Seoul
Guided tour · 2 hours
Seoul Street Food Market Tour
This experience goes beyond delicious food; it's a cultural journey where you'll connect with friendly hosts, engage with local vendors, and bond...
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History
Gomjangeo, the inshore hagfish, became Busan food during hard times, when its skin went to wallets and the meat to open-fire grills. Postwar market rows at Jagalchi and Haeundae made it a specialty: rich, springy flesh charred over briquettes, either yangnyeom-slicked in chilli paste or salt-grilled with garlic. It remains a market-lane order, a dish for benches, tongs and a bottle rather than tablecloths.
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Busan
Guided tour · 2.5 - 4.5 hours
Busan: Hiking and Tasting Rice Wine in the Hidden Village
Hiking in Busan with a local. Tasting Korean rice wine(Makgeolli) with side dishes(banchan) in a village hidden in an 800m high mountain.
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Common allergens: Fish
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 500g cleaned hagfish or substitute eel, cut in finger lengths
- Marinade: 3 tbsp gochujang, 1 tbsp gochugaru, 1 tbsp soy, 1 tbsp rice syrup, 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1 tsp sesame oil
- Sliced onion and spring onion; perilla leaves to wrap
Method
- Blanch the pieces for 30 seconds to firm the flesh, then drain and pat dry.
- Coat in the marinade and rest 20 minutes.
- Grill over hot charcoal or a heavy pan with the onions, turning often, 8 to 10 minutes until charred at the edges.
- Serve on the cooking plate with perilla wraps and extra garlic; drink something cold with it.
Tip from the editors. Blanching first stops the marinade sliding off; skip it and the chilli paste burns before the flesh cooks through.
Where to eat gomjangeo gui
Gomjangeo gui in Busan
Jagalchi Market ★ 4.8
Jagalchi Market is Korea's largest fish market, born from Busan's wartime waterfront, where you pick live seafood downstairs and eat it upstairs.
TipBuy on the ground floor, then pay a sitting fee at the second-floor hoe rooms to have it cut and served.
Haeundae Traditional Market ★ 4.3
Haeundae Traditional Market packs one covered lane behind Busan's busiest beach with tteokbokki counters, grilled hagfish and gukbap kitchens.
TipWalk the full lane before choosing; the famous tteokbokki queue moves faster than it looks.
More places to eat in Busan
Not on this list, but among the highest we score in this city. Every one is in our guide with its address, hours and what to order.
- Chaoran Cantonese, our score 4.4
- Hanwolgwan Korean, our score 4.4
- Choryang Milmyeon Korean, our score 4.3
- Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu Korean, our score 4.2
- Nagahama Mangetsu Ramen, our score 4.2
- Sogonggan Korean Contemporary, our score 4.2
More cities are in research. Want gomjangeo gui covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.