Jihwaja
Korean “Rice Bakery”
A ddeok-jib makes and sells so-called Korean rice “cakes” called ddeok and similar products made from rice. Koreans often describe this type of establishment in English as a rice “bakery” though it is not like Western-style bakeries that bake products – it’s more like steaming the rice flour.
Also spelled as ddeokjib, ddukjib, ddukjip, dduk jib, dduk jip, ddokjib, tteokjib, tteokjip…
Korean “Rice Bakery”
A ddeok-jib that sells so-called Korean rice “cakes” called ddeok and similar products.
This is a ddeok-jip, not a “bakery” in the Western sense of the word.
Sells ddeok (rice “cakes”).
Also sells kimbap (“sushi” rolls).
A “bakery” that makes tteok (떡), a traditional Korean “cake” made with glutinous rice flour, by steaming.
Last updated: August 2018
Dessert shop located on the ground floor of the Wilshire-Gramercy Plaza strip mall.
Specialty: traditional Korean “rice cakes”