Here’s my list of the yummiest foods I have tried while studying abroad in Seoul. There’s a million different types of food to eat, so hopefully this list is a good place to start. Prices are per person and the links to the restaurants are in the their names.
Isaac Toast Suggested Location: Anywhere in Seoul (Sinchon location is by Sinchon Station, Exit 2) Price: $ (Less than 10,000 KRW) Isaac Toast is perhaps the most popular “fast food” option besides convenient stores. This is my first pick because I did not know how great a simple toasted sandwich could be prior to trying this! For just 2,000 - 4,000 KRW, you can enjoy medley of meat patty, cheese, egg, cabbage, sauce, and buttered toast. My favorite is the “Hot Dakgalbi MVP.” Dakgalbi (Spicy Stir-fried Chicken. . . and Cheese) Suggested Location: Sinmigyeong Hongdae Dakgalbi Price: $$ (10,000 - 20,000 KRW per person) My first real dinner in Seoul. . . and I have been back four times since! Dakgalbi is chicken marinated in spicy gochujang cooked over a hot plate with cabbage, rice cakes, scallions, onions, and sweet potatoes. You can (and you should!) order a side of melted cheese to dip your chicken into. I recommend ordering one less serving than people you have, so that you have room to order rice to be stir-fried at the end of your meal (bokkeumbap). Jeukseok Tteokbokki (Tabletop Spicy Rice Cakes) Suggested Location: Bap Haejuneun Namja Price: $ You can find tteokbokki everywhere since it’s the most staple street food in Korea, however, tabletop tteokbokki is truly on another level! The tteokbokki is eaten over a portable gas stove (similar to eating hot pot). You can choose to add many different ingredients like ramyun, mandu, vegetables, seafood, meats, and egg. Beware that the spice level is typically higher than street-food tteokbokki. You can also finish your meal with bokkeumbap since there’s a lot of sauce for fried rice. Yukhoe (Seasoned Raw Beef) Suggested Location: Gwangjang Market (choose one of any yukhoe restaurants) Price: $ Much like other Hawai`i kids, I grew up on raw fish in the form of poke and sushi, but even I was a little hesitant to try yukhoe. This dish is soft, shredded raw beef on a bed of crunchy Korean pears seasoned with sprouts, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and a raw egg yolk. The simplicity, the flavor, and the contrast of textures of yukhoe make this dish so unique and probably the one I’ll miss most when I leave South Korea. Ganjang Gejang (Marinated Raw Crab in Shoyu) Suggested Location: Ahyeon Ganjang Gejang Price: $$ (18,000 KRW/per person to be exact) Ganjang gejang is marinated raw crab in shoyu paired with lots of banchan and fermented soybean soup. For those who have not had raw crab, the texture is softer/mushier than raw fish, but flavor is more pungent (from the fermentation process as well). This dish is so flavorful, unique, and down-right delicious that I came back two weekends in a row! The Ahyeon Ganjang Gejang restaurant is very busy so expect a 20-40 minute wait. Staff is super friendly, helpful, and English-speaking, too.
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