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nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu) Running around Seoul and looking for food to go? Then you're spoiled for choice. Street vendors in the South Korean capital tempt passersby with a tasty, Technicolor range of snacks, of which the most popular is o-deng. It has the consistency of a sausage, a distinct salty flavor, and is rumored to be made of fish. (Just don't ask what part — explanations from Koreans range from "the fishy part" to a blunt "I don't know.") Another favorite, and one of less obscure provenance, is duk bok gi — rice noodles as thick as cigars, smothered in red pepper paste.Some street stalls are converted pickup trucks. The flatbed serves as a work surface and tabletop, and makes for the perfect pit stop during a night of carousing. These roving canteens usually serve tak go chi, or chicken skewers, the staple stomach-liner for Seoul's legions of soju-sipping salarymen. More adventurous eaters, meanwhile, will want to keep an eye out for pig intestines stuffed with glass noodles; tasty octopus tentacles; and the infamous bon dae gi — boiled silkworm larvae. To the uninitiated gourmand, a simmering bucket of larvae might look — and smell — somewhat less than alluring, but there's no better way to get an immediate taste of life on the streets of Seoul.

• JOSHUA RICHMAN
• The streets of the South Korean capital are the perfect place to pick-up a snack