Gastronomic journey through the streets of Korea (29 photos)

Insa-dong - one of the most popular places among tourists in Seoul.

Traditionally, in this part of the city there are tea houses, markets, cafes, souvenir shops and stalls, which sell a variety of street delicacies, from fried octopus on a stick to the delicious custard cakes.

But it is still possible to see and try on the streets of Insadong:

This is the "potato twist." Cook puts a whole potato in a special machine, which makes it such a spiral. Then the potatoes strung on skewers and roasted.


«Potato twist" can be sprinkled with cheese or chili powder. This dish is very hearty and fat.


On the streets of Insadong is a huge number of stalls where you can sample the most diverse street food.


For example, in this tent traded fish patties and hot dogs on a stick.


To spice fish cakes stuffed with chili.


Unfortunately, on the streets of Seoul is very little boxes, so all the garbage has to carry. Some stalls skewers take back for recycling.


This stew pot or nuts, or larvae. However, not all have the courage to find out for sure.


And this is one of the favorite dishes of travel - grilled octopus on a stick.


Cook dipped them in soy sauce and sprinkle with flaky shavings. It tastes sweet octopus, thanks soy sauce, and a little chewy as rubber.


The queue at the end of the tent on the street. On leaving people endure braided sweet pastries.


In a large frying pan are fried sweet cakes.


A woman pours oil from the kettle into the fiery form to cook tiny cakes with custard.


If you look closely, you can see the eggs, which are fried directly in a bun.


These guys are preparing a stringy, sweet dessert.


Such sugar "sausages" roll and become similar to nuts.


Korean cuisine is generally quite sharp.


And mostly fried and calorie, so there will have to forget about the diet.


This woman is cooking noodles in a spicy red sauce.


This street is full of cafes wishing to eat dumplings.


It is not clear what it is made, but the taste - salty and crunchy.


Drinks can be purchased in Insa-dong here in such mobile cocktail bars. Why deny yourself the pleasure to stroll through the bustling alleys of Seoul with a bottle of strong drink.


Street restaurants and vans lure hungry passersby so that's unpretentious advertising signs.


Or so stuffed dog.


All cafes beckoning to her clients who as you can.


In one of these restaurants served the soup with dumplings and local Korean beer - "Cass».


Now it's time for dessert. It looks like the children coming out of this confectionery, very satisfied with her range.


For $ 5 a seller buy a tube,


Which is then filled with frozen yogurt.


It turns out a kind of ice cream, which is much more convenient to have something familiar to us waffle cups.