Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
This sprawling fabric market is now best known as Seoul’s busiest meokjagolmok (food alley), thanks to the 200 or so food stalls, kimchi and fresh-seafood…
Must-see restaurants in Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Seoul's hippest cafe-bakery, Onion is the epitome of industrial-chic cool, set within a semiderelict concrete building that just begs to be photographed…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
The tteokbokki at this raucous restaurant comes in bubbling saucepans as part of a witches brew of rice cakes, fish cake, instant ramen, vegies, egg and…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
This family-run Uzbekistan restaurant is a part of Dongdaemun's 'Little Silk Road', an intriguing district behind Lotte Fitin that's home to a community…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
One of several beautifully converted warehouse hang-outs in the Seongsu 'hood, Share D Table is more food focused, with separate vendors hawking pizza,…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Out of sight in an alleyway, this is one of the best spots in town to try jokbal (braised pigs' trotters). Staff maintain a continuous cleaving of pig…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Centred on a cafe that serves dainty cakes, coffee and Fortnum and Mason teas, vintage-styled OR:ER feels throughout like an elegant old home. The 3rd…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Historic street lined with vendors and restaurants selling all manner of tteobokki (rice cake) dishes.
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Hidden away in Dongdaemun's 'Little Silk Road' is a Mongolian restaurant so grimly authentic you'd half expect a couple of horses to be parked outside…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Tucked away in the sewing-machine parts section of Dongdaemun’s sprawling market streets is this elegant old-timer specialising in bulgogi and galbi …
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
Within the Dongdaemun Shopping Complex of the main market, there's an excellent choice of street food ranging from vendors to small restaurants, including…
Dongdaemun & Eastern Seoul
One of several traditional arcade markets in Seoul, Jungang Market is very much a local affair with vendors selling street food, kimchi and fresh produce…
