This past summer I went to Seoul, Korea for a week to visit my childhood best friend! Here are some food pics (unfortunately couldn't share all of them). But please let me know if you visit any and let me know of any cool places as well that I can go to when I visit again next time! Yay food places!
Foods to Try
- Try fine dining! The picture on the left is from when I went to Ondabile. It's not crazily priced but it definitely gives you the fancy setting that makes you feel beautiful. I want to recommend this because I had a great time there but after recent google searches, it appears it has closed. But I'm not sure how accurate that information is so please look into this further if you want to try! The address is: South Korea, Seoul, Yongsan-gu, Hannam-dong, 28-2 B2
- Street food is a must-try! You can find them in many shopping areas or tourist locations. This picture was taken at Myeongdong and the women running the stand appeared in every one of my friend's stories when they visited.
- The pink drink on the left can be found in almost all convenience stores in Korea (the most common one I saw being CU Convenience store). There are many amazing drinks from grape juices to teas but this is ALCOHOLIC!!! We all know the standard soju drinks from Korean dramas but this is a peach drink with 2% alcohol. It's very light but be careful to not buy this for your children-- it's definitely a great treat if you're of age though!
- The drinks on the right are absolutely delicious as well. They are from the Style Nanda Pool Cafe in Myeongdong. Matcha is a go-to if you want to play it safe but I loved the hibiscus drink!
- Line Cafe drinks! - located within the Line Friends Store
- Yoogane Chicken Galbi - Myeongdong - this was so delicious and there are many different chains that make amazing dak galbi! You just got to find it!
- Insadong Korean Art Street has a lot of street food. These are just some examples such as sikhye (rice drink) and squid! I personally really liked Insadong because I love when there are a lot of food stands and mini restaurants/cafes all around. It's a lot of fun. The poop cafe is located here as well as dragon beard candy!! I bought two boxes of dragon beard candy and that is another must-try!
- My hotel was located in Gangnam and here were just some amazing food places that were walking distance. One is the Kakao store which has the Kakao cafe inside. I absolutely love Apeach so I went to town as you can see.
- Then there was this ramen place called Maru Ichi - they have single stalls where you can eat ramen and it cost around $10 USD so it was pretty worth. It's not very Korean but it was comforting and light for when I was jet-lagged.
- Tanghulu - This classic Chinese treat is typically made with Hawthornes. However, in Korea, they put their spin on it and they use strawberries. It's a bit too sweet for my taste and can get sticky since strawberries are very juicy compared to hawthorns. But it was definitely quite an experience! I don't recall where I saw this but a lot of street markets sell them and it's not hard to find!
- More ddukbokki - did you really go to Korea if you didn't have ddukbokki? This was located near my hotel in Gangnam as well and it is a chain throughout Korea selling cheap and fast food. You can get ddukbokki and kimbap here. It's called Kimbap Heaven!
- Dkore- this place was probably one of my favorite meals in Korea. Their kimchi jigae was addicting and I couldn't stop eating despite being full. Please go here and eat at this amazing place! It tastes amazing!
