FIND YOUR CUISINE

You can’t visit Korea without stopping at a traditional street food market. Gwangjang was the first permanent market in Korea and is popular for a reason – don’t miss the addictive Mayak Gimbap seaweed rolls, Bindaetteok (Mung Bean Pancakes), Yukhoe (Beef Tartare) and famous Kkwabaegi twisted doughnuts.

Gwangjang Market

Food is often a hands-on experience in Korea, with no better example than Korean BBQ, where the meat is brought to the table and it’s your job to cook it perfectly. Fill a lettuce wrap with meat, delicious ssamjang sauce and kimchi, and enjoy!

K-BBQ

Chimaek is the term for the world’s best pairing: Chicken and Beer (Maekju)! Korean Fried Chicken is unlike anything you’ve tried before – crispy, and slathered in a sauce of your choice, think honey and garlic or sweet, spicy Yangnyeom. Enjoy at a restaurant or as a takeaway by the Hangang River – the possibilities are endless.

Chimaek

Kimjang is the process of making and sharing kimchi, recognised as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Traditionally, families and communities get together around November to make enough kimchi to store through the long winter. You’ll never see so many cabbages in one place…

Kimjang (Kimchi-making)

Jagalchi is Korea’s largest seafood market, located in the coastal city of Busan. Visitors can enter on the ground floor, explore the wide variety of fish on offer, choose their favourite and have it sent to a restaurant upstairs to be freshly cooked or prepared as hwe (thinly sliced raw fish).

Jagalchi Fish Market, Busan

Korean Buddhist temple food uses plant-based, sustainable ingredients and is based on 1,700 years of ‘slow food’ cooking techniques. Try it at a restaurant or as part of a templestay – a great option for vegans, vegetarians and anyone looking to experience a different side of Korean cuisine.

Korean Temple Food

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