[Talk Talk Market] Gwangcheon Cave Salted Shrimps Market

[Talk Talk Market]

Gwangcheon Cave Salted Shrimps Market

 Gwangcheon used to be a anchorage even though it is land now. The anchorage was crowded with lots of ships and merchants who wanted to sell seafoods from their ship. Gwangcheon Market developed in this way.

 Then, how was Cave Salted Shrimps developed?

 In 1950, people living near the anchorage called Ongam used to dig and bury a jar full of Salted Shrimps in the ground. However, the Salted Shrimps spoiled easily in the summer and people had to throw them away. There was a terrible vicious circle that over half of Salted Shrimps they produced were thrown out.

 At that time, Mr. Yun who retired as a miner and sold Salted Shrimps faced with same problem. He recalled the environment where he worked as a miner and carried out challenge that he stored the Salted Shrimps in the abandoned mine.

 The result of his challenge was surprising! He stored Salted Shrimps in June, and they change into higher-quality Salted Shrimps without decaying. So, Mr. Yoon started to dig in abandoned mine with villagers. Fortunately, they dug with their bare hands because the mountain was made up of talcum, soft rocks that have plenty of water. It was the moment that Salted Shrimps that couldn't help throwing away in a wastebasket turned into the Special Salted Shrimps as a representative food in Gwangcheon.

 How about visiting Gwangcheon Cave Salted Shrimps Market and tasting fresh Salted Shrimps that a man’s wisdom made? :-)

[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.

[FunFun Market] jeonju moraenae market

Plentiful Generosity and a Variety of Food

 

 

 

It is fun to choose between the variety of food at the Jeonju Moraenae Market, such as red bean kalguksu, sundae rice soup, whole chicken, Chinese pancakes, and sticky rice donuts. One of the original sundae rice soup restaurants at the Jeonju Moraenae Market is ‘Pi Sundae,’ which is highly known for its unchanging traditional taste for the past 23 years.

 

 

The Gochang Chicken Restaurant, also known as ‘Shijang Tong Dalk’ (Market Whole Chicken), is located inside one of the market’s alleys. This restaurant reminds customers of past memories and stimulates their.

 

[Enjoy Food] Goryeo ginseng

 

 

While six or seven types of ginseng are known worldwide, the most common types are the Asian Ginseng (PanaxGinseng) grown in Korea and North-East Asia, the American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium L.) grown in the U.S. and Canada, and the Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosis) grown in China. The Asian ginseng root, whose shape resembles the human body, is categorized as a different species from the American or Siberian types. To distinguish it from other ginseng grown in the world, all of the ginseng cultivated in Korea is referred to as Goryeo ginseng.

 

 

 

Goryeo ginseng is a perennial, shade loving plant, and as mentioned, the root forms “legs” and a “trunk” like a human body. A cultivated ginseng plant can take from four to six years to grow, from selecting the seeds to harvesting, and the more attention given to cultivation, the greater its medicinal effect. Korea has the optimal conditions for ginseng, whose cultivation requires the right natural environment. It is particularly sensitive to climate, to the amount of sunlight, and to soil. Considered a cure for various illnesses even in modern times, Goryeo ginseng has more effectiveness than any other type of ginseng and is effective towards prevention and treatment of most diseases. Because of this, Goryeo ginseng is more expensive than other kinds of ginseng. Sometimes ginseng produced in other countries is remade into Goryeo ginseng.

[Fun Fun Market] City tour bus in seoul (traditional market course)

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This course departs from Doota and will have a total of 14 stops including traditional markets such as Dongdaemun Market, Namdaemun Market, Gwangjang Market, and Yangnyeong Market and popular areas such as Insadong, and Myeongdong. As buses stop at each destination every 35 minutes, tourists are able to exit the bus at any stop to look around the market and are free to get on the next bus. Audio guides are provided in five languages (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, and French).

Ticket prices for the course are 12,000won for adults and 8,000won for teenagers and children.

With the new course added, Seoul City Tour now operates 5 different courses including the City Circulation Course, Night courses I & II, and Cheongye/Palace Course.

 

 

 

 

[TalkTalk Market] Gyeongdong Market

Gyeongdong Market

 

 

 

GyeongdongMarket started when, after the Korean War, agricultural food vendors from the Northern GyeonnggiProvince and the GangwonProvince gathered in the area to sell their wares. In the 1960s, the market grew rapidly following the completion of a road connecting GangwonProvince with the Seoul area. Medical herbs from GangwonProvince were transported to the market in an ever-increasing number and the market became to specialize in these types of medicinal herbs.

 

 

 

The market sits across several blocks of Jegi-dong and Yongdu-dong in the Dongdaemun-gu district, but it is largely comprised of the Seoul Yangnyeongsi Market, a market selling ginseng, honey, cereals, and medicinal products. The Yangnyeongsi Market is responsible for about 70 percent of the nation’s total distribution of medicinal goods. In addition to other medicinal herbs, visitors can buy things like ginseng, bonnet bellflower, and balloonflower as well as tea ingredients like the fruits of schizandra and cornus, and Solomon's seal (tea ingredients that are hard to find in other parts of the city).