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Tongin Market

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coin lunch box, oil tteokbokki

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Tongin Market · About this place

A traditional market known for coin-based lunch boxes and oil tteokbokki.

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Hyojadong Chicken Skewers

Jonmat

Salt-grilled chicken skewer

A salt-grilled chicken skewer restaurant frequently visited inside the market.

Walk ~1 minBike ~1 minDrive ~3 min
Tongin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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Jungang Jeonju Banchan

Jonmat

Rolled omelet

A side-dish shop in Tongin Market, Seoul, introduced for its rolled omelet.

Walk ~1 minBike ~1 minDrive ~3 min
Jahamun-ro 15-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
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Oil Tteokbokki Stall with the Heritage Sign

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Oil tteokbokki, Red tteokbokki

The oil tteokbokki has an oily flavor and a chewy texture.

Walk ~1 minBike ~1 minDrive ~3 min
Jahamun-ro 15-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Tongin Market · Visits and features

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떡볶퀸 TteokbokqueenVisit informationWatch feature video

Tongin Market Hit the Jackpot with Its Yeopjeon Concept: Only the Truly Delicious Spots, with All the Hype Stripped Away

A video of personally choosing and trying noodles, bread, oil tteokbokki, a yeopjeon lunchbox, and chicken skewers at Tongin Market.

A traditional market famous for yeopjeon lunchboxes and oil tteokbokki.

Key visit points
  • Banquet noodles and spicy mixed noodles are eaten at Segudong Janchi House.
  • Bean bread, onion cream-cheese choux soboro, and Western-style confectionery tarts are recommended at an unidentified bakery.
  • The First Original Grandma's Oil Tteokbokki and Original Jeong Grandma's Oil Tteokbokki are compared.
  • Yeopjeon can be purchased on the 2nd floor of the Customer Satisfaction Center and used at Lunchbox Café member shops.
  • Hyoja-dong chicken skewers are eaten as the final item in the lunchbox.
민경장군Visit informationWatch feature video

Tongin Market's Famous Oil Tteokbokki and Sonmat Gimbap with 43 Years of Tradition

A video tasting oil tteokbokki and Sonmat Gimbap while looking around the atmosphere of Tongin Market.

A market where visitors look around Tongin Market and taste its signature foods.

Taste notes from the video

Shows the market's modest and welcoming atmosphere.

Key visit points
  • They taste oil tteokbokki at Tongin Market.
  • Soy sauce oil tteokbokki and gochujang oil tteokbokki are introduced separately.
  • Perilla leaf jeon is also shown.
  • Sonmat Gimbap is described as containing no cucumber or ham.
  • They say they could not use the yeopjeon lunchbox because it was Monday.
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Starting the New Year at Tongin Market: From oil tteokbokki to bread, skewers, and a full Korean spread

A tour of Tongin Market featuring bread, chicken skewers, tteokbokki, dumplings, oyster pancakes, and sujebi.

A market known for its coin-token food system. You can sample bread, chicken skewers, tteokbokki, dumplings, and sujebi in one place.

Key visit points
  • Introduces Tongin Market’s coin-token food system.
  • Tastes Hyoja Bakery’s corn bread.
  • Eats Hyoja Chicken Skewer’s salt-grilled skewers and perilla leaf wrap.
  • Includes oil tteokbokki, red-bean porridge, handmade dumplings, oyster pancakes, and seafood sujebi.
  • Shows both takeaway and dine-in food culture inside the market.