Korean Goodies

Korean snacks have gone from niche to essential in a few short years, and this collection rounds up the hits: the ramyun that started it all, the Buldak fire noodles, Lotte's chocolate icons, and the sauces for recreating Korean street food at home.

Shin Ramyun is the benchmark instant noodle — a proper spicy beef broth with vegetables, ready in four minutes and endlessly customisable with an egg, cheese or leftover roast meat. Samyang's Buldak hot chicken ramen is the challenge noodle that became a phenomenon: ferociously spicy, with the carbonara version offering a creamier way in. The bottled Buldak sauces let you put that flavour on anything.

The sweet side belongs to Lotte. Choco Pie — marshmallow between soft cakes under chocolate — is Korea's beloved lunchbox treat, Koala's March prints tiny koalas on filled biscuits, and the cream cakes and sand cookies fill out the biscuit tin. For cooking, the tteokbokki sauce turns rice cakes into the street-food classic, and microwavable Hetbahn rice makes a proper Korean dinner a two-minute job.

Korean snacks move fast, so favourites do sell through — it is worth stocking up. Everything is delivered UK-wide from our Manchester store, with free delivery on orders over £75.