Restaurants near Dongdaemun (DDP)

An alley behind Sindang Station devoted to tabletop tteokbokki. You simmer rice cakes with noodles and egg at the table and finish with fried rice in the leftover sauce.

Decades-old braised pig trotter houses stand side by side on the main road in front of Jangchung Arena. Order front or hind leg and eat it with salted shrimp; this is where Seoul jokbal started.

A century-old market of pancake, raw beef and kimbap stalls where you sit and eat on the spot.

Old bars and rice-and-side-dish diners tucked between print shops. Busiest in the evening.