25 MAY: Noryangjin Fish Market
Hongdae
Day 5, the halfway mark for my 9-day trip!
For breakfast, we headed to Noryangjin Fish Market (노량진수산시장) ! For an absolute seafood lover like me, it was one of my most anticipated destinations. Even though seafood for breakfast in the early morning sounds insane but it was quite out of the way based on the train lines. I was quite worried about heading there because from online reviews etc, it seems like the stall holders may charge you a higher price because you're a tourist. But, it's seafood. Seafood is always worth the risk.
How to get there: Noryangjin Station (노량진역) Line 1 - Exit 1
When you exit the station, look for this bridge. You will see a small sort of open space carpark area. The stairwell leading to the fish market will be on your left.
Walking down the stairwell, the fishy smell will be the prove that you're in the right direction.
Now for a look at the Noryangjin Fish Market that Google probably has tons of.
Everyone sells pretty much the same kinds of seafood so it's really difficult to decide which stall to patronize. I was trying to see which ajumma seems like she isn't out to cheat my money. In the end, we patronized one stall which I unfortunately did not take a picture of. However, it was on our left and on the right of the second stairwell. The first stairwell would be the one you came down from.
They had one worker who was able to speak Chinese and he seemed really friendly (probably cause he was trying to earn our money but anyway) And he told us that everyone around here sells at around the same price which was probably true.
After his suggestions and us asking questions about the pricing of the seafood, we decided on one 'wild' 比目鱼 (Bi Mu Fish), scallops and prawns. I have no idea what specific kind of scallops and prawns we had though. Why I would mention 'wild' for the fish is because they had wild ones and farmed raised ones. Apparently or rather the obviously the wild ones would be nicer but ~15000KRW more expensive if i didn't remember wrongly.
Based on my memory,
Fish - 30000KRW - 40000KRW
Prawns - 10000 - 20000KRW
Scallops - 10000-15000KRW
I think we paid ~75000KRW in total and this is just for the seafood without the 'cooking fee'. The chinese speaking guy then brought us to this restaurant, Ttosune Restaurant (just up the staircase on their left) to get them to cook the seafood for us.
For the fish, there was three choices: Raw fish slices, Steamed or Stew. We decided on Raw fish slices for one half and steamed for the other.
For the prawns and scallop, BBQ!
If you can read Hangul, they have the prices for cooking pasted around the shop.
The shop was empty when we entered probably cause it was early in the morning. But the area was clean and spacious.
For breakfast, we headed to Noryangjin Fish Market (노량진수산시장) ! For an absolute seafood lover like me, it was one of my most anticipated destinations. Even though seafood for breakfast in the early morning sounds insane but it was quite out of the way based on the train lines. I was quite worried about heading there because from online reviews etc, it seems like the stall holders may charge you a higher price because you're a tourist. But, it's seafood. Seafood is always worth the risk.
How to get there: Noryangjin Station (노량진역) Line 1 - Exit 1
Walking down the stairwell, the fishy smell will be the prove that you're in the right direction.
Now for a look at the Noryangjin Fish Market that Google probably has tons of.
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| Noryangjin Fish Market |
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| A closer look |
They had one worker who was able to speak Chinese and he seemed really friendly (probably cause he was trying to earn our money but anyway) And he told us that everyone around here sells at around the same price which was probably true.
After his suggestions and us asking questions about the pricing of the seafood, we decided on one 'wild' 比目鱼 (Bi Mu Fish), scallops and prawns. I have no idea what specific kind of scallops and prawns we had though. Why I would mention 'wild' for the fish is because they had wild ones and farmed raised ones. Apparently or rather the obviously the wild ones would be nicer but ~15000KRW more expensive if i didn't remember wrongly.
Fish - 30000KRW - 40000KRW
Prawns - 10000 - 20000KRW
Scallops - 10000-15000KRW
I think we paid ~75000KRW in total and this is just for the seafood without the 'cooking fee'. The chinese speaking guy then brought us to this restaurant, Ttosune Restaurant (just up the staircase on their left) to get them to cook the seafood for us.
For the fish, there was three choices: Raw fish slices, Steamed or Stew. We decided on Raw fish slices for one half and steamed for the other.
For the prawns and scallop, BBQ!
The shop was empty when we entered probably cause it was early in the morning. But the area was clean and spacious.
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| Feast your eyes on these AMAZING seafood!! |
The raw fish was the definite clear champion out of the four. Even my friend who didn't like sashimi LOVED it! Eating it after dipping it in gochujang is just pure goodness! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you to try it. And don't steam the fish. The steamed fish was really disappointing. I think the stew option would be better but the raw fish is even better. We really regretted not having the raw fish slices option for the whole fish. It's super addictive.
After eating, time to pay the bill. For the cooking fee alone, it was ~35000KRW.
Noryangjin Fish Market definitely TOPPED my list for my next trip to Korea. You MUST come here especially if you're a seafood lover.
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