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
Yubu jeongol grew from Busan's eomuk and tofu workshops: fried tofu pockets stuffed with noodle mince, pinned shut and simmered with fish cake in anchovy broth. Gukje Market's food alley made it a fixture, a warming counterweight to the cold dangmyeon on the same bench, and stalls hand the pockets over the pot one by one. It stayed a market dish, its recipe passed between neighbouring ajummas rather than written down.
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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: Soy, Fish, Wheat (gluten)
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 8 large yubu (fried tofu) pockets
- Filling: 80g cooked dangmyeon, 100g minced fish cake or pork, spring onion, 1 tsp soy, sesame oil
- 1.2 litres anchovy-kelp broth; 150g flat eomuk; Korean radish slices
- Soy, minced garlic and white pepper to season; crown daisy to finish
Method
- Open the yubu pockets carefully and stuff with the noodle-and-mince filling; pin each shut with a toothpick or tie with a blanched chive.
- Season the broth with soy, garlic and pepper, and lay radish over the pot base.
- Add the pockets and eomuk and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
- Finish with crown daisy and serve from the pot, pockets first, broth last.
Tip from the editors. Blanch the yubu in hot water before stuffing to shed frying oil, or the broth turns greasy before the table finishes it.
Where to eat yubu jeongol
Yubu jeongol in Busan
Gukje Market Food Alley ★ 4.4
Gukje Market's food alley seats you on benches over bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap, Busan street eating at its most direct.
TryBibim dangmyeon and yubu jeongol
TipOrder the bibim dangmyeon and a yubu jumeoni from the same ajumma; stalls share the bench happily.
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 yubu jeongol covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.