K-Food Guide

Home › 100 Korean Foods › Rabokki

Rabokki (라볶이)

Street Food & Bunsik

Tteokbokki plus ramyeon noodles — the best of both.

Korean name
라볶이
Spice level
Spicy
Flavor
spicy · sweet
Typically contains
rice cake, wheat noodles
Vegetarian / vegan
Not vegetarian — meat or seafood is core to the dish
Typical price
₩5,000–₩8,000 per portion checked 2026-07 — varies by area
Good to know
Beginner-friendly ●●●●○ Solo dining ●●●●● Kid-friendly ●●○○○
Also written as
ra bokki, rabokki noodles, ramen tteokbokki, rappokki

Spice and flavor are editorial assessments of the standard version — individual restaurants and recipes vary. Ingredient notes are typical, not guaranteed: always check with the restaurant for allergies or dietary needs. Eating and cooking notes describe common practice in Korea; our first-hand deep-dives live in the Eat Like a Local guides.

Rabokki (라볶이)

What is Rabokki?

Rabokki is the treaty between Korea's two great cheap carbs: ramyeon noodles cooked into tteokbokki sauce, so you never again choose between chewy rice cakes and springy noodles. Snack bars invented it, students perfected its economics, and no one has ever ordered it in a small size.

How to eat it

  1. Eat the noodles FIRST — they drink the sauce and overswell within minutes.
  2. Then the rice cakes, then the sauce-logged fish cake.
  3. A shared pan and multiple forks is the intended format.

Cooking it at home

  1. Make tteokbokki slightly saucier than usual (the noodles will absorb).
  2. Add ramyeon noodles (no soup powder, or just a pinch) in the final 3 minutes.
  3. Boiled egg and mozzarella are sanctioned upgrades.

Good to know

  • Timing is everything — dead rabokki noodles are a mush tragedy.

The after-school snack-bar order of record for multiple generations.

Nutrition

Calories134 kcal
Carbohydrate20.14 g
Protein2.83 g
Fat4.71 g
Sodium311 mg

Per serving (~200g): ≈268 kcal · sodium ≈622 mg (31% of the WHO daily guideline, 2,000 mg)

Per 100g · total serving 200g · Official data: National Integrated Food Nutritional Information Standard Data (Korea MFDS) (DB item: 라볶이, synced 2026-07-17). Values vary by recipe and portion.

What's your next move?

Nervous about ordering? Menu words and show-to-staff phrase cards. Menu Guide → Torn between two? Rabokki vs Tteokbokki — settled side by side. Compare →

← Back to all 100 Korean foods