Namchang-dong, Jung-gu · Seoul
21 Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea
Opened in 1964, this large area of stalls offers clothes, household goods & local items.
Dishes: Hotteok
Bustling shopping area offering a wide array of traditional food items, plus clothing & souvenirs.
Expansive wholesale & retail market with stalls offering hundreds of types of fish & seafood. Come here to order fish fresh and pick any of the restaurants to prepare Mae-un Tang, a spicy fish soup, as well as San nak-ji, just-killed and still wriggling octopus that’s full of flavor and texture.
Bukchon comfort-food spot tucked in an alley near Anguk Station, specializing in delicate Chodang-style soft tofu stews from mild chodang sundubu to spicy seafood.
A 45-year-old Myeongdong alley spot perfecting garlic-heavy tteokbokki - chewy rice cakes in a glossy red sauce loaded with minced garlic - alongside sundae, mandu, and odeng.
Seoul's oldest Pyongyang naengmyeon restaurant, operating since 1946 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, famed for cold buckwheat noodles in beef broth and tableside bulgogi using only Korean beef.