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Seoul Gwangjang Market Food Tour with 8+ Korean Tastings
Seoul, South Korea
$199.01
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
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 Gwangjang Market Food Tour with 8+ Korean Tastings
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 MarketAddictive Mayak Kimbap Rice Kick off your culinary sprint immediately upon entering the market. Meet your guide and dive into these legendary, bite-sized mini seaweed rice rolls. Hand-brushed with rich, aromatic sesame oil and stuffed with crisp pickled radish, they are famously nicknamed "drug kimbap" because it is impossible to eat just one.
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Gwangjang MarketSkewered Market Oden Broth Move deeper into the bustling aisles to experience a core pillar of Korean street food culture. Grab a steaming, folded fish cake skewer directly from a bubbling stall. You'll sip the deeply savory, kelp-infused seafood broth—the ultimate comforting baseline before we introduce the bolder spices of the market.
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Gwangjang MarketSpicy Simmered Tteokbokki Brace your tastebuds for South Korea's definitive street snack. You will try a vibrant bowl of thick, ultra-chewy rice cakes simmered to perfection in a glossy, fiery, sweet-and-spicy gochujang chili sauce. Your guide will teach you the authentic local etiquette for managing the heat.
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Gwangjang MarketFreshly Steamed Pork Mandu Cool down your palate with an exceptionally satisfying savory classic. Pull up to a steaming station to watch giant dumplings hand-shaped on the spot. You'll bite into these plump, thin-skinned market masterpieces packed tight with juicy, perfectly seasoned pork and fresh local greens.
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Gwangjang MarketCrispy Sizzling Bindaetteok Experience a true sensory show. Stand right by the roaring griddle to watch stone-ground mung beans transform before your eyes into thick, ultra-crispy, golden fried pancakes. Sizzling hot and bursting with texture, this is widely considered the ultimate market comfort food.
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Gwangjang MarketHandmade Kalguksu Noodles Take a seat at a traditional counter to watch master noodle-makers roll and slice fresh dough by hand with incredible speed. Unwind over a soothing, anchor bowl of fresh, knife-cut wheat noodles swimming in a clean, rich, slow-simmered broth that cuts through the richness of the fried dishes.
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Gwangjang MarketChilled Traditional Makgeolli Pivot into the social highlight of the tour. Toast with your group at a lively market table while enjoying a bowl of Korea’s historic unfiltered rice wine. Cold, sparkling, and slightly creamy, this low-alcohol drink acts as a fantastic palate cleanser and pairs perfectly with the market atmosphere.
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Gwangjang MarketSweet Crispy Honey Hotteok Transition to the sweet finale with a legendary street dessert. Grab a chewy, yeast-dough pancake fried right on the griddle. Be careful on your first bite—the inside is oozing with a molten, gooey center of melted brown sugar, warm cinnamon, and crushed crunchy nuts.
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Gwangjang MarketFluffy Sweet Doughnut Twists Conclude your 9-stop grand culinary marathon with a crowd favorite. Stand in the famous market queue for fresh Kkwabaegi—fluffy, golden twisted doughnuts that are fried to a feather-light texture and rolled thick in aromatic cinnamon sugar. It's the perfect sweet note to end your high-efficiency feast.
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Seoul Gwangjang Market Food Tour with 8+ Korean Tastings
Seoul, South Korea
$199.01
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!