Local food streets in Gyeonggi

Beside Paldalmun Gate, an alley of cauldron-fried whole chicken shops. Old-style fried chicken with a side of fried gizzards is the standard order here.

A cluster of large restaurants serving the rice set meal.

Cold-noodle houses cluster in Okcheon-myeon, Yangpyeong. Known for Hwanghae-style naengmyeon served with pork meatballs and sliced boiled pork.

Bucheon's oldest traditional market, formed in 1947 near Sosa Station; twinned with the nearby Kkang Market, it's known for its lively alley of sundae and jeon pancakes.

A sundae (blood sausage) street centered on the centuries-old Baegam five-day market, ranked among Korea's three most famous sundae towns alongside Abai and Byeongcheon.

The largest five-day market in the Seoul area, held on dates ending in 4 and 9. On market days a big open-air food section of soups, pancakes and noodles appears.

A national fishing port with about 200 vessels, its live-fish direct-sale market paired with famous sunset views makes it a leading West Coast seafood destination.

Formed in Korea's largest foreign-resident enclave, this street clusters restaurants from Thailand, Vietnam, Central Asia and beyond, famous for exotic international food.

Anyang's largest dining alley with about 100 restaurants packed together, popular for weekend outings thanks to its wide variety from grilled eel to seafood stew.

Pyeongtaek's largest traditional market, lined with dumpling and gukbap shops alongside signature street foods like millet hotteok and chicken gangjeong.

A street along the coast of Oido, once a fishing port, famous for grilled clams, sashimi and clam noodle soup enjoyed while watching the West Sea sunset.

Gimpo's only fishing port, where about 70 direct-sale seafood and salted-seafood stalls, many run by fishermen's wives, are known for fresh seasonal catch.

A gukbap alley rooted in the old Gonjiam cattle market, home to decades-old eateries and called the birthplace of somaeori-gukbap (ox-head soup with rice).

Hanam's representative traditional market, famed for 30-year-old rice cake and gimbap shops, plus a meat-noodle stall featured on a popular TV food show.

Gunpo's largest traditional market with nearly 40 years of history, its lively food alley shaped jointly by merchants and residents.

Successor to Anseong Market, once ranked among Korea's three great Joseon-era markets alongside Daegu and Jeonju, now famed for local Anseong beef and specialty foods.

Osan's representative market that still keeps its 3-8 day market cycle, beloved locally for slow-simmered gukbap and hand-cut noodle soup.

A cafe and restaurant strip along Baeun Lake, popular as a Seoul-area drive destination where visitors enjoy coffee and meals with lake views.

A national tourist site around the ancient Silla-era Silleuksa Temple and Han River cruise boats, ringed by a riverside food village serving anglerfish stew and spicy fish soup.

A noodle-restaurant village of 30+ years near Haengjunaru, a Han River ferry crossing dating to the Three Kingdoms period, famed for anchovy-broth wheat noodles.

A cafe street around the Dasan Jeong Yak-yong Library honoring the Joseon scholar, branded 'Dasanchaekgil,' with a dense cluster of restaurants and cafes.

Three villages inside the Civilian Control Line, including Tongilchon, grow Jangdan beans once presented to Joseon kings, forming a cluster of tofu and fermented-bean restaurants.

A food-culture street formed by top-grade Korean beef restaurants clustered around Gisan Reservoir in Baekseok-eup, known for premium cuts like marbled sirloin.

Guri's representative galbi (grilled rib) district near the Han River, densely packed with charcoal-grill restaurants and a popular dining spot just outside Seoul.

A pork-rib village that began in the late 1950s serving soldiers' visiting families by Baegun Valley, becoming nationally famous after 1980s hikers spread the word.

A 40-year-old sundaeguk (blood sausage soup) alley inside Jungang Market, which formed naturally in 1967, with several old shops side by side inviting comparison.

A street near the Nami Island ferry dock and Jaraseom Jazz Festival grounds, clustered with buckwheat noodle and grilled-chicken restaurants for tourists.

Jeongok Traditional Market near the Paleolithic site of Jeon-gok-ri, paired with a spicy fish-soup restaurant village along the fish-rich Hantan and Imjin rivers.