Alleyway kitchens, Namdaemun Market, Seoul
Alleyway kitchens, Namdaemun Market, Seoul
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by AdministrativeRiot
Alleyway kitchens, Namdaemun Market, Seoul
Alleyway kitchens, Namdaemun Market, Seoul
byu/AdministrativeRiot inKitchenConfidential
by AdministrativeRiot
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It might not meet our Western hygiene standards but man oh man I bet that a lot of that food would absolutely taste like manna from heaven.
I’m curious how many people they’re cooking for. What’s the percentage breakdown between delivery/to-go orders and dine-in customers? It seems like there is a lot of food being cooked but not many people eating, which makes me wonder if there’s more seating elsewhere. Looks epic tho, Seoul would be awesome to visit.
I have been to that market! There’s also at least one great gyoza bar there. You walk up and tell them what you want, and either eat them on the spot on a narrow counter, or take them away in a plastic bag.
The ceramic dishes you see on the stoves are the serving dishes!
Looks like they are all cooking the same thing?
This is pristine compared to indian street food.
I dont fool anybody, its cleaner than my kitchen when I wasn’t married.
I can live with mexican and seoul levels of street food
This looks so awesome. I wonder what a rush looks like at a popular spot.
Im hitting every stall
Do they have kitchen inspectors there?
Behind!
Everything that looks like it should be hot is hot and everything that looks it should be cold is cold, and it looks clean. American chef, I’d eat anything from that market.
“Behind!”
“Yea we know lol”
How would you even know where to start…
You gonna get something? Buy something or get out! Lol
And the food fucking slaps. Some of the best mandu I’ve ever had was from a stall in that market. Four years later, and I want to go back just for them.
I wish I could smell through my phone I bet it smells amazing!
Pure beauty is all I see!!!!!
I just got back from Disney.
The amount of people that would not be able to handle walking there is quite high.
Is the person going through the market looking for something specific or just getting in the smells and saying “ yes this looks good”
Cleaner than most places I’ve seen
I miss Korea so much 😭
Customer on the line!
I’m western and I know people would never eat this but I would in a heartbeat. I love street food in Mexico but this is next level.
I was a cook and kitchen manager for almost 2 decades. This would be amazing for someone like me
I don’t know where to start… I’ll take one of each!
I’ve cooked professionally in an alleyway before, and I gotta say they’re doing a much more professional job than I was frying chicken and fish behind a business park/strip mall. I would totally fuck up a plate from any of these restaurants.
this is what street food should be like.
if i was sure that they followed sanitary practices would love to go there. even more. would LOVE a native tour guide for Japan.
So what did you order?
Yes!!!!
Also would like to point out that these alleys look cleaner than a lot of kitchens I’ve seen
i can smell this and it smells like spicy heaven
because i have had food poisoning that damn near killed me.
I’d love to be there as a tourist and hate to work there.
Amazing place, loved walking around these food markets. The west attempts to do something similar but they always become way overpriced and too corporate feeling
Jimmy Johns cost me $30 for a sub, bet I couldn’t get anything there for that price. /s
After watching Anthony Bourdain for years, I dream of places like this. Every episode I always say, “I don’t know what it is, but I want it.”
Grew up in the Philippines, ate street food left and right. Moved to the US, visited home after 5 years…and I got immediate food poisoning from the street food lol.
Still…I’d love to visit this street food market one day!
free smells
My people! Motherland
The need to tell BEHIND in this situation is beyond my level of comfort.
I bet it smells delicious.
I think Dante said something about this.