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No. 48 in the world · October 2026

Tongin Market

Seochon, west of Gyeongbokgung · Seoul, South Korea

Tongin MarketNo. 48
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Buy brass coins, take a lunchbox tray, and fill it stall by stall.

When to go: The lunchbox café runs late morning to 4pm, closed Mondays.

The two stalls to hit

Stall 1 of 2 · On the Food Hall 50

Dosirak Café

Get: A coin lunchbox, filled along the alley

The market's own way to eat it all.

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Stall 2 of 2 · On the Food Hall 50

Hyoja-dong Old-Fashioned Tteokbokki

Get: Oil tteokbokki (gireum tteokbokki), spicy

Stir-fried in oil, crisp, the market's signature.

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