yakgwa
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Korean 약과 (yakgwa).
Noun
[edit]yakgwa
- A type of Korean dessert made with honey, rice wine, sesame oil, and ginger juice.
- 2023 September 18, Eric Kim, “The Amber Gleam of Yakgwa, South Korea’s ‘It’ Cookie”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Perhaps no Korean dish represents the value of honey more than the ancient dessert yakgwa, a deep-fried honey cookie soaked in syrup. Yakgwa (“yak” means medicine and “gwa” means confection) is more than a vessel for coveted sweetness.