Dish guide · Pancakes and market food
Nogari and golbaengi-muchim
노가리·골뱅이무침
Dried pollack and sea snail salad
The two classic Seoul beer snacks. Nogari is small dried pollack, grilled and dipped in spicy sauce; golbaengi-muchim is sea snails tossed with vegetables and spicy sauce.
What it is
- Nogari is young pollack, dried and grilled until chewy, usually eaten with a peppery sauce or mayonnaise.
- Golbaengi-muchim is sliced sea snails mixed with vegetables in a sweet, sour and spicy sauce, often with thin noodles.
How to eat it
- 1Order with draft beer. Tear the nogari into strips and dip it in the sauce.
History
- Euljiro's Nogari Alley near Euljiro 3-ga Station became known for plastic stools, cheap beer and dried fish, and Seoul named it a Future Heritage site in 2015. Golbaengi Alley is close by.
Allergies and diet
Usually contains
- Sea snails are shellfish.
- Mayonnaise contains egg.
Recipes differ between restaurants. If you have an allergy, always ask the staff before you order.
🗣️ Allergy card for the staff
Pick your allergy to see the sentence in Korean.
📍 Where to try it
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Yeonggwang Tongdak 영광통닭
Fried chicken · Seochon & Bukchon · Since 1984
Seochon's neighborhood fried chicken shop since 1984: crisp, old-fashioned chicken with cold draft beer, now with a second branch nearby. Order half fried, half sauced, plus spicy whelk salad.
Try: Fried chicken
Locals' pickShort wait - 🍗
Friend Chicken (Huraendeu Chikin) 후렌드치킨
Fried chicken · Itaewon
An old-school fried chicken joint near Noksapyeong where the real draw is sitting outside on plastic stools with a pitcher of draft beer. Order half fried, half sweet-spicy yangnyeom chicken; locals also swear by the kimchi stew. A slice of everyday Seoul nightlife a few minutes from Itaewon's bars.
Try: Banban chicken (half fried, half yangnyeom)
Locals' pickShort wait - 🍗
Gyeyeolsa 계열사
Fried chicken · Jongno
Often named one of Seoul's three great fried chicken shops, in the hillside neighborhood of Buam-dong behind Gyeongbokgung. Order the old-school fried chicken, light and very crisp, with golbaengi-somyeon, spicy sea snails tossed with thin noodles, and a draft beer. A favorite reward after hiking Bugaksan or Inwangsan.
Try: Fried chicken
1 hr+ wait - 🍺
Manseon Hof 만선호프
Pubs · Euljiro
The biggest name in Euljiro's Nogari Alley: cheap draft beer and grilled dried pollack (nogari) at plastic tables that fill the streets on warm evenings. It has grown into several buildings around the alley, with a rooftop that is the place to be at sunset.
Try: Grilled dried young pollack (nogari)
Short wait - 🍺
Munich Hof 뮌헨호프
Pubs · Euljiro
An old-school Korean beer hall in Euljiro's Nogari Alley. On warm evenings the plastic tables spill into the street, and people sit outside with cheap draft beer, grilled dried pollack and garlic fried chicken.
Try: Grilled dried young pollack (nogari)
Short wait
Sources
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