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13 plant-based tastings & 4 drinks at Gwangjang Market, including temple-inspired food, desserts & drinks. Go beyond eating. Explore how traditional, modern & temple cuisine shaped Korean food culture and the etiquette behind it.
• Taste a naturally plant-based Korean food—not a dietary alternative
• Discover how Korean food and drink move together, from premium makgeolli to modern blend somaek
• Explore temple-inspired dishes and traditions, from goukcha to dasik
• Learn Korean table manners, and the unwritten rules of sharing, pouring, and toasting
• Enjoy 13 tastings across 8 curated stalls —an opportunity to explore the quieter stories, context, and history behind each dish
• Leave with a printed recap market map — a quiet guide for revisiting each stop at your own pace
By the end, you will have experienced more than a series of tastings —how Korean food, drink, etiquette, and philosophy move together—subtly, but with lasting coherence.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We shall meet just outside Seoul Subway Line 1, at Jongno 5-ga Station—precisely between Exits 7 and 8, in front of the police station, where a curator holding a blue umbrella will be waiting to greet you.
What to expect
Among the 13 dishes you will taste, elements of temple cuisine appear throughout — lending a quiet depth rarely found in the market.
Drinks are treated with equal care. Rather than the familiar, you will be introduced to premium makgeolli — selected for character and balance, and served with the context and etiquette that give it meaning.
To allow you to remain fully present, a printed tour recap market map will be provided at the end — a quiet companion for revisiting each stop at your own pace.
The experience concludes with a small parting taste: Gim-bugak from Namwon — a delicately crisp seaweed and rice wafer rooted in temple cuisine and traditional ceremonial food, made from natural ingredients and rarely found within the market itself, offered to take home.
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Owing to the carefully curated and harmonious nature of this experience, we are regrettably unable to accommodate certain dietary requirements on our tour. We kindly invite you to contact us so that we may advise, with due care, whether your particular needs can be thoughtfully accommodated.
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Owing to the carefully curated and harmonious nature of this experience, we are regrettably unable to accommodate certain dietary requirements on our tour. We kindly invite you to contact us so that we may advise, with due care, whether your particular needs can be thoughtfully accommodated.
- As this experience includes the convivial serving of alcoholic beverages, only those guests who are of legal drinking age in the Republic of Korea (19 years or older) may partake in the alcoholic offerings. We are unable to serve alcohol to minors under any circumstances, and we kindly ask that all guests bring valid identification should age verification be required.
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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