LOCAL Korean STREET FOOD Tour of Mangwon Market | Seoul, South Korea

My latest adventure in South Korea took me and my boy Sam to Seoul’s amazing Mangwon Market, where we tried as many local street foods as we could! Come along with us as we explore the market and do some serious eating along the way!
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Mangwon Market is a hidden gem on the west side of Seoul. It’s located about a 5-minute walk from Mangwon Station and is extremely local! There are no tourists here, so you get an authentic feel for what Seoul is all about. This is the type of travel I love!
Upon entering, we immediately saw butchers selling fresh meat, bars, souvenir shops, and even a supermarket and clothing vendors. This area was super authentic and was very much an all-purpose market.
We started with a hot bar, which is a cheese stick wrapped with an oden fish cake. It was a thin layer of artificial cheese in the middle with spongy fish around it, but it was pretty good! I added some spicy sauce, which was like a 15 out of 10 on the spice level! It cost 1,000 won/$0.83 U.S., so it’s cheap and fast!
Next, the lady at the stall offered us a flat, grilled puffer fish pancake that’s then cut into bite-sized pieces. It was dry, salty, and chewy and went great with the gochujang sauce! It reminded Sam of octopus, but was way more edible. It’s sweet and pairs so well with that amazing sauce! It only cost 2,000 won/$1.67 U.S.
Past that, we found lots of fresh seafood, including fish, crabs, and squid. We found our next food, a type of tempura that costs 1,000 won for 8 pieces. I could see carrots, green peas, a meat that looked like pork, fish, and more.
My first piece was minced pork, which was super juicy and had a light, eggy batter. It needed a bit more spice, but was good! Next, I tried a cucumber, which was so fresh even though it was fried. It had less batter and had a lot of cucumber flavor. The fish was maybe cod and had a fish-and-chips feel. It was my favorite so far and was very filling. The next one had lots of ingredients in it, maybe green bean, radish, pork, and imitation crab. I loved the batter and it felt like there was pasta in it as well!
I took a break from the food and found a man selling multiple varieties of kimchi. Everything was super red, so I knew it was spicy! There were also vendors selling different types of spicy, fried chicken.
A woman gave me some Korean rice wine that was very tasty, and there was also a bony fish wrapped in a leaf.
I loved the diversity of this market. There were street food stalls, but also vegetable vendors, shoe vendors, grocery stores, live animal vendors, fresh seafood vendors, and so much more.
We went for some Korean pork belly next, which was tender and juicy, with an amazing explosion of fat in my mouth! The stall is in the center of the market near the intersection. You have to try this pork belly! It’s phenomenal! 500 grams costs 10,000 won, or about $9 U.S.
At the end of the market, there’s another market called the World Cup Market. There’s so much activity there and is the perfect place to people watch. It was amazing to see the fruits, vegetables, street food, and seafood all side-by-side, which is almost never the case in markets.
Chicken was next! The vendor gave me and Sam some free tteok, which had a sweet sauce. Then we dug into the Korean fried chicken, which I cannot get enough of! It’s the best fried chicken in the world!
The chicken itself was spicy, juicy, and crunchy. There was also some sweetness and sourness, and it blew my mind! I’m in love with the chicken!
What an adventure! The people were all so nice and the food was outstanding!
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My name is David Hoffmann. For the last decade, I have been traveling around the world in search of unique culture, food, and history! Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have traveled to over 1,000 destinations in 73 countries, which I welcome you to check out on my KZbin channel, travel blog, and social media sites.
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I need to visit South Korea just for the food. 😋😋😋😋

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I now watched around 10 of your videos, great job, I really have enjoyed them.

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Lol last time I checked we had fresh vegetables here in the Netherlands as well😂😂😂😂😂 The food does look very delicious

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Hi David: I have been following you for quite a while and really enjoy your well thought out and practical reviews. You’re one of the best! Putting that aside I am finding you plus Sam to be a lot of fun and extremely detailed. You might consider doing a yearly series with Sam that I am sure, everyone would enjoy. You both have your own styles but together make a compelling team. Thanks for sharing and continued success to both of you! Cheers, Colin.

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Hello David and Sam in Mangwon market. Great food..love it. Little hot chili burp..🤪. Wow an all purpose market with lots of choice. That vendorbehind you watching with a smile.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. great to see two guys eating so much good spicy food. Again great blog.

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In love with Pork Belly and the Korean Fried Chicken !!

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Awesome tips for korean street foods

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I love seeing different food then what other people show. Thanks.

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Hey David. Off for my second trip to Korea this week. You have given me so many more ideas to consider so thanks a lot. Series has been epic👌👏👏👏

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😋😋😋😋wao he eat so mny difrent foods...

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Welcome

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The Pork belly an the Korean fried chicken looked sooo yummy 😋

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Wouldn't mind some myself! 😁

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I love that market!!

[@skatingcanuck9837]

The rice wine (makgeoli) is best had with Korean pancakes (jeon). It really needs to be paired with food. The deep fried green veggie you had was with a squash (not cucumber). Thank you for making a video at a less touristy spot. You hit it on the nail with Korean Fried Chicken. It is unique because it is super crunchy (without being greasy) and has tasty sauce options.

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Yummy street foods!

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There's no better place to try Korean BBQ than a Korean street food market! 😍

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🙏🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐💐💐..... superb sir...

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One of the JUN you had was not cucumber but pumpkin.

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Yumm chicken ...

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Well, Kimchi is not always spicy. There are about 3 hundreds of different types of Kimchi including spicy and non spicy. And we koreans also enjoy white Kimchi without chilli powder.

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It was zucchini , not cucumber. We dont pan fry cucumber in Korea, lol. Actually I highly doubt that people in any other countries around the world would fry cucumber. Thank you for your clip.:)

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Looks yummy however you should never put tip of sauce close to where your mouth has been. It could make you or others sick

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So David when you tried to buy some T-shirts for you nephews and the vendor didn’t help you, the reason why he was being a dick is probably because he was treated like a dick by Americans in the past. As an American who lived there for years that market was frequent by US soldiers. As most were respectful some were obnoxious as they were missing there family etc. or just plain assholes’. Koreans are usually very kind people especially with children ❤️

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Please reaction to ghungroo song from WAR movie

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In this episode of *A trip to Diabetes with David*

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Was not fried cucumber it was zucchini

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Don’t eat worms 🐛 it’s not kosher 😄😄😄😄😄

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Nope.

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