Food in Seoul

The food in Seoul is so good and relatively cheap as well. There are these two Michelin star restaurants that are really popular-- Myeondong Kyoja and Orenoramen. I've had the ramen twice already and it was so good both times. You order through a kiosk before you enter the restaurant. They only have two options: the regular ramen and the spicy version. Great for indecisive people! I have not had Myeondong Kyoja yet but it is on my list for sure. The last time I tried to go the line was so long people were waiting on the stairs that led up to the restaurant. There are many food markets in Seoul, I visited Gwangjang Market and even met a TikTok influencer there! It is a pretty crowded market but it's also huge. I will definitely visit again. The cafe culture in Korea is incredible so I will make a separate post for that. Korea University has at least five cafeterias and I went to one during orientation. I had this coleslaw salad thing that I loved. There are many food stalls, especially in tourist-heavy areas. I tried steamed Ginkgo seeds for the first time and I love it so much. The texture is so good. I hope I can find them back in the States.

The famous salt bread!! There are a lot of locations, I think the first one I visited was in Seongsu. The way it works is that you order at a kiosk first, hold on to your receipt, then go wait in line for pick up where you will show the worker your order number.

Sandwiches from Half Bagel! We got the matcha strawberry and black sesame sweet potato flavors.

First kbbq in Korea!! It was all you can eat. Also, you WILL smell after kbbq so make sure to wear clothes you don't mind smelling like grilled meat.

This soup was soooo good! It was kind of like pho. There was so much I took it home and froze it. When I took it out to heat it up, I added ginkgo seeds and it was amazing.

Honey butter fried chicken! There was the option for a whole chicken so that's what we got.

KU cafeteria lunch. You can see the salad I was talking about next to the rice.

Cheese dakgalbi, a must-have in Korea. It was chicken, cabbage, sausage, ramen, glass noodles, rice cake, and cheese.

This is a place called Yamato Tendong on campus. It comes with an entire fried eel! They are always busy. 

Orenoramen! I added cilantro to it because I LOVE cilantro.

Fish cake and tteokbokki from Gwangjang food market!