My husband and I make a point of hitting up traditional markets wherever we travel — it’s an easy way to grab a cheap, filling meal and get a feel for how locals actually live. So when he’d been scrolling through food blogs for days before our Gyeongju trip and finally looked up to say, … Read more
There’s a small city about an hour and a half west of Busan that most tourists never hear about. No viral TikToks. No long lines of influencers posing with street food. Just a covered market where vendors have been selling the same recipes for decades, and two dishes so good that I rearrange my schedule … Read more
After a full day on the sand at Haeundae Beach, the question always comes up: what do you eat for dinner? If you walk about five minutes inland from the shore, past the hotels and convenience stores, you will find the answer where the crowds are already heading. Haeundae Traditional Market runs a few blocks … Read more
You have probably walked through a Korean traditional market before — dodged the fish vendors, pointed at some tteokbokki, and left with a bag of dried seaweed. But have you ever followed a trail of hidden clues through one, solved five puzzles between produce stalls and fishcake shops, and gotten rewarded with handmade dumplings at … Read more
For years, every time I took the bus from Busan to Gurye, it would stop briefly at Hwagae Market — just long enough to stretch my legs, never long enough to actually look around. I always told myself I’d come back properly. When I finally did, in early April with the last of the spring … Read more