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Seoul Autumn Gwangjang Market Street Food Walk
Seoul, South Korea
$191.26
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Overview
The Seoul Gwangjang Market Street Food Tour invites you to indulge in Korea's most famous street food destination. With a local guide, this immersive experience offers an authentic taste of traditional flavors and cultural insights.
- 🍜 Explore Gwangjang Market, renowned for its vibrant street food scene, with a knowledgeable local guide.
- 🥟 Taste a variety of authentic Korean street foods from carefully selected vendors that locals love.
- 📺 Visit the legendary noodle stall featured on Netflix's Street Food: Asia, and discover other market favorites.
- 👩🍳 Watch food being prepared fresh right in front of you while learning about Korean food culture and traditions.
- 🌶️ Experience the energy and atmosphere of a traditional Korean market without feeling rushed, allowing you to savor every moment.
- 🏙️ Stay in one vibrant location to maximize your time eating, exploring, and connecting with the local culture.
- 👥 Enjoy a small-group format for a personal, interactive, and relaxed experience.
- 🍚 Perfect for food lovers seeking authentic flavors, cultural insights, and a deeper understanding of Seoul.
- 🍷 Optional tasting of makgeolli, a traditional Korean rice wine, available for those who wish to experience this local favorite.
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Seoul Autumn Gwangjang Market Street Food Walk
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Guided street food tour inside Gwangjang Market
- 8+ generous Korean food and drink tastings—enough for a full meal.
- Traditional Korean dishes and street food specialties
- Optional tasting of makgeolli (Korean rice wine)
- Local English-speaking guide
- Cultural insights and stories about Korean food and local traditions
- Gratuities (optional)
- Additional food or drinks not listed
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting point
Meet your guide at Exit 8.
After a short welcome and introduction to the market’s history and layout, the tour begins inside.
Return details
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Gwangjang MarketMayak Kimbap Kick off your street food crawl inside historic Gwangjang Market with one of Seoul’s most addictive snacks. Taste bite-sized Mayak Kimbap—mini seaweeds rolls packed with seasoned rice, pickled radish, and carrots, brushed with fragrant sesame oil and served with a signature sharp mustard dipping sauce that gives them their legendary "narcotic" nickname.
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Gwangjang MarketOden (Fish Cake Stall) Warm up at a classic alleyway food cart for an essential winter and autumn market ritual. Enjoy skewers of tender Eomuk (Korean fish cake) folded on wooden sticks, simmered in a piping hot, savory kelp and radish broth. Sip the comforting, steaming broth directly from a paper cup as you soak in the bustling market energy.
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Gwangjang MarketTteokbokki Step up to a glowing food stall to sample Korea’s ultimate spicy comfort food. Savor thick, chewy cylinder rice cakes (Tteokbokki) simmered in a rich, glossy gochujang chili sauce that balances sweet, savory, and fiery flavors. Your guide will share how this humble street bite evolved into a nationwide culinary passion.
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Gwangjang MarketKalguksu Take a seat at an open stall counter to watch market aunties (ajummas) roll, slice, and boil fresh dough by hand. Savor a comforting bowl of Kalguksu—hand-cut wheat noodles served in a hot, deeply flavorful anchovy and vegetable broth, topped with zucchini, scallions, and a dash of toasted sesame.
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Gwangjang MarketMandu Sample plump, hand-wrapped Mandu (Korean dumplings) steamed hot right before your eyes. Bite through the delicate dough skin into a savory, juicy filling of minced pork, tofu, glass noodles, and fresh leeks, paired with spicy cabbage kimchi on the side.
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Gwangjang MarketBindaetteok Head to the bustling center of the market where heavy stone mills grind soaked mung beans into fresh batter. Feast on golden, crispy Bindaetteok—thick mung bean pancakes fried on flat-top griddles with bean sprouts, scallions, and pork, served piping hot with pickled onion soy sauce.
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Gwangjang MarketMakgeolli Pair your crispy mung bean pancake with a bowl of traditional Makgeolli—Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage. Sip this naturally fermented, milky rice wine, served chilled in traditional brass bowls, and learn about the long-standing cultural pairing between rain, crisp autumn days, savory pancakes, and rustic rice wine.
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Gwangjang MarketHoney Hotteok Transition to sweet market treats at a hot griddle stand. Indulge in a freshly pressed Honey Hotteok—a warm, chewy yeast-dough pancake stuffed with dark brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped peanuts that melt into a hot, gooey syrup as it cooks.
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Gwangjang MarketDoughnut Twist (Kkwabaegi) Conclude your street food tour at the market's famous bakery stall for a legendary dessert finish. Enjoy a fresh, pillowy-soft Kkwabaegi—a twisted doughnut fried to golden perfection, tossed in sugar and cinnamon while still hot and crisp on the outside.
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Seoul Autumn Gwangjang Market Street Food Walk
Seoul, South Korea
$191.26
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!