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No. 9 in the world · October 2026

Gwangjang Market

Jongno-gu · Seoul, South Korea

Gwangjang MarketNo. 9
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Seoul's oldest market, a hundred griddles going at once. Sit on a bench and point.

When to go: Look at the posted price before you order.

The two stalls to hit

Stall 1 of 2 · On the Food Hall 50

Soonhee's Bindaetteok

Get: A mung bean pancake fried to order, with makgeolli

Fried to order at the front of the stall for fifty-plus years.

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Stall 2 of 2 · On the Food Hall 50

Cho Yonsoon's kalguksu

Get: Hand-cut noodle soup in a vegetable broth

The Netflix stall, and the line was there before Netflix.

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