Korean Rice Cake Cooking Class in Gimpo: Vegan & Kids-Friendly

Knead and steam plant-based rice cakes, then photograph your rainbow creations before boxing them up to take home.

A two-hour hands-on Korean rice cake class in Gimpo where you mix plant-based powders, shape six pastel cakes using traditional molds, and learn the stories behind rice-cake culture from a certified instructor. All ingredients are vegan. Children from age five are welcome. You receive your boxed cakes, a custom photocard and a PDF recipe to take with you.

The experience

Two hours is all you need to go from touching rice powder for the first time to holding six finished cakes you made yourself. Your instructor, Jihyun, is a native Korean food lover certified in traditional tteok crafting who designed this class around 100% plant-based ingredients, so vegans, vegetarians and anyone curious about Korean food can work side by side without dietary limits. You'll learn steaming basics and tool handling, then mix the powders, choose your molds and design each cake in a different pastel shade.

While the cakes steam, you'll sip seasonal Korean tea and hear the stories behind rice-cake culture, from harvest festivals to the modern cafés where tteok has become trendy again. The class sits just ten minutes from Gimpo Airport, so it works as a layover escape or a morning before you head elsewhere in Seoul. After steaming, you'll pose with your creations at the "rainbow zone" photo corner (that's where the custom photocard gets taken), then box everything up with a printed PDF recipe so you can remake them at home or share them as gifts.

What’s included

• Rice cake ingredients and all utensils needed to mix, mold and steam.
• seasonal Korean tea and coffee while you wait.
• six finished plant-based rice cakes in a take-home box.
• a custom photocard taken at the rainbow photo corner.
• a PDF recipe card.

Before you book

Days and timesMonday to SaturdayDepartures at 10:00 and 14:00

Book up to2d before

AgesAdult (20 to 60 years) · Senior (61 to 80 years) · Youth (14 to 19 years) · Child (5 to 13 years) · Under 5: can't be booked

GroupUp to 10 · max 9 per booking

Live guideEnglish and Korean

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

ConfirmationConfirmation within 48 h

Good to know

Public transport nearbyNot recommended during pregnancyNot recommended with heart problemsNot recommended with back problems

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Is this one for you?The class runs in English and Korean, so you can follow the instruction and the stories in whichever language you're comfortable with. If you're traveling with children from five years old or you follow a plant-based diet, this setup means everyone at the table works with the same ingredients and the same pace.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Korean.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (14 to 19 years); Child (5 to 13 years). Children under 5 can't be included in the booking.

Can I take the rice cakes with me after the class?

Yes. Your six pastel baram-tteok go into a take-home box along with a custom photocard and a PDF recipe so you can make them again later.

What does the instructor teach about Korean rice-cake culture?

Jihyun shares the stories behind tteok while your cakes steam: how rice cakes fit into harvest festivals and how they've become popular in modern Korean cafés today.

Are the ingredients really all vegan?

Yes, every ingredient is plant-based, so the class works for vegans, vegetarians and anyone else regardless of diet.