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
Wandang arrived through the open port as a cousin of Japanese-Chinese wantan soup and put down roots in Nampo-dong. 18beon Wandang has folded it for some eighty years, three generations pressing skins so thin they collapse into silk ribbons in the broth. The dish never spread far beyond Busan, which makes the surviving houses a pilgrimage: one soup, a handful of sides, and the same wrist work for three generations.
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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: Wheat (gluten), Fish
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 24 of the thinnest wonton wrappers you can buy
- 120g minced pork, 1 tsp soy, 1 tsp sesame oil, pinch of ginger
- 1.2 litres anchovy and pork-bone stock, seasoned with soy and salt
- Sliced spring onion and white pepper to finish
Method
- Season the pork and use barely half a teaspoon per wrapper; the skin, not the filling, is the point.
- Fold loosely so each dumpling trails a skirt of pastry rather than sealing into a tight ball.
- Bring the stock to a gentle boil and slip in the wandang for 90 seconds, until the skirts turn translucent.
- Ladle into warm bowls, scatter spring onion and white pepper, and eat immediately while the skins still float.
Tip from the editors. Overfilling is the classic failure; if your dumpling holds its shape like a mandu, you have made the wrong dish.
Where to eat wandang
Wandang in Busan
18beon Wandang ★ 4.4
18beon Wandang has folded feather-thin dumpling soup in Nampo-dong for about eighty years, one of the last keepers of Busan's Japanese-influenced wandang.
OrderWandang, the paper-thin dumpling soup, 10,000 won a bowl.
Why locals goA wandang house folding the dish for eighty-odd years hides in plain sight off BIFF Square while the crowds chase hotteok.
TipAdd the gimyubu set if you are two; the broth is the whole argument, so drink it down.
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 wandang covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.