Thanks to 부산광역시 중구 for sponsoring this post and providing a wonderful cooking class to share the culture surrounding Korean cuisine and traditions. Chef HeeYoung Jang 장히영 showed us from start to finish how to cook this traditional dish over Zoom call, à la pandemic. Tteokguk 떡국 is a soup that Koreans eat on the New Year to bring good health and fortune (hence the coin-shaped rice cakes). Originally, tteokguk is not vegan, but I was able to copy the flavor profiles from the original soup to make this incredible vegan version.
