(Click images for sources) Stop by seoulistic.com for more Korea travel tips! Seoul is home to a number of food towns and streets, clusters of specific types of Korean foods all found in one specific place. If you're a fan of Korean foods, be sure to check out these awesome food towns in Seoul! Note: Most of these dishes (besides galbi) will cost approximately less than 10,000 won a person (that is if you take it easy on the alcohol! ;)).   Where to Eat Tteokbokki in Seoul: Tteokbokki Town in Sindang Tteokbokki (떡볶이): spicy rice cakes (Korean street food) Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) is Korea's representative street food. And although Korean street food is quite popular with tourists, it's also a local favorite for Koreans. And that's why there's a tteokbokki town in Sindang-dong. Sindang's Tteokbokki Town has represented street food in Korea since the 90's. The tteokbokki restaurants here are famous for a so-called "secret recipe." But even if it...

I woke this morning with a craving for Pyeongando Jokbal. I guess in a way I did dream about pigs. So in my dream, I was flying and there were pigs flying above me- they didn't have wings; they ran on the clouds. A group of them- they were running in a V formation- got very close to me and when they touched me they fell in a horrific free fall. It was as if they had transformed from light as air pigs into 100 ton weights. You would think that they would run away, but no. They all swarmed upon me and each one that touched me with their snout, trotter, tail, tongue, etc...would fall instantly. I was ashamed to have had a part in the pig decimation, so I decided to stop flying and let myself fall to my death. I went faster and faster and further and further and then I crash landed on a huge pile of soft, marinated pig trotters. I wonder what my dream means? Anywho, here's information on Pyeongando Jokbal from visitkorea.or.kr "Pyeongando Jokbal" Jokbal that melts in ...

My name is Dan and you might have seen me on the Bizarre foods episode. I'm with Andrew while eats Turtle, Eel, and Blowfish. To be honest with you, I haven't seen the episode yet. They haven't aired it in Korea yet. I just wanted to welcome you to my site and introduce you to some of the bizarre things I've eaten (or been eaten by) lately. The first picture is of my hand and feet in a pool of water as little fish eat the dead skin off the bottom of my feet. It's a pretty popular thing in Korea and it does wonders for exfoliation. Then there is kamja tang. It's a potato soup with slowly roasted pig back. The potatoes here are fluffy when cooked and they have an elusive sweetness. Next is Jokbal. Jokbal is slowly braised pig trotters that melt like butter in your mouth. Then there is a fish with a cataract kissing a Korean upside down fish. The cataract is believed to improve stamina in men. JUST KIDDING. It was a fish that I saw at Noryrangjin: the largest comme...

I started the day with a delicious apple (which didn't make it to my post because it was too normal). I then went to Korean class (late). Lunch was Yukgaejang: a spicy beef soup. I skipped dinner because I was meeting my friend Michael at the street market. Here I had to taste all sorts of food that would seem a bit unappealing to the normal person. First up, Bundaeggi: silkworm larva boiled in sugar, soysauce and other secret ingredients. Then I had some tiny crabs (crunchy) And then it was time to eat some pig. I had some pig nose and it was delicious. The feet was...well...I couldn't get over the fact that I was eating feet. It was what it was. I also ate some chicken feet. These weren't half bad. They tasted like wings from Hooters. And finally, I had some king soondae: pig intestine stuffed with noodles and coagulated pig's blood. All in all, not a bad evening. (Now where is the pepto bismo)

From Wikipedia The hair is removed from pigs' feet and they are thoroughly washed. Leeks, garlic, ginger, cheongju (rice wine) and water are brought to a boil. The pigs' feet are added, brought back to a boil and then simmered until tender. Then additional water, sugar and soy sauce are poured into the pot and the contents are slowly stirred. Once the jokbal is fully cooked, bones are removed, and the meat is cut into thick slices. It is then served with fermented shrimp sauce called saeujeot (새우젓). As the preparation of jokbal is quite painstaking and requires a great deal of time, jokbal is usually ordered for delivery or purchased from a jokbal shop. Jangchungdong district, Jung-gu, Seoul is very well known for featuring a large number of such shops. And from Trifood Jokbal is a very popular pork dish to many Koreans worldwide. In translation, it means pig’s trotters or legs (boneless) which have been seasoned and steamed. It may sound strange and unappealing to foreigners,...

All parts of the pig can be eaten. However, I'm not sure if they should be eaten. In the first picture I'm eating Jokbal- Pigs feet which are slow boiled for two to three hours in soy sauce, ginger, black taffy and many other secret ingredients. The meat becomes very tender, the fat pillowy, and the skin chewy. I've had better jokbal. This one tasted like feet and my first bite had a toenail. gross.