
Songpyeon are crescent-shaped rice cakes filled with sweet ingredients like ground sesame seeds, red bean paste, or chestnut, and steamed over a fragrant layer of pine needles.
During Chuseok, one of the biggest Korean traditional holidays in autumn, it‘s common for families and relatives to gather and make songpyeon together.
While songpyeon can vary by region, in Seoul, you’ll often find small, bite-sized versions stuffed with a blend of sesame seeds and sugar.
Even outside the holiday season, songpyeon is readily available at rice cake shops across the country.
(Songpyeon, Korean rice cake, half-moon-shaped rice cake, traditional Chuseok rice cake, steamed rice cake with sweet fillings)