Lovers of raw fish (회 or hoe in Korean) or what we usually call sashimi in Japanese will love this place that sells fresh seafood at a reasonably cheap price. The market is opened from 1.30am to 10.00pm every day, and offers more than 800 types of seafood such as clams, shrimps, crabs, shellfish, octopuses, abalones and snappers. Although raw fish is a popular dish only at the coastal towns, and you may not find many restaurants selling raw fish in Seoul, visit the wholesale fish market for a wide selection of fresh seafood!
Overhead Bridge
Address: 13-8, Noryangjin-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울 동작구 노들로 688)
Tel no: 02-813-2072
How to get there: Take the Subway Line 1 (Exit 1) or 9 (Exit 2) to Noryangjin (노량진역) Station. Exit the station and you will see an overhead bridge over the railway tracks, leading to the fish market. The market is at level 1.
How to buy: Your arrival at the fish market may be intimidating as many stallholders will be welcoming you to their stalls.
1. Take your time to find what you want to eat.
2. Let the stallholders know that you want to eat it at the restaurant.
How to say it in Korean: 여기에서 먹고 싶어요 yeo-gi eh-seo meogo shippeo yo - literally meaning I want to eat it here. They will know that they need to bring you to the restaurants upstairs.
3. Pay for the seafood at the stall. (We paid 28,000krw for our salmon slice)
4. Follow the stallholder to Level 2 restaurant to have the fish raw, grilled, stewed, or the way you want it! Do note that there will be extra charges to eat at the restaurant (about 2,500krw to 3,000krw), and to have your seafood cooked (we had grilled fish for additional 5,000krw).
Stall we bought from (싱싱수산 02-823-4392)
Restaurant where we had our raw fish
For our 28,000krw fish, we had it raw and grilled.
Grilled fish and our half-eaten raw fish. You can eat the raw fish with wasabi (which was a little weird bright green unlike the usual wasabi I had eaten before) or gochujang (chilli pepper paste).
In actual fact, this plate full of thick salmon slices was too much for 2 persons. I think a variety of seafood (majority cooked) would have been better. Nevertheless, the salmon was really fresh despite it being cut beforehand when we bought it. (Salmon is not commonly found in the market. A majority of the stalls sell other types of live fishes, and prepare them only upon request.)
And for the fearless, try the live octopus that sticks to you! Video from national geographic below (because I'm not fearless! Haha!!).
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