Seoul Namdaemun & Gwangjang Market Lunch Food Tour - Meet at Hoehyeon Station Small Group

Start at Hoehyeon Station and taste 12 or more dishes
across Namdaemun and Gwangjang Markets

With a local food guide, you walk through two of Seoul's best-known traditional markets and taste 12 or more dishes, including knife-cut noodle soup, spicy cold noodles, handmade dumplings, mung bean pancakes, tteokbokki and gimbap, on this lunchtime food tour.

You eat your way through 7 to 8 stops, and the tour takes about 3.5 to 4 hours depending on the group's pace. The group is limited to 8 people.

Try noodle soup and dumplings at Namdaemun Market

The tour starts at Namdaemun Market, Korea's largest market, which has a history of 600 years dating back to the Joseon era. Try hand-cut noodle soup and compare it with the cool, spicy taste of bibim naengmyeon, a cold noodle dish that originated in the north.

You also try bibimbap, handmade dumplings from a master with more than 40 years of experience, and crispy japchae-filled dumplings.

Walk Seoullo 7017 and try pancakes at Gwangjang Market

After a stroll along the Seoullo 7017 sky garden, taking in the old and new faces of the city, you head to Gwangjang Market, which has a 120-year history. Taste mung bean pancakes made with a grandmother's recipe passed down for half a century, paired with makgeolli.

You also try soft, spicy tteokbokki and gimbap.

Walk along Cheonggyecheon and finish at a hanok tea house

After walking along Cheonggyecheon, enjoy schisandra tea and a set of traditional sweets (hangwa) at a traditional hanok tea house. The sweets feature juicy figs, chewy dried pear and roasted ginkgo nuts.

The tour ends near Heunginjimun Gate (Dongdaemun).

※ The tour runs regardless of the weather.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.