This rice cake for korean teokbokki.

What do Korean rice cakes taste like?
Though all rice cakes taste like pounded rice (even the ones made with brown rice vary little in their taste), the specific shape dramatically affects the texture. Thin slices are significantly less chewy than large, cylindrical rice cakes that are genuinely toothsome in the degree of their chewiness.

Tteokbokki/Ddeokbokki. Tteokbokki (or ddeokbokki, or ddukbokki, or various other nonstandard romanizations). However you want to spell it, tteokbokki is a popular street snack in Korea. With a spicy, sweet flavor and a chewy texture it is an instant favorite.