Gwangjang market is the nation's first traditional market offering all types of items such as crafts, hanbok, beddings and food. We were there specifically for their specialty, fried mung bean pancakes or bindatteok. There were lots of people mostly locals at the food market eventhough it was a cold winter's night. A great place to try out their traditional food such as red bean dessert, bibimbap, dumplings, stuffed pork blood sausage, mung bean pancake and so forth. Look out for this specific store front which had like a super long queue (if you want to dine in). I was not too sure if they are all tourists but from the sound of it, majority are the locals themselves. We decided to just skip the queue and ordered a take away, which was such a brisk instead of queuing up. This fried mung bean pancake is commonly eaten with a bottle of soju (Korean wine).
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| The mung bean pancake store front. Look for the banner! |
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| Only one ahjumma was working on the pancakes |
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| The stacks of bindatteok that can easily be ordered for take away rather than lining up to dine in. |
This pancake is on a greasier side but tasted really good. We were not bothered by passer-by that stared at us while we stood, eating the pancake. Just order one to share as it's quite big. Whether the other stalls are just as good, we're not too sure but I do see locals eating at some other stores as well.
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| The ever-so-attractive dumplings at many stalls. We simply chose one with a friendly ahjumma (aunty) |
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| Dumpling was a disappointment but the soup was definitely comforting on a chilly night. |
Hours of operation: Food market: 09:00-23:00 (Open year round)
Directions: Jongno 5-ga Station (Line 1), Exit and 8 or Euljiro 4-ga Station (Line 2), Exit 4, walk for 100 m.
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