rice cake review

Gyeongdan is a type tteok that originates from Korea. These bite-sized pieces of rice cake balls have a sweet red bean or sesame filling inside and is covered with a fine coating of colored powders for even more appeal. I saw this brightly colored pack of gyeongdan at my local supermarket and I just couldn’t resist getting it! It’s delivered from Kungsil Rice Bakery, which according to the label, is located on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, CA.

Gyeongdan from Kungsil

Unfortunately, I should’ve known better than to buy pre-packed rice cake at a supermarket. The gyeongdan was not very good. It tasted stale and artificial, no better than those imported packs of mochi that’s mass produced and shipped to stores all over the world. I don’t think the raw coating of flour helped with the taste either. To be honest, the outer layer of rice cake tasted like plastic!

Very colorful

The filling, which I always enjoy, wasn’t good either. It didn’t taste like red bean and it didn’t enhance the flavor of the rice cake like it should of. It also tasted stale and artificial.

Red bean filling

I feel bad about doing this, but I give the gyeongdan from Kungsil a…

2 on the Puteokchi Scale.