[Enjoy Market] Boseong Market

Boseong Market

Opened in 1955, Boseong Market was chosen as a "Cultural Tourism Market" in 2009 since it was located near natural tourist attractions such as green tea fields and Mt. Jeamsan. Most of all, it is located in Boseong, the cultural hometown of world famous pansori (Korean traditional vocal and percussional music performance). 

Local agricultural products as well as seafood caught from Deukryang Gulf are traded in the market, such as shallot, potato, kiwi, strawberry, green tea, linen, kkomak (ark shell clam) and nokdon (green tea-fed pork).

Boseong Market has linked local specialty shops with places of interest such as green tea fields, Yulpo beach, Beolgyo (the setting of Korea's one of the greatest novels "Taebaeksanmaek"), Mt. Ilimsan (the habitat of royal azalea), Mt. Jeamsan Recreational Forest, and Daewonsa buddhist temple, etc. Furthermore, the market established concert stages and experiential learning activities to add more flavor.

[Enjoy Food] Black Pork & Horse Cuisine

Jeju Island has a unique culture of food!

Black Pork&Horse Cuisine

Jeju Island has a unique culture of food due to the geographic characteristics of the island and its unusual natural environment. Even today, citizens of Jeju Island maintain this unique, traditional flavor reflecting the island’s nature in their life.

Black Pork

Many tourists, on the first time on Jeju, wonder where the best place is to try the island’s delicious black pork. Sometimes, if you go by travel book recommendation it feels that something is missing and if you go to a totally unknown restaurant, you cannot be assured of the taste. In this situation, if you want a clear reply, the answer would be to “just go anywhere.” Wherever you go on Jeju, you can find delicious black pork restaurants. The meat is even more delicious if you eat it with Mel-jeot, which is a salted anchovy that reduces the pork’s oiliness and makes it tastier.

Horse Cuisine

Dishes made using horse were the finest served to the King in times of antiquity. Horse is used in a variety of dishes, including raw horse meat, horse sushi, tangsuyuk (sweet and sour meat), galbijjim (rib stew), gui (roast meat) and bulgogi (sliced and seasoned barbequed meat). Horse meat tastes lighter than beef and each part and organ, such as the liver, has its own unique flavor.

[Enjoy Food] Jjangddungeo Tang (shuttles hoppfish soup)

Jjangddungeo Tang (shuttles hoppfish soup) - Boseong Market

Jjangttungeo or shuttles hoppfish is also called "loach of the sea" or "mini seal" since it's strong enough to crawl or even hop on the mud.

Jjangttungeo is the only fish that hibernates from early November to April. Also, it cannot be farmed so it must be caught.

Jjangttungeo tang is made by boiling fillet with spice, unlike loach soup which boils grinded fish. What's good about jjangttungeo tang is that it has no fishy smell. The soup goes well with soju(distilled liquor made from grains). One could have a try when you tour to Korea.

Tip
Jjangttungeo is caught between mid-April and mid-October,

and it is the fattiest in September.

Thus, September is the time to enjoy the fish as a stew or grill.

[TalkTalk Market] Moraenae market

Of all the places named Moraenae in the country, a stream in JeonjuCity’s Inhu-dong in North JeollaProvince points to JeonjuCity’s Moraenae.

As a tributary of JeonjuStream starting in Girinbong, it passes through Inhu-dong and Nosong-dong and meets the JeonjuStream in Jinbuk-dong.

 

 

 

Moraenae gets its name from the heavy build up of sediment and morae, or sand, of the meandering stream. Most of the stream has been paved over into roads, and the surrounding area is commonly called Moraenae.

 

 

 

This is exactly where the Jeonju Moraenae Market is located. The Jeonju Moraenae Market was established in 1974. At the time, a small group of traders met and started commercial activity, and the market began with people mostly selling produce from street stalls. Currently it is recognized as a medium-sized market with over 300 stores. Including the merchants who operate street stalls, it is home to about 500 people.

[Enjoy Food] Bingddeok (Bing rice cake), Okdom-gui (Broiled sea bream)

 

Bingddeok (Bing ricecake)

This is known as Bingddeok because it is a rice cake that is made by rolling the dough ‘bing bing’ (round and round). After fine buckwheat powder has been kneaded thinly to prepare round dough, radishes, Welsh onions, salt, sesame powder, and sesame oil are mixed evenly to prepare a filling, and it is placed over a grill. If it is rolled around, it becomes a Bing rice cake. Bing rice cake is eaten from the hand. It is an excellent appetizer when served with a cup of clear rice wine brewed with hulled millet.

Okdom-gui (Broiled sea bream) With a lean and light taste, whoever eats Okdom once will want to try it again. Okdom is a kind of sea bream that is caught only along the coast of Jeju Island and in the seas close to Japan. On Jeju it is known as ‘Saengseon’ or ‘Sollany’. After the Okdom is caught during November to March season, it is spread wide and allowed to dry in half in the sunshine, Okdom paste broiled with sesame oil has an excellent flavor. Since Okdom has a high nutritive value and is a rich source of protein, people with low energy or patients under recovery from illness eat it frequently as a type of porridge.

[TalkTalk Market] Jeju Dong-mun Market

Founded in 1945, Dongmun market is located at the transportation hub of Jeju City, where many different shopping areas such as underground shopping mall, Chilseongtong and Jungangro shopping districts are located nearby. Furthermore, various cultural and recreational places are crowded around the market, making it the center of commerce in Jeju. Due to its central location, Dongmun Market first received the imported goods that went through Jeju port.

 

 

 

Since the market is located close to Jeju port and Jeju International Airport (20 minutes by bus), Dongmun market is a perfect place for tourists to swing by for last-minute purchase.
Ever since it was chosen as a "Cultural Tourism Market" in 2008, the market has served not only as a marketplace, but also as a cultural site where tourists can meet the local people and experience culture. In doing so, the market is making efforts to enhance marketing activities and provide convenient shopping environment via linking itself with local eco-friendly tourism sites such as Sanjicheon eco-park, Gwandeokjeong and Yongduam.