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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.

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.

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.

Veteran Euljiro restaurant of 40 years specializing in gamjatang (spicy pork-bone-and-potato stew) and sundae guk (blood sausage soup) in a down-to-earth, old-Seoul setting.