Baekseol Daehak, Busan: Tteokbokki with Mandu and Sesame-Topped Gimbap in Yeongdo

Baekseol Daehak (백설대학) is a Korean snack shop (분식) in Yeongdo (영도), Busan, on Dongsam-ro 28beon-gil. Reviewers on Polle (뽈레), a Korean review site, write about its tteokbokki (떡볶이), rice cakes in a red chili sauce, its tofu-pouch gimbap (유부김밥), a seaweed rice roll, and its jjol-udon (쫄우동), chewy noodles in a hot broth.

My July 2022 photo looks down on the table: a plate of tteokbokki with dumplings, a long sesame-sprinkled gimbap on a beige plate, a small green bowl of clear soup with egg and leafy greens, and a large green bowl heaped with shredded cabbage and carrot under golden fried strips.

The tteokbokki with mandu

On a green speckled oval plate, long rice cakes and flat folded pieces that look like fish cake lie in glossy red sauce, with three mandu (만두), Korean dumplings, along one edge, two of them browned on top. A review dated July 2022 calls Baekseol Daehak's tteokbokki typical Busan tteokbokki, less spicy, softer and sweeter than elsewhere.

The gimbap

Gimbap is rice and fillings rolled in seaweed. The roll in my photo is sprinkled with sesame seeds, with a strip of yellow pickled radish at one end. A slice held up in chopsticks shows rice, a pink strip, cucumber, egg, yellow pickled radish and a brown glossy piece. The July 2022 review lists egg, pickled radish, sausage, carrot, cucumber and simmered tofu pouch (유부조림) as the fillings, and a reviewer from about a year ago calls the separately seasoned tofu pouch unusual.

Jjol-udon, prices and what to expect

Jjol-udon, chewy jjolmyeon (쫄면) noodles in a hot broth, is the other dish reviewers name. The July 2022 review says the noodles are boiled in the broth until it turns thick with starch. It is not among the photos on this page.

Baekseol Daehak's menu on Polle, checked on November 14, 2026, lists tofu-pouch gimbap (유부김밥) at ₩3,000, tuna gimbap at ₩4,000, tteokbokki at ₩4,000, mandu tteokbokki at ₩5,000 and jjol-udon at ₩6,500. The July 2022 review lists Baekseol Daehak's gimbap at ₩2,000 and its tuna gimbap at ₩3,000.

Reviewers in 2018 and about two years ago say Baekseol Daehak does not take cards. A Polle reviewer from about two years ago says Baekseol Daehak is closed on Mondays and closes early once ingredients run out. A reviewer from about a year ago found a line at 11:15 a.m. and says Baekseol Daehak admits eight tables at a time.

How to order