Myeongdong Tteokbokki Carts is a street food budget eat in Jung Gu And Myeongdong, Seoul.
Editorially verified June 13, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
The Euljiro industrial backstreets have a cluster of Chinese-Korean (jungshik) restaurants serving jjajangmyeon (wheat noodles in black bean paste sauce).
Try: Jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles)
Hadongkwan has served seolleongtang (milky ox bone and brisket soup) from its Myeongdong address since 1939, at a price that remains practically unchanged.
Try: Seolleongtang (milky ox bone soup)
The Euljiro industrial backstreets have a cluster of Chinese-Korean (jungshik) restaurants serving jjajangmyeon (wheat noodles in black bean paste sauce).
Try: Jjajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodles) and jjamppong (spicy seafood noodles)
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.
Try: All-you-can-eat pork belly samgyeopsal
Gwangjang Market is the best place in Seoul to eat for very little: bindaetteok for 4,000 won, mayak gimbap for 3,000 and soondae blood sausage for 5,000.
Try: Bindaetteok (mung bean pancake), mayak gimbap, soondae
Hadongkwan has served seolleongtang (milky ox bone and brisket soup) from its Myeongdong address since 1939, at a price that remains practically unchanged.
Try: Seolleongtang (milky ox bone soup)
Imun Seolnongtang has served the same bowl since 1904 -- seolnongtang, a milky ox bone and brisket broth, for ₩10,000. Michelin Bib Gourmand recognised.
Try: Seolnongtang (ox bone broth soup) with rice
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
