Local food streets in North Gyeongsang

A traditional market with a jjimdak alley inside it.

A run of snow crab restaurants along the harbour.

A harbour dealing in snow crab and red snow crab.

In the small town of Yonggung-myeon, Yecheon, restaurants serve pork-intestine sundae and grilled squid. It is a village by Yonggung Station, but weekends bring queues for the sausage.

Gyeongju's largest traditional market near the old train station, with about 300 stalls. Known for its street-food alley of kimbap, sundae and tteokbokki.

A harbourside street in Guryongpo regarded as the home of gwamegi, wind-dried sardine/herring, a winter delicacy. Drying racks and gwamegi shops line the port.

Gumi's oldest and largest traditional market, opposite Gumi Station, organized into five themed alleys including noodle, pork-trotter and sundae alleys.

An experience village in Mungyeong's Dongno-myeon, the nation's largest omija (five-flavor berry) region, known for omija juice, makgeolli and an autumn omija festival.

A market formed in 1955 in front of Yeongju Station, once the busiest commercial district in the city until the early 1970s; its old alleys still offer local street food.

A raw-fish town by the Jeodong Harbor ferry terminal on Ulleungdo, where freshly caught squid is prepared on the spot; the harbor is home to the island's iconic squid boats.

A five-day market (days ending in 4 and 9) opened in 1931 along the Josan Stream, lined with food stalls selling sundae, pig trotters and pork skin; also nicknamed Kkumbau Market.

A minari (water dropwort) growing region at the foot of Mt. Hwaak in Cheongdo, famed for Hanjae minari grown with clean bedrock water; about 30 restaurants specializing in minari-samgyeopsal cluster here.

A traditional market in Gimcheon's Hwanggeum-dong, famous for its sundae-gukbap alley serving dishes made from local Jirye black pork, including soup, trotters and blood sausage.

Sangju's largest market, continuing the lineage of the Joseon-era town market, with 194 shops laid out in a grid. A hub for the region's dried persimmons, one of Sangju's famed 'three whites' alongside rice and silk cocoons.

One of Yeongnam's three great markets since the late Joseon era; the nearby cattle market gave rise to a gomtang alley of about ten beef-head gomtang restaurants.

A five-day market held on days ending in 3 and 8, historically the setting of the novel 'Gaekju'. It is the local trading hub for Cheongsong apples and other farm produce.

A cluster of pork charcoal-grill restaurants in Bongseong-ri, known for a distinctive method of grilling with pine needles; it grew out of a dish once sold as a snack at the old Bongseong market.

Chilgok's largest traditional market, formed in the 1930s and named after the 'Waegwan' where Japanese traders once stayed during the Joseon era; a five-day market also runs on days ending in 1 and 6.

The home market of Uiseong garlic, rated among Korea's best; a separate dawn garlic market runs during the June-September harvest. Also known for local snacks like chicken feet and garlic hotteok.

A historic market officially established in 1887, centered on a melon street selling Seongju's nationally famous, high-sugar oriental melons.

A five-day market on days ending in 4 and 9, the home market for Goryeong strawberries, widely regarded as the country's best. Also known for strawberry jam and market dishes like pork soup and boiled pork.

Opened in 1918 as a trading point between East Sea seafood and inland farm goods; still active with dried chilies, wild greens and dried seafood, Yeongyang's local specialties.