"How much?" "One dollar" (each). My conversation with the proprietress lacked nuance, so despite her assurance that these three Korean rice cakes were "sweet," I wasn't too surprised to discover that they were more colorful than sugary. (This is typical of Korean confectionary, as I've found before.) From a display of a dozen or so varieties, I noted down their names — purple "gogooma," white "com," and green "nokcha" — which seem to indicate the base flavors and not the add-ins. Gogooma is sweet potato and nokcha, green tea. For the time being I'll consider com, which had a grainier texture than its smaller kin, as the "plain" rice cake. Further insight from EIT readers welcome.
Arirang Rice Cake
212 Broad Ave. (Homestead-Brinkerhoff Aves.), Palisades Park, New Jersey
201-461-8882
