Seoul Gwangjang Market Food Tour: Mayak Gimbap, Bindaetteok & Makgeolli - Meet at Jongno 5-ga Station Exit 8

Taste Korean street food
at Gwangjang Market

You meet your guide outside Exit 8 of Jongno 5-ga Station and walk through Gwangjang Market tasting street food. The tour starts with mini mayak gimbap with a mustard sauce, fish cake skewers in radish broth, and sweet and spicy tteokbokki. You then continue to kalguksu and steamed dumplings, bindaetteok with makgeolli, and honey hotteok with kkwabaegi.

Warm up with kalguksu and dumplings

You sit at an open counter and watch market vendors cut noodles and shape dumplings by hand. You try warm noodle soup with hand-cut kalguksu noodles and juicy steamed dumplings.

Enjoy bindaetteok with makgeolli

You move to the heart of the market, where mung beans are ground on a millstone for fresh batter. You enjoy crispy, golden mung bean pancakes with a glass of makgeolli served in a traditional brass bowl.

Finish sweet with hotteok and kkwabaegi

You finish the tour with freshly cooked honey hotteok filled with melted brown sugar and cinnamon, and soft twisted doughnuts called kkwabaegi. They are two of the most popular Korean street snacks sold in the market.

※ This tour does not offer vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free options. The menu includes pork, beef, and seafood.
※ The itinerary is for reference and may change depending on local conditions.