The main building of the Shinsegae Department Store features a classic stone facade with large, arched entryways facing the bustling Sogong-ro intersection. Inside these walls in nineteen seventy-seven, the Lims Chicken franchise opened…
Seoul Street Food Origins
This tour walks you through the historic neighborhoods of Seoul to find the exact spots where the city's legendary culinary staples were born and popularized.
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1. Shinsegae Department Store Main Store
2. Yeongyang Center Main
Yeongyang Center is recognizable by the rows of whole chickens turning slowly on electric rotisseries in the front window. Since nineteen sixty, this Myeongdong institution has focused on two specific dishes: ginseng chicken soup, or…
3. Imun Seolnongtang
Imun Seolnongtang is recognized as the oldest continuously operating restaurant in South Korea, with its history tracing back to nineteen oh four. You can identify the entrance by its large, prominent signboard, which displays the name of…
4. Gwangjang Market
Gwangjang Market is a vast, covered labyrinth defined by its endless rows of fabric merchants on the upper levels and a dense, steaming alleyway of street food stalls on the ground floor. It occupies a central position in the Jongno…
5. Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley
Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley is a concentrated cluster of restaurants identified by the persistent scent of pig trotters simmering in spiced soy sauce. The area emerged in the nineteen sixties when women from the Pyeongan and Hwanghae…
6. 신당동 떡볶이타운
Sindang-dong Tteokbokki Town is a narrow, restaurant-lined street in the Jung-gu district of Seoul characterized by the aroma of spicy gochujang broth simmering on tabletop burners. It is the birthplace of jeukseok tteokbokki, a style of…