specialties I guess. 😉
August 20th, 2013 at 12:22 pm
I’m not sure if these are a new thing in Korea, which will go as quickly as they came, or if they have been around very long and are popular. I didn’t see any during my recent trip to Japan, but they were in every department store basement in Korea. In addition, I saw some “knock offs” being sold by street vendors in Korea as well.