This is a 3-hour food walking tour that starts at Jagalchi Station and takes you through Jagalchi Market, Gukje Market, Bupyeong Kkangtong Market and BIFF Square to taste Busan's food culture. Seafood samples, 4 food tastings, roasted coffee and dessert are included. With your guide's stories, learn how the history of a port city, trade, migration, fishermen and merchants, refugees and workers shaped Busan's unique cuisine. The tour ends with a visit to a local roastery cafe.

The story of the port city of Busan
told through its flavors

Busan's food culture is very different from Seoul's. The history of a port city, trade, migration, fishermen and merchants, refugees and workers blended together to create a unique culinary tradition. Meet your guide at Jagalchi Station Exit 7 and uncover these stories through taste as you walk through markets and streets.

Discover seafood shaped by the sea at Jagalchi Market

Spend about 1 hour exploring the wide variety of seafood at lively Jagalchi Market and taste local seafood samples. You can also hear the stories behind pickled foods such as myeongran (pollock roe), which was introduced to Japan and became a national favorite there.

Taste Busan specialties at Gukje Market and Bupyeong Kkangtong Market

Stroll through Gukje Market to feel the city's everyday life, and taste specialties of the port city at Bupyeong Kkangtong Market. You will be introduced to dishes that carry the lives of Busan's people, such as milmyeon, created by refugees adapting to hard conditions, and dwaeji gukbap (pork soup with rice), known as a hearty meal for workers.

Pass BIFF Square and finish at a roastery cafe

Walk around BIFF Square, famous for film and street food, and taste seed hotteok, a Busan specialty reinterpreted in a modern style. Finally, stop by a local roastery cafe for roasted coffee and dessert to end the tour, then return to Jagalchi Station where you started.

※ The itinerary and order of visits may change depending on local conditions.

• Please check your mobile voucher by email or in the WAUG app.
• Meet your guide at Jagalchi Station Exit 7 at your booked time.
• Valid only on the selected date and time.

Meeting point :
Jagalchi Station Exit 7
Jagalchi Station Exit 7, Busan

Meeting point information:
Meet in front of Exit 7 of Jagalchi Station on Busan Metro Line 1. The tour ends back at Jagalchi Station.

Participation information

• Choose a start time of 11:00 AM or 5:30 PM when booking.
• The tour lasts about 3 hours and is mostly on foot.
• The live guide speaks English, French or Arabic.
• Transportation from your accommodation to the meeting point is not included.

Food information

• If you have dietary restrictions such as diabetes, please let us know before the tour.
• Tasting menus may change depending on local conditions.