광장시장 Gwangjang Market the Midnight Street Food

광장시장 Gwangjang Market is one of Korea’s oldest traditional markets with over 100 years of history. Locals come here for quality shopping of silk goods, bedding, fabric, hanbok and clothing. From 6pm onwards, the shops close but the food market starts to become lively.

Gwangjang Market is the nation’s first market and continues to thrive as a popular tourist destination today. Today I am going to give you a little tour on Gwangjang Market Street Food.

A fan of Running Man, CNBLUE and Shim Eun Kyung ?

In Running Man ep 186, they came here.

So below are some of food and food stalls that they actually patronise when you are here at Gwangjang Market. Basically, if you come here and see long queues at certain stalls, those are the queues that you should also be in that queue because those are the best food stalls that you should eat or at least try.

순희네 빈대떡 SunHuiNe Bindaetteok

빈대떡 The Bindaetteok Stall

There were so many stalls selling the same things and this is the one that is recommended that you should try ! Very easy to spot this stall because it's one of the stalls with the longest queue filled with the locals. LOL.

부추전 Buchu Jeon, Jeon made with leeks  |  해물파전 Haemul Pajeon, Jeon made with seafood and green onions  |   김치전 Kimchi Jeon, Jeon made with kimchi  |  and etc ..

Whats 빈대떡 Bindaetteok ?

Bindaetteok are Mung Beans that went through process of being grounded and fried. So they become Mung Beans Pancake.

김밥 Kimbap

Basically, kimbap are korean sushis. The basic components of gimbap are 밥 cooked rice with or other protein-rich ingredients, a large variety of vegetables, pickled, roasted or fresh and 김 sheets of dried laver. Traditionally, the rice is lightly seasoned with salt and sesame oil. After the gimbap has been rolled in, it is usually brushed with sesame oil and/or sprinkled with sesame seeds then sliced into bite-size pieces.

만두 Mandu 

Mandu are Korean dumplings. Mandu generally denotes a type of filled dumpling similar to the Mongolian buuz and Turkish mantı, and some variations are similar to the Chinese jiaozi and the Japanese gyoza. They are often filled with minced meat, kimchi tofu, green onions or garlic and ginger. Mandu are usually served with kimchi, and a dipping sauce made of soy sauce, vinegar and chilli. 

호떡 Hotteok

Hotteok is a Korean pancake filled with variety of fillings such as brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, and cinnamon, and is a popular street food of Korea. It is usually eaten during the winter season. 

동그랑땡 꼼장어

BBQ Restaurant 

Opening Hours 

General Stores : 8.30am - 6.00pm

Restaurants : 8.30am - 11.00pm

Clothing Stores : 10.00pm - 10:00am (Next Day)

Closed 

Restaurants & Vintage Clothing Shops : Open all year round 

All Other Stores : Sundays

How to get to 광장시장 Gwangjang Market ?

Subway

Jongno 5-ga Station, (Seoul Subway Line 1), Exit 8

or

Euljiro 4-ga Station, (Seoul Subway Line 2 & 5), Exit 4

광장시장 Gwangjang Market

서울특별시 종로구 창경궁로 88 (예지동)
88, Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea.



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