My friend sent me this aphorism in a text message. He was using it to make a sort innuendo about dating between men and women.
보기 좋은 떡이 먹기에도 좋다
bo·gi joh·eun tteok·i meok·gi·e·do joh·da
look-GER be-good-PPART ricecake-SUBJ eat-GER-ABL-TOO be-good-PRES
Good-looking rice cakes are good to eat too.
It’s pretty much self-explanatory.
Picture at right shows a web-found image of a vast variety of sweet and savory rice cakes (떡 [tteok]).
To be honest, I don’t like many of these things, but there are certain types I find quite delicious – mostly the plainer varieties found in soups or tteokbokki.