Although we know we were headed to Dongmun Traditional Market, I didn't do any research prior on what food to eat there. Tracy said there's an octopus ramyeon shop, so we went round trying to look for it without realising that we had passed by it before...
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| let's walk walk |
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| tangerines and more tangerines! |
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| wet market section |
At last, we looked up at the banner of one of the shop that we had passed by earlier, and voila! 'Octopus Noodle' !
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| our breakfast stop |
The shop front seemed to be selling steamed mandus and steamed cakes. We enquired from the lone person in the shop if we could get breakfast there and he said yes.
The place was a small and functional. We were the only customers at that time. The interior felt like it was frozen somewhat in the passage of time.
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| interior |
The information that Tracy got, was from this post. I wanted the mandus so we enquired from the uncle on how many pieces were there in one serving. He said 5. So I asked if we could do a mix and he said ok.
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| mandu (5 pieces) ₩5000 - 3 pork and spring onions, 2 kimchi |
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| pork and spring onions mandu |
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| kimchi mandu |
The steamed dumplings were lovely. Both were pretty flavourful. Complimentary water is available. Self-service and get your own cup from the water dispenser in the shop.
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| side dish for the noodles |
Though we were only having instant noodles, the shop still serves complimentary kimchi and pickled radish as side dish.
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| octopus ramyeon @₩12000 |
The broth for the octopus noodles was rather spicy. The octopus were cut up into small pieces and I quite liked the texture. Chewy but not tough.
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| pork ramyeon @₩11000 |
We ordered the pork noodles, and the broth, noodles for this was different from the octopus ramyeon. There were generous pieces of pork in the noodles. However, the meat was lean and a tad tough. It also had a stronger porky smell.
Both bowls had similar toppings of bean sprouts and onion slices.
The uncle was friendly and since we were the only customers, he talked to us a little bit to find out where we were from, and how did we find the shop.
Dongmun Traditional Market 제주동문시장
Address: South Korea, Jeju-do, Jeju-si, 특별자치도, 동문시장
Business Hours:
Daily: 8 AM–11 PM
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