Andong
Andong jjimdak
Chicken braised in soy sauce with vegetables and glass noodles. Most places will adjust the heat.
Regional food guide
What to eat in North Gyeongsang
Written by hand, not generated. Dishes, markets, timing and prices for North Gyeongsang.
The inland and the coast here are two different worlds. Around Andong and Mungyeong the food descends from ancestral rites and from salting and drying; along the coast at Pohang, Yeongdeok and Uljin it is snow crab and raw fish, used the day it lands.
What people eat here
Start with the local defaults
Andong
Gan godeungeo (salted mackerel)
Mackerel salted for the journey from the coast to the interior — the preservation method became the dish.
Andong
Heot jesabap
The vegetables and soup of an ancestral rite, laid out to be mixed with rice. Deliberately lightly seasoned.
Pohang
Gwamegi
Herring or saury dried in the winter sea wind, wrapped in seaweed with garlic.
Yeongdeok and Uljin
Snow crab
Steamed, then rice fried in the shell to finish. Prices move with the market.
Where the food is
Markets, streets and harbours
Andong Old Market
A traditional market with a jjimdak alley inside it.
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Ganggu Port, Yeongdeok
A run of snow crab restaurants along the harbour.
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Hupo Port, Uljin
A harbour dealing in snow crab and red snow crab.
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Yecheon Yonggung Sundae Alley
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.
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Gyeongju Seongdong Market
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.
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Guryongpo Gwamegi Culture Street (Pohang)
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.
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Gumi Saemaul Jungang Market
Gumi's oldest and largest traditional market, opposite Gumi Station, organized into five themed alleys including noodle, pork-trotter and sundae alleys.
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Mungyeong Omija Experience Village
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.
Restaurants nearbyWhen to go
- Snow crab runs from winter into spring, December to April. There is a closed season, so check before travelling.
- Gwamegi is only properly in season from November to February.
- Cold raw fish soup is a summer dish around Pohang, June to August.
Worth knowing
- 1Snow crab is priced by the kilo. Confirm the price per crab, the preparation fee and the cost of the fried rice up front.
- 2Jjimdak is portioned for two or three. Ask about the size before ordering alone.
- 3Hwangnidan-gil in Gyeongju is very crowded at weekends.
- 4Inland Andong and coastal Pohang are about ninety minutes apart by car; doing both in a day is tight.
What it costs · Per person, roughly
Jjimdak for two or three runs around KRW 35,000, cold raw fish soup about KRW 15,000, and snow crab at market price.
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