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A table with various Korean dishes including kimchi, soup, and sliced meat. 3
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By Secret Food Tours

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Overview

    • Taste Seoul’s most authentic street food and market classics
    • Explore hidden alleyways and charming traditional backstreets
    • Sample tteokbokki, dumplings, gimbap, and more local favourites
    • Discover a peaceful teahouse for fresh herbal tea and rice cake
    • Enjoy a surprise Secret Dish revealed only during the tour

Activity location

    • Seoul
    • Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 407 Dongho-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea | Meet outside Jongno 5-ga station (dark blue line, line 1) exit 8. It's exactly where the police station is. Your guide will have an orange umbrella.
    • Jongno 5(o)-ga, Seoul, South Korea

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Nukdujan Mung Bean Pancake paired with sweet onions
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    Mandu (Korean Dumplings) | Freshly prepared Kimbap
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    Tteokbokki (slightly spicy)
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    Minced fish fillets (paired with Fish Soup)
  • Inclusions
    Korean Honey Snack | Sweet/Salty Cream bread
  • Inclusions
    Grilled Rice cake with a very tradicional tea
  • Inclusions
    Our delicious Secret Dish!
  • Inclusions
    Water & Tea
  • Inclusions
    Expert Foodie Local Guide
  • Exclusions
    Service charge
  • Exclusions
    Extra Drinks (unless upgrade option selected)

What you can expect

  • On our Secret Food Tour in Seoul Centre, we’ll take you beyond the tourist trail and into the heart of the city’s culinary soul. Together, we’ll wander through hidden alleyways, charming backstreets, and bustling markets that have been feeding locals for generations.

    You’ll taste the dishes that Seoulites truly love, from chewy, slightly spicy tteokbokki—often called Korea’s answer to gnocchi—to smoky grilled rice cakes, crisp mung bean pancakes, savoury dumplings, and freshly rolled gimbap. At select stops, you’ll enjoy quality drinks to complement the flavours, and of course, you’ll get to discover our delicious Secret Dish, revealed only during the tour.

    We’ll begin in one of Seoul’s oldest and largest food markets, sampling everything from handmade dumplings to tender minced fish fillets hot off the grill. You’ll try a sweet honey snack you might have spotted in your favourite K-dramas, sip on a refreshing traditional rice drink, and explore a beautiful Hanok village where time seems to slow down. There, we’ll enjoy sweet and creamy local bread before ending in a peaceful, hidden teahouse, sipping freshly brewed herbal tea paired with a delicate rice cake.

    By the end of our journey, you’ll not only have savoured Seoul’s most authentic flavours but also uncovered the stories, traditions, and hidden gems that make this city unforgettable.

Location

Activity location

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    • Seoul
    • Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 407 Dongho-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea | Meet outside Jongno 5-ga station (dark blue line, line 1) exit 8. It's exactly where the police station is. Your guide will have an orange umbrella.
    • Jongno 5(o)-ga, Seoul, South Korea
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 407 Dongho-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea | Meet outside Jongno 5-ga station (dark blue line, line 1) exit 8. It's exactly where the police station is. Your guide will have an orange umbrella.
    • Jongno 5(o)-ga, Seoul, South Korea