Toronto

Chung Chun

This global brand helped start the battered bandwagon rolling, with locations across Asia, the U.S. and now Canada.

There’s always a lineup, with flavours ranging from traditional to out-of-the-box, like their Squid Ink-Cheese Hotdog—a mozzarella cheese-wrapped dog and dipped in a sticky, squid-ink and rice flour batter for a fantastic fry. The bottom is sliced into squid-like “tentacles” for added drama.

Hit the condiments and dust the dogs with sugar then layer it with an array of sauces for the true Chung Chun experience.

615 Bloor St. W, plus 2 other Toronto locations, chungchunricedog.ca

KORDOG Korean Style Hot Dog

These hand-made, sticky “destination dogs” are found in the World Food Market at Yonge and Dundas, popular with Ryerson students. KORDOG’s handful of toppings include the Ramen Chip, which coats the sticky and sweet rice batter with dry ramen noodles fried to crispy perfection.

335A Yonge St., Toronto, @kordog_toronto

K Seoul Hot Dog

In the heart of Koreatown, K Seoul is keeping it classic with either a sausage, cheddar or mozzarella filling, but spice things up with their toppings. Try a yam hot dog, fried with cubes of sweet potato on top, or go sweet and savoury with the Churros Mozza Dog, a mozzarella-filled dog wrapped in churros and coated in cinnamon sugar.

712 Bloor St. W, Toronto, kseoulhotdog.com

Calgary

Hankki

Korean street food pros at Hankki make each of their classic sausage, hot dog or cheese dogs extra-crispy on the outside while remaining soft and chewy on the inside. All sausages are a mix of pork and chicken, but the real highlight is the Yellow Dress Dog, a cheddar cheese-wrapped sausage with an amazing cheese pull.

1058 17 Ave. SW and Bow Valley Square 2F, Calgary, @hankkiyyc 

Cheezy Tales

Cheezy Tales is a Winnipeg start-up that quickly branched out, choosing Calgary for their second location. This Filipino-Korean spot infuses flavours such as ube, yema and pandan into their dazzling dogs. The Flaming Hot Cheetos dog comes with choice of either sausage, mozzarella filling or a mix of the two; it’s coated in nacho cheese sauce and then rolled in Flaming Hot Cheeto dust. Or try the Sweet and Savoury Box, with a selection of four dogs, to experience the best of Cheezy Tales.

110-13226 Macleod Trail, Calgary, cheezytales.com

Meshi Sushi and Ricebowl

Meshi has some of the best sushi in Calgary, so it’s impressive that their Korean rice dogs are some of the best in Cowtown too. With a selection of corn dogs from the OG to the whole beef or potato, you can’t go wrong. Try the K-Set Corn Dog Combo and taste a selection of their meat-filled dogs, including their potato-covered corn dog. Want veggie? Grab the Mozza Set and try all four of their cheesy dogs, including the half mozzarella, half cheddar dog.

105-630 8 Ave. SW, Calgary, meshicalgary.com

Vancouver

Tokki

Tokki is renowned for their Monster’s Bat corn dogs and The Cheesy Monster’s Bat is the best expression of “gutbasokchok”—that perfect sensation when something is crunchy on the outside while staying moist and delicate inside. This dapper dog has a half cheese and half sausage filling, and is dipped in Tokki’s glutinous rice batter and rolled in hash browns. Try it with mayo, ketchup, sugar or all three!

2078-1163 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, tokkicanada.ca

Wak Wak Burger

Alongside Japanese-style burgers, Wak Wak makes a mean tokkebi rice dog. They bring a Japanese twist to their Korean snacks like the Okonomi Corn Dog, topped with bonito flakes and a traditional okonomi sauce. Or go more traditional, with their Sweet Cheese Mozzarella Corn Dog.

Find Wak Wak’s truck cruising Vancouver through the Street Food App or their updates on Facebook.

Food Truck, wakwakburger.wordpress.com

Dog Eat Corndog Food Truck/Kim’s Mobile Cuisine

The Dog Eat Corndog food truck cruises Vancouver serving unique Korean-inspired corn dogs. A fave frank is the King George Crunchy Corndog, a juicy, cheddar, smoky sausage dipped in rice batter and rolled in bread crumbs before being fried and drizzled with chipotle mayo.

Find this K-dog truck on Vancouver’s Street Food App.

Food Truck, @kims_mobile_cuisine