Food World
Discover 1708 iconic traditional dishes from 145 countries — what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Dishes from Seoul
5 total
📍 Showing dishes tied to Seoul in South Korea — the city-first view, not the whole country.
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Drinks & Beverages
★ 4.6
Hwachae
Chilled Korean summer fruit punch set in a shared bowl — cinnamon-ginger rice-punch syrup with floating fruit, nuts and edible petals.
🇰🇷 South Korea · 📍 Countrywide (Seoul and Gyeongsang provinces in particular)
Rice Dishes
★ 4.4
Injeolmi
Injeolmi is a soft, chewy Korean rice cake of pounded glutinous rice rolled in roasted soybean flour, eaten fresh at markets and ancestral rites.
🇰🇷 South Korea · 📍 Nationwide (Seoul markets and provincial tteok shops)
Soups & Stews
★ 4.4
Seolleongtang
Milky ox-bone broth simmered for hours.
🇰🇷 South Korea · 📍 Seoul
Street Food
★ 4.4
Tteokbokki
Chewy rice cakes in a sweet, fiery red chilli sauce.
🇰🇷 South Korea · 📍 Seoul
Meat & Grills
★ 4.0
Beondegi
A chewy, savory Korean street snack of boiled and seasoned silkworm pupae, sold warm in small paper cups from market carts across the country.
🇰🇷 South Korea · 📍 Nationwide street snack, with classic concentrations in Seoul (Jongno, Jung-gu, Mapo), Daegu, Busan, and Gwangju