![]() The beef link housed inside two of the three I tried, Cheddar Hot Dog and Potato Hot Dog, resembled the juicy, industrialized hot dogs of your youth. The namesake crrrrrrrrunch is loud and satisfying as you chomp down through the cornmeal coating, giving way to the cakier batter beneath. Roughly the size of 20-ounce pop bottles, these are big boys-one dog could satisfy as a light lunch. So, over an hour later, how’d Minnesota’s first Korean hot dog joint fare? Pretty fucking great. “It’s going to be worth it,” one soon-to-be patron assured their friend with a twinge of desperation. Here was my sweaty vantage point along 14th Avenue: Credit: Jay Boller Like some sort of dumbass, I wore a parka, softshell jacket, and sweatshirt in the 63-degree heat, adding some entirely avoidable discomfort to the experience. The line I endured for 75 minutes Monday afternoon looked similar. Call 42.Korean hot dogs proving more popular at this Dinkytown corner than a boarded up bank branch /YZ9TDdCcB9- Chris Steller April 10, 2022 ![]() Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. We did some research that showed it really fit well with what we wanted to do.” “I wanted to bring Korean flavor to America,” Han said. After seven years, Han and Lee sold their fried chicken establishment to try out hot dogs. Han’s family has operated a fried chicken restaurant in South Korea since 1988, so when she moved to the U.S., she decided to open one of her own. ![]() (If you look closely at the Seoul Hotdog logo, you’ll see the numbers 83 and 90 to signify each of the owners’ birth years.) Han didn’t want to name-check the restaurant out of respect to the new owner, but you can probably figure it out. Han, 37, of Snohomish, and Lee, 29, of Edmonds, previously owned a popular Korean fried chicken restaurant - also not a South Korean chain. “We tried 30 different kinds of hot dogs,” Han said. Just like Korean fried chicken, these dogs aren’t greasy. While Han wants to keep her recipe a secret, Chun Chun serves “rice dogs.” I’m guessing Han’s dogs, made from beef, pork and chicken, are also covered in batter made with rice flour rather than corn flour, that when deep-fried in canola oil, have a satisfying crunch. In January, the Korean franchise Chun Chun opened in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. Korean corn dog restaurants have been popping up like crazy in Seattle, Los Angeles and New York. Lee said he likes to dip the mozza dog into the sweet chili sauce. Dip them in sweet chili, honey mustard, yellow mustard and/or ketchup. Then there are the condiments for your dog. We took Lee’s recommendation to add a sprinkling of sugar. It may seem odd, but it gives you both sweet and savory in every bite. When your hot dogs are ready, you get to decide if you’d like them with sugar, just like they’re served in Korea. Many times I stopped eating to remark “This is so cool!” or “This is so fun!” Mark and I agree that Korean hot dogs are cool-looking - especially the ones that are studded with french fries - and they’re fun to eat - especially the ones that are filled with stringy mozzarella cheese. These are not the corn dogs I grew up with in the 1970s.” “But Seoul Hotdog made me reconsider my opinion about corn dogs.
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