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Pojangmacha: fish cake and soju

포장마차 어묵·소주

Pojangmacha: fish cake and soju
Wikimedia Commons · Chloe Lim from Seoul, South Korea · CC BY 2.0

Street carts and indoor pocha · ₩10,000–20,000

What it is

A plastic-tent street bar: fish cake skewers, soju, strangers.

비닐 천막 포차: 어묵 꼬치·소주·낯선 사람.

Why go

The Korean pub before pubs. Cheap, loud, and the broth is free.

펍 이전의 한국 술집, 싸고 시끄럽고 국물은 공짜.

How to

Orange tents near stations after 9pm. Point at the fish cakes (어묵, eo-muk) ₩1,000 each, ladle yourself broth, order soju. Cash helps.

역 근처 주황 천막, 9시 이후. 어묵 ₩1,000 가리키고 국물 셀프, 소주 주문. 현금 있으면 편함.

길거리/실내포차 · ₩10,000~20,000

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