Noryangjin Fish Market, Korea

We love Fish Market adventures! 🙂 Day 3, we went to the fish market. It’s not as nice as the one in Tokyo, though I always remind the family to stop comparing Korea to Japan or else we will continue to be disappointed!

Previous entry: Tsukiji Market Fresh market January 9, 2010

Each country has it’s own unique charm

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries operates the Noryangjin Fish Market which is Seoul’s largest market for marine products. This 66,000 square meter facility houses over 700 shops selling fresh and dried fish and squid from 15 fishing ports around Korea. It also includes numerous restaurants, an auction floor, and an adjacent agricultural section. Open from 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., retailers work every day while wholesalers take off Sundays and holidays.

Hours:01:00 ~ 18:00 (wholesale auction)07:00 ~ 20:00 (dried fish)24 hours (raw fish)Open throughout the year

Directions: Subway line 1, Noryangjin Station

The vendors have this can with charcoal to keep them warm! I just stood beside this because it was super cold!!

Jaime told me that Koreans eat octopus live!! I wonder if this is it!

Live crab that we bought

Cleaning the fish and making it into sashimi

We were looking for Toro! We found but it is not the same as the one in Japan

After shopping for the seafood, we went to the restaurant that cooked all the stuff that we bought. They charge for the cooking

We wanted tempura but our tour guide made a mistake

This was the BEST!!! The crab!!!!!! SUPER! I wish we had just bought more of this and just had crabs! Everything else was not so great, but the crab was delicious! It was around US$ 160.00 for this crab and Dad said that if you had this in New York, it would cost US$ 750.00!