Must eat places in Seoul — 5 best restaurant & best street food area in Seoul you must-visit

Address: 59-5, Myeong-dong 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul
Hours: 11:40AM–3AM
Phone: +82 2-6361-8799
Price Range: 20.000 ~ 30.000 Won

There are plenty of snacks, street food stalls in Hongdae area with countless delicious dishes waiting for you to explore at very cheap prices. This area with Myeongdong is quite similar, you will easily be able to buy yourself delicious food, both eating and walking around the street, shopping and watching the unique street music performances.

Looking for more things to do in Hongdae, read more: Hongdae travel blog — How to visit, what to do in Hongdae & what to eat in Hongdae?

Food area around Konkuk University (#must eat places in seoul)

Like Korean dramas or movies, it is common to see boys and girls who are dating and eating at the sidewalks, the Konkuk University culinary area also is like that. This area garthers quite a lot of students, and has a lot of eateries, restaurants in the student style who are both delicious and cheap. Especially, come here you have to try the grilled cheese intestines and lamb hotpot.

Students in this area often invite each other to chill on weekends. Try to experience how Korean students are.

Where to eat street food in Seoul: Namdaemun Market

Namdaemun Market is very large, with up to 9 gates, comfortable for you to explore with the very rich local cuisine and Korean street food. The market sells many items from confectionery, clothes, home appliances, … from wholesale to retail.

This market has a very famous dish: Galchi Jorim (Korean Spicy Braised Beltfish or Spicy Braised Hairtail Stew). Fish are stewed until bones burnt but still keep intact form and serve with white rice and kimchi. In addition, there are many other attractive dishes are sold in the market stalls with extremely attractive flavors at affordable price. Spending a whole day exploring the cuisine at Namdaemun market is a good idea.

Address: 21 Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Hoehyeon-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Operating Hours: Varies by stores / Closed: Sundays
Phone: +82 2-753-2805

Gwangjang traditional food market

A traditional food market located in the middle of modern Seoul. There are both large restaurants and roadside food stalls here, but Korean natives when going to Gwangjang market often prefer to eat at street stalls. You can go to this area to eat and shop for Korean specialties to bring back as gifts for relatives and friends. Some dishes you should to try here are bindaetteok pancakes made from green beans, tteokbokki, odeng fish cake skewers, steamed buns (dumplings), sticky rice cake and live octopus … In this market, sugarcane juice is sold quite similar to sugarcane juice in Vietnam.

Address: 88 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno 4(sa)-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Hours: 9AM-6PM / Charity stores 10AM-7PM / Food street ~11PM / Closed : Sundays (Food Street open all year-round)
Opened: 1905
Phone: +82 2-2267-0291

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