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The next addition to my Real-Life and In-Game Food Bucket List is 할매’s rice cake skewers from MapleStory’s FriendStory.

Those pixel-art snacks brought back memories of the little shops outside school. And seeing my character’s face change at the first bite of a rice cake skewer made me want a freshly grilled one myself ㅎㅎ

01. Across the Footbridge, a Snack Shop with 30 Years of History

FriendStory lets you meet characters from Maple World in a modern-day school setting.

You can enter through the “장롱이 떨어진 집” in Henesys or via Maple Guide (F1) → Special Content → FriendStory.

Cross the footbridge on 신수국제학교대로, and you’ll spot a sign that reads “The Original for 30 Years”, with the 할매 NPC nearby. Talk to her to browse a menu of rice cake skewers, toast, corn, fish cakes, fruit candy, grilled garaetteok, tteokbokki cups, and gimbap.

Finding such an everyday menu in MapleStory’s fantasy world made me smile. It was an unexpected but welcome bit of familiarity.

Just seeing the name “tteokbokki cup” took me right back to eating tteokbokki from a paper cup, picking out one piece at a time with a toothpick.

02. A Bite of Fruit Candy, and “Poof!”

Each snack from 할매 gives your character a different facial expression.

A bite of fruit candy gives your character this “Poof” expression.

Toast gives your character a “Sparkly” look, while gimbap makes them “Bright-Eyed.” There’s a little extra fun in trying each snack and watching their reactions.

할매’s Menu	Character’s Expression	Recovery Effect
Rice Cake Skewer	Ouch, Hot!	HP 1,000
Toast	Sparkly	MP 800
Corn	Hmm	HP 2,000
Fish Cake	Kiss	HP·MP 1,000 each
Fruit Candy	Poof	MP 2,000
Grilled Garaetteok	Teary	HP 4,000
Tteokbokki Cup	Eek!	HP 5,000
Gimbap	Bright-Eyed	MP 4,050

Table source: Official MapleStory Update Notice

03. Snacks from 할매’s Shop I’d Love to Try in Real Life

Number 1 on my food bucket list is fruit candy, followed at number 2 by rice cake skewers brushed with sweet and spicy sauce. I do have a soft spot for cheap street-side treats…

If I bit into a freshly grilled rice cake skewer a little too eagerly, I think I’d make the same “Ouch, Hot!” face as my character. ㅋㅋ Add a paper cup of tteokbokki on the side, and wouldn’t that be just like a spread from the snack shop outside school?

If you love MapleStory’s pixel art or want to see familiar characters going to school, give FriendStory a try. Come for the story, then wander across the footbridge to 할매’s shop and pick a snack you’d like to taste~!