Local food streets in North Jeolla

Bars where ordering a kettle of rice wine brings a spread of food with it.

A district of early-modern buildings with long-running Chinese restaurants and bakeries.

A village-scale trade in fermented pastes, made and sold on site.

Beside Gomso Port, shops and restaurants specialize in salted seafood. The local format is a set meal that puts a dozen kinds of jeotgal on one table.

Traditional tea houses cluster in an alley in Jangmyeong-dong, Jeongeup. People come after a meal for a bowl of ssanghwa tea simmered with nuts and jujubes.

A street of loach soup (chueotang) restaurants clustered around Gwanghallu Garden. It grew from Saejip, opened in 1959 by a woman from Hadong, into Namwon's signature soup district.

A restaurant alley clustered around the Gukje Market intersection in Busong-dong, Iksan. Some 20 eateries serving gopchang, pork cutlet and more make it a favorite evening dining strip for locals.

A grilled-eel restaurant street lining the approach to Seonunsa Temple in Seonunsan Provincial Park. It serves eel caught where seawater meets fresh water at the Incheon River estuary, Gochang's signature delicacy.

Muju's main traditional five-day market on Jangteo-ro in Muju-eup, held on the 1st and 6th. Known for highland wild greens and market food like gukbap and sundae.

A traditional five-day market near Samnye Station in Wanju, reborn as a modern complex in 2018. Its cauldron-fried chicken and market street food have been featured on national TV.

Gimje's flagship five-day market with over a century of history, held on the 2nd and 7th of each month. It offers Honam-plain produce plus local dishes like loach and catfish stew.

Jinan Gowon Market in Gunsang-ri, Jinan-eup (formerly Jinan Market). A five-day market held on the 4th and 9th, known for ginseng, chili and medicinal herbs from the Jinan highlands.

The birthplace of Korean cheese, in Imsil-eup. Belgian priest Didier t'Serstevens began making cheese from goat's milk here in 1964; the village later grew into a cheese-experience tourist site.

Jangsu-gun's largest traditional five-day market, in Jangsu-eup, running since 1977 with market days on the 5th and 10th. Highland wild greens and apples are its main local goods.

Korea's first traditional-market night market, held Friday and Saturday nights at Nambu Market next to Jeonju Hanok Village. Its 250m food alley pairs with the 2nd-floor Youth Mall.

A jjambbong specialty street of Chinese restaurants along Dongnyeong-gil and Jangmi-gil in Jangmi-dong, Gunsan, carrying on the flavors of the area's modern-era Chinatown.