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Sweet Potato and Chestnut Roasting: The Ultimate Korean Street Food of Chilly November
Korean Street Food: The Warmth of Roasted Goguma and Bam

Sweet Potato and Chestnut Roasting: The Ultimate Korean Street Food of Chilly November

As the biting wind of November begins to sweep through the alleyways of Seoul and the quiet lanes of rural towns, the city landscape undergoes a subtle but unmistakable transformation. The transition is marked not by a calendar change, but by a scent: a thick, caramelized, earthy aroma that hangs in the air near subway exits and neighborhood intersections. It is the smell of Goguma (sweet potato) and Bam (chestnut) roasting inside tall, cylindrical metal drums.

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