Noryangjin Fish Market

Hwe / sashimi platter with soju and other accompaniments

Verdict: Run

Type: Fish Market

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Address: 674 Nodeul-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Outside of the market (whole dedicated building)

Must Try Items: Fresh Seafood

Cost:

• 60,000 KRW for a large plate of sashimi (enough for 3-4 pax)

• 10,000 KRW for 4 abalone

• 5,000 KRW for live baby octopus

Overhead view from escalator

Comments:

• The Noryangjin Fish Market is a definite “Run” for any foodie coming to visit Seoul. It is one of my favourite places because the market is so fresh and so clean.

• Even relative to the rest of Asia, I found that this place was cleaner than and a cut above the rest.

• What I really liked about this place is that you get the freshest seafood and can get up close and personal with the produce.

Favourite sashimi vendor - 2-55

Favourite shellfish vendor - 2-11

Fish used for sashimi / hwe @ stall 2-55

• You buy it from the vendors directly, and they all have partnerships with local restaurants in the same building. So, you can go and actually have a sit down and eat your fresh sashimi / hwe, or your abalone, or any other types of seafood like crab that you want to get.

• This place has multiple floors and for beginners it is quite overwhelming. To help you, let me recommend you 2 stalls where you can get the majority of your seafood needs:

  • Stall 2-55 (blue sign) for fresh sashimi

  • Stall 2-11 (blue sign) for fresh shellfish

Dried fish

Stingrays

Monkfish for display, with their prized livers

A lot of live baby octopus

• I actually came back twice in a one-week period. I just love seeing the freshness of the food and all the kinds of ingredients worth trying.

• There's so much to see, so much to smell, so much to eat, so much to do. I would highly recommend coming here.

Owner of stall 2-55

Slicing up the raw fish

Grabbing a crab

Picking out a king crab

Getting escorted to a restaurant to sit down and eat

Environment inside the restaurants

Take a pic!

Live baby octopus in fish tank

More seafood

Me holding up a big crab

Sannakji (live baby octopus)

Prepared steamed abalone

Tip: get an ice cream after a day of seafood and drinking at the market (we borrowed this hack from some of the locals)

Stall 113 on 1st floor

Tank of crabs

Crab in a tank

Live squid for sale; only saw this kind at this particular stall (1st floor, 113)

2nd time getting a sashimi platter

Beautiful plate of assorted fish

2nd time at the market, different restaurant