Tongin Market Coin Lunchbox ★ 4.3
Tongin Market's coin lunchbox is one of Seoul's best budget eating experiences: trade traditional brass coins for banchan at stalls across the covered market.
Try: Build-your-own dosirak with Korean banchan
CuisineKorean traditional
Price₩
NeighbourhoodJongno and Insadong
HoursDaily 08:00-21:00, Sun until 20:00
The dishSeolnongtang (ox bone broth soup) with rice
Location
Address: 38-13 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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Maru Jayeonsik Kimbap ★ 4.0
Maru Jayeonsik Kimbap is a small counter in Insadong serving gimbap made with natural, MSG-free ingredients and a rotating selection of plant-based banchan.
Try: Gimbap sets and bibimbap (natural ingredients)
More budget eats in Seoul
Tongin Market Coin Lunchbox ★ 4.3
Tongin Market's coin lunchbox is one of Seoul's best budget eating experiences: trade traditional brass coins for banchan at stalls across the covered market.
Try: Build-your-own dosirak with Korean banchan
Maru Jayeonsik Kimbap ★ 4.0
Maru Jayeonsik Kimbap is a small counter in Insadong serving gimbap made with natural, MSG-free ingredients and a rotating selection of plant-based banchan.
Try: Gimbap sets and bibimbap (natural ingredients)
Namdaemun Market Kalguksu Alley ★ 4.3
The kalguksu stalls inside Namdaemun Market serve knife-cut wheat noodles in a clean anchovy-and-kelp broth with zucchini and green onion for ₩7,000-8,000.
Try: Kalguksu (knife-cut noodles in anchovy broth)
Myeongdong Tteokbokki Carts ★ 4.1
Myeongdong pedestrian strip has dense street food carts: tteokbokki, gyeran-ppang (egg bread), and fish cake skewers from 2,000 won in central Seoul.
Try: Tteokbokki, fish cake skewers, gyeran-ppang
Euljiro Jjajangmyeon Alleys ★ 4.0
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Try: Jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles)
Pig Company Hongdae ★ 4.0
Pig Company's Hongdae outpost runs a foreigner-friendly all-you-can-eat samgyeopsal counter with pork belly, neck, marinated cuts and a banchan spread on a flat two-hour clock.
Try: All-you-can-eat pork belly samgyeopsal