If you walk around Daelim Central Market in Daelim 2-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, you will experience illiteracy unintentionally. Eight percent of the language you see and hear is Chinese. It is a place where the lives of Chinese people can be seen as if they were thought of as Korean villages in China, not Chinese villages in Korea. Let's meet a variety of different foods that Chinese people enjoy everyday in a Chinese village located in Daelim 2-dong.

Usually, the residential area is quiet during the day and has a busy time during commute. However, the streets of the Chinese village in Daelim 2-dong are a little different. As more and more Chinese people live in Daelim 2-dong, Chinese merchants entered one another. As Koreans begin to visit, the day and night of Daelim 2-dong is an ordinary week.

Daelim Jungang Market is located inside the alley in front of Exit 12 of Daelim Station on Subway Lines 2 and 7. The scenery here is different from any traditional market in Korea. Every other house sells Chinese-style ingredients, so it's hard to tell whether this is China or Korea when you walk around the market. medium

It is also common for shops to sell a variety of smoked meat, including Sochang, Daechang Sundae, and dried pork, on a board and sell them by weight. A Chinese-style tofu shop, which looks like a general tofu store, has a thick but soft tofu that rises in the middle of the seat.

Various main beaks stimulate curiosity along the way. Chinese dumplings, steamed buns, and steamed pears look similar to Korean hotteok, croquettes, and bindaetteok. However, whatever Chinese style is large, the texture, flavor and taste are completely different. Menus that I've never seen before are fragile. Although it looks like a tray of eggs of only one size, the bread that is cut into the shape of a pizza like a pizza, a pimento glutinous rice cake filled with glutinous rice in green peppers, and even the food with rice in thin tofu, the name and taste are unfamiliar, but there are things that you can try lightly It's very thick.

You can choose what you like and feel the taste of mainland China. There are so many varieties that I am greedy, but let's be patient. Now, you can go to a restaurant that does not speak Korean well, order Chinese food, and taste Chinese food.

‘훠 냄비’, which means ‘hot pot’, is a Chinese-style shabu-shabu, which is cooked by boiling various ingredients over broth. It is a common hotpot eaten in most parts of China, but the ingredients used in the hot pot vary depending on the ingredients from each region.

If you taste mainland Chinese food for the first time, it is good to cook Yuantang. Mandarin duck is a type of bird that is commonly known, and here means ‘pair’. This is because clear white and spicy red hot broth are served together in a divided pot.

The broth has a unique scent, and the amount of ingredients is very generous. Put the ingredients in the bath and wait until they are cooked, so you must prepare them to eat the ingredients. When ordering a hot pot, give the peanut sauce, minced green onion and coriander mixed with various seasonings. On the table is a Chinese spice, Tsuran. Tsuran is a spice made from the seeds of the apiaceae cumin. It is bitter, spicy and has a strong aroma, and it removes odor. Of these four, mix them with one that suits your taste and the sauce is complete. Coriander and Tsuran can be burdensome with their unique scent, so check the taste and scent beforehand.

'Daesikdae' and 'Eusseonbang' are divided into 1st and 2nd floors, but they are connected to each other. They sell a variety of Chinese foods, from traditional to fusion cuisine. The hot pot shabu-sha of this house

In the opposite building, there is a restaurant called “Soonpung Seafood Shabu Shabu”, which costs 35,000 won per set for 2-3 people.

If you have Champon in Korea, there is Maratang in China. Maratang refers to ‘tang hot enough to be paralyzed’, which is considered one of the hottest food in China. Pork bones are chopped with over 20 spices and seasonings. Various vegetables, dried tofu, and vermicelli enter there, but it is difficult to count them even with your own eyes.

When ordering, there are places where the chef takes care of it, and there are also restaurants where customers choose the ingredients that go into the bath. ‘Bongseon Maratang’ is a specialty store that boils after ordering. There are basic (6,000 won) and lamb (羊肉) marathon (9,000 won). There are also several restaurants that order ingredients. Buffet over the window

The dish that goes well with the spicy and fragrant marathon is definitely Kwabaru. Cucumbero is a Beijing-style glutinous rice soup. The sourness beyond the sour taste and the sweetness wrapped around the tongue make the mouth clean even though it is a fried dish. What is different with Chinese sauce is the thickness of the meat and the tempura.

In recent years, many restaurants have Korean menus, but some do not speak Korean at all. In that case, don't panic and find another Korean-speaking guest and ask for help. It will be another pleasure to experience foreign food. The Chinese village of Daelim 2-dong is hard to find and there are many passers-by, so it is better to use public transportation.

Contact us
-Daelim Central Market Daelim 2-dong Community Service Center 02-2670-1419
-Daesikdae & fishing boats Daesikdae 02-836-7555, fishing boats 02-849-7555
-Bongseon Maratang 02-2637-4005

Nearby attractions

Boramae Park: 33, Yeouidaebang-ro 20-gil, Dongjak-gu / 02-2181-1181
Gwanaksan Ecological Park: Mountain 117-3, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu / 02-880-3675
Gwanaksan: Gwanak-gu Daehak-dong / 02-879-6561

Rooms

Lifestyle F Hotel: 8, Gyeongin-ro 108-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu / 02-2675-1984

http://www.lifestylehotel.co.kr/

Bobos Motel: 41-18, Gukhoe-daero 54-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu / 02-2676-7118

Hotel The Designers Yeouido: 24, Gukhoe-daero 68-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu / 02-786-5511

http://hotelthedesigners.com/yeouido/

※ The above information was updated in June 2019, and may be changed later, so please check before you travel.
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