I love breakfast street food in Seoul. It's good, fast, and cheap. Kimbap, hodduk, and toast for a dollar each. What's not to love? Kimbap is... well, think futomaki but in a size in between futomaki and maki, and a lot of it. It's one of those home-style foods that's nearly impossible to find for sale in New York. Granted, for $1 you're not going to get kim bap that's as good as what's made in someone's home, but the fact that you can buy it on the street for that cheap is what strikes me.
Toast is a grilled sandwich of eggs, ham, peanut butter, and jelly. It sounds bizarre, almost Elvis-like, but I was hooked. For more examples of street food and a description of hodduk check out the hotok (sic) thread in eGullet forums.
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