Monyeo Gimbap
×Mayak Gimbap
모녀김밥 × 마약김밥
Why you must eat itTiny gimbap rolled no thicker than a thumb. Inside is plain — just rice, pickled radish, carrot and spinach — but dipped in a mustard-and-sweet-soy sauce it becomes impossible to stop, which is why they call it "mayak (narcotic) gimbap." Bite-sized, you pick them up one after another. Heavily dusted with sesame, the rice tightened faintly with vinegar and salt. At a counter on the market's narrow aisle, an ajumma keeps rolling briskly. Take a plate of several and eat standing — the Gwangjang way.
Mayak gimbap is said to have originated at Gwangjang, and specialists line the market's mayak-gimbap lane. Monyeo Gimbap and Wonjo Mayak Gimbap are known, but they taste startlingly alike, so the shorter queue is fine. Cheap, and just right as a bridge while walking the market; takeaway too. The market centres on daytime, and many close by evening. "Mayak" is a figure of speech for how addictive it is, not the literal meaning. Cash is safest, counter seats shared as a matter of course.
- Nearest
- Metro L1 Jongno 5-ga Stn, 4-min walk (inside market)
- Hours
- 08:00-20:00 頃
- Price
- ₩3,000