Exit the station to the east, and you’ll find a clutch of stalls specialising in Korean street food, including tteokbokki, the spicy rice cakes, and flash-fried Korean-style hot dogs. Stop at Hwagae Banchan Shop, though, and the specialty is the array of side dishes – banchan – that accompany a Korean meal. Classics include cabbage or spring onion kimchi tinted red with gochugaru, Korean chilli powder, or braised lotus root. Stock up, then grab some kimbap, Korea’s answer to a sushi roll, to takeaway.
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David Matthews is a food writer and editor, and co-editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2025.
