Letters to Seoul Eats: Good Cheap Food Recommendations

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Here is a letter I recently recieved:

Hi Dan,

I’m heading to Seoul with 3 of my friends at the end of the year and need some suggestions for good food. My friends are pretty psyched about eating good authentic Korean food and have been counting on me to bring them around.

Although it’s gonna be my 3rd time in Seoul, it’s not like I know where all the good food are.
So, could you like recommend any places to try good Korean food like samgyetang, jjajjangmyeon, bibbimbap etc and street food?

Since my friends and I are still in college, it’ll be great if the food is affordable or cheap too haha.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Regards,
Shazleen
Singapore

Dear Shazleen,
For good cheap food, I recommend going to Kwangchang Market. They have lots of food stalls the food is very good- especially the Kalguksu and the Metdol Bindaetteok. For Samgyetang, I like going to Kuryeo Samgyetang- but this is a bit expensive at 15,000 a person. you might be able to get 2 for 3 people and share. I recommend one fried (tong) Chicken and one black chicken. For Jajamyeon, my favorite place is over by Chungmoro Station Exit 4?? it’s the one near Korea House where they might pulled noodles. O’mori Kimchi Chiggae also has great black noodles (and kimchi chiggae^^). For bibimbap…I like doengjang bibimbap at Twet e maul in Insadong (it’s by Doorei).

I hope that helps and happy eating!

Dan

About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.