After touring Seoul like RM, we’re heading on to the next course in this one of a kind trip which is especially recommended by worldwide handsome, Jin!

This time around we are going to take a break from touring the old and traditional and will be taking a fun break at famous areas in Seoul that has to do with lots of Korean food and delicacies. So, be ready to feed your eyes with appetizing colors of food and prepare your taste buds for the delicious flavors of Korea just like ‘Eat Jin‘!

Find out more below about BTS Jin’s ‘City Break‘ Seoul Tour.

#1 Tongin Market

Tongin Market started in 1941 as a public market for Japanese residents near the Hyoja-dong neighborhood when Korea was still under Japanese rule. After the Korean War, the market became home to local street vendors. Currently, it at least consist of more than 80 stores (restaurants, grocery stores, some selling manufactured goods).

The market is actually popular for its Dosirak* Cafe, which features lots of delicious food (among other things) that you can buy in a special way. By paying the participating stores with yeopjeon (old Korean coin as form of currency back in the Joseon Dynasty) visitors will receive a black plastic tray to fill up with food (that they can buy for a cheap price) as they walk along Tongin Market.

*Dosirak = Lunchbox or packed meal

Location: 18 Jahamun-ro 15-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Open Hours: 7:00 – 21:00 (Closed every third Sunday of the month) / Dosirak Café Hours 11:00 – 17:00 (Closed Monday, every third Sunday of the month); yeopjeon can be sold until 16:00.

Website: tonginmarket.modoo.at

#2 Noryangjin Fish Market

Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market is one of Korea’s largest seafood markets and is the best place to go to for fresh seafood in Seoul. Here, seafood is being auctioned off to various stores around the country and are also sold in retail price.

What’s a pretty unique experience that you may want to try in this market is that you can choose any type of fish you want and have it prepared for you for eating right there!

Location: 674 Nodeul-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul (Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market)

Open Hours: Everyday, 00:00 – 24:00

Website: www.susansijang.co.kr

#3 Myeongdong

Ready for a ton of snacks to squeeze into your belly? Well, Myeongdong is a really good place to go to for street food and snacks like tornado potato and the infamous 30cm ice cream.

Amazingly enough, besides being one of the primary shopping districts in Seoul, Myeongdong is not only home to brand name shops and department stores (Lotte, Shinsegae, Migliore, Noon Square & M Plaza) that sells really fashionable clothes, accessories and trendy Korean cosmetics, but also to different gastronomical experience. It can be an actual favorite touring spot for you if you’re a foodie as the area also offers lots of options for restaurants (traditional & fushion), street food (mandu, tteokbokki, dakgalbi, odeng, etc) and various local snacks like the aforementioned.

As a tip, you’ll enjoy most of these street food options from late afternoon to night. Most of the sellers actually line up the middle and side of the long shopping streets around that time.

Location: 27 Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

#4 Banpo Hangang Park, Seoul Bamdokkaebi Night Market

With us almost through the day, what else is better to do than to spend the evening eating and having fun by the Han River?

Seoul Bamdokkaebi Night Market is an event organized by the city of Seoul. Happening from March to October, visitors of the night market by the Banpo Hangang Park will definitely enjoy the breathtaking night view, fountain show, great food, various events and cultural performances, and also goods and handcrafted wares being sold here.

Location: 40 Sinbanpo-ro 11-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Website: www.bamdokkaebi.org

#5 Pojangmacha

Pojangmacha or snack tents/stalls that sell various set of street food in Korea especially at night are something tourists often only see in Korean dramas. It’s a go to place for Korean drama characters who want to drink away their problems and it’s not unknown to me that for sure to anyone reading this post, you’re also dying to experience going to a pojangmacha one day (just like I am!). This kind of eating place may have people snacking while standing up but some pojangmacha also offers seats for more comfortable snacking.

Anyway, the pojangmacha that appeared in Jin’s TVC is called the ‘Four Season Pojangmacha’ located near Exit 5, Yeouido Station.

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There it is fellas! I’m done with the first two members! Rest assured that in the coming days I’ll be working on the rest of the members’ recommendations for your general consumption in case you are interested in checking out the places in their individual TVCs.

Thank you for reading! I wish you all well!

Jin’s Seoul City TVC

ADDITIONAL SNAPS FROM THE TVC

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Sources: Visit Seoul | Visit Korea