Food tours and tastings to book

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Everything to book in Seoul, Busan

All 30 street food

Ranked by our editors.

BIFF Square Ssiat Hotteok Stalls

  • ★ 4.5
  • Ssiat hotteok
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

The ssiat hotteok stalls on BIFF Square fry Busan's signature seed-stuffed pancake, split and loaded with sunflower and pumpkin seeds to order.

Gukje Market Food Alley

  • ★ 4.4
  • Bibim dangmyeon and yubu jeongol
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Gukje Market's food alley seats you on benches over bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap, Busan street eating at its most direct.

Samjin Eomuk Yeongdo Main Store

  • ★ 4.4
  • Eomuk and fish cake croquettes
  • Yeongdo
  • Busan

Samjin Eomuk has pressed Busan fish cake since 1953, and its Yeongdo flagship sells bakery-style eomuk and croquettes from the original site.

Halmae Gaya Milmyeon

  • ★ 4.4
  • Milmyeon
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Halmae Gaya Milmyeon has made Busan's wheat-noodle answer to naengmyeon a Nampo-dong fixture, a Gwangbok-ro hall that serves milmyeon every day of the week.

Choryang Milmyeon

  • ★ 4.3
  • Milmyeon
  • Busan Station and Choryang
  • Busan

Choryang Milmyeon ladles the old Choryang style near Busan Station, milmyeon at 7,000 won with the peanut-dusted bibim bowl as the house call.

Sinchang Toast

  • ★ 4.2
  • Griddled egg toast
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Sinchang Toast has buttered its griddle by Gukje Market for decades, a Busan breakfast counter of ham and egg toast from 2,000 to 4,500 won.

Goraesa Eomuk Bujeon Main Store

  • ★ 4.2
  • Premium eomuk and eomuk udon
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

Goraesa turns Busan eomuk into a premium counter at its Bujeon Market main store, whale-branded fish cake skewers and broth beside the stalls.

Sangguk Ine

  • ★ 4.1
  • Tteokbokki and twisted doughnuts
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

Sangguk Ine anchors Haeundae Market in Busan with chewy tteokbokki, sundae and fried twists, a queue that runs from beach season into midnight.

Haeundae Pojangmacha Village

  • ★ 4.1
  • Tent-bar seafood and soju
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

The Haeundae pojangmacha village now runs inside the Mipo Sealand building beside LCT, numbered stalls serving lobster and shellfish into the night.

Wonjo Halmeoni Tteokbokki

Wonjo Halmeoni Tteokbokki is a food stall run by Kim Lim Ok for over 30 years, frying rice cakes lightly in oil in the lid of a large iron pot.

Sonmat Gimbap

Sonmat Gimbap has sold handmade gimbap in Tongin Market for two generations, a shop the current owner inherited from his mother in 1980 and renamed.

Soonhee's Bindaetteok

Soonhee's Bindaetteok grinds mung beans into paste with millstones for savory bindaetteok; mung bean and meat pancakes are the only two items on the menu.

Mabongnim Halmeonijip

Mabongnim Halmeonijip, established in 1953, is the starting point of Sindang-dong Tteokbokki Alley, with a gochujang and chunjang recipe cooked at the table.

Apple House

Apple House started as a food stall in Banpo in 1987 and moved to Isu in 2022 due to redevelopment; the owner credits its longevity to an unchanged flavor.

Koggiri

Koggiri is a three-generation shop on Gongdeok-dong's instant tteokbokki street, in the Blue Ribbon Survey in 2017 and 2018, with fried rice to finish.

Darak

Darak is a famous restaurant for instant tteokbokki seen on TV programs, served in a tray or a hot pot with a choice of sauces beyond the basic ingredients.

Bbobbai Bunsik

Bbobbai Bunsik is a Jamsil tteokbokki shop open since 1983 in the Jangmi Shopping Center, renowned for tteokjjolla, chewy noodles and ramen with tteokbokki.

Cosmos Snack Bar

Cosmos Snack Bar has stood near Gusan Station for over 40 years, known for sweet and spicy instant tteokbokki in a retro interior that recalls school days.

Mirim Bunsik

Mirim Bunsik has stood next to Mirim Girls' High School since 1988 with no proper signboard, and its signature dish is instant tteokbokki with chosen add-ins.

Ingkko Tteokbokki

Ingkko Tteokbokki has made tteokbokki in Mangwudong since 1978, from the days the stall village formed around seven schools, now in its third generation.

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