Myeongdong Shopping Street Guide – Street Food, K-Pop Albums, Skincare Products and Shopping

11 July 2024 Gwendolyn

Myeongdong Shopping Street is one of South Korea’s busiest streets for eating and shopping. The location is accessible via Myeongdong station and Euljiro 1(il)-ga station.

There are various street food kiosks, cafes, restaurants, beauty and skincare shops, K-pop stores selling merchandise and albums, Korean marts, clothes and shoe outlets and more.

Surrounding the area are upscale shopping malls like LOTTE Department Store, LOTTE Young Plaza and Shinsegae Department Store.

Street Food

Discover a wide range of Korean street food such as the cheesy 10-cent coin pancake, fried chicken, Nutella crepe, cheese ball, grilled squid, roasted corn, fish cake skewer, spicy rice cake, fruit stick and more.

Fried Chicken Street

Let this Fried Chicken Street satisfy your Korean fried chicken craving. Restaurants include DAILY BEER, Chir Chir, BHC Chicken and Puradak Chicken.

Many are open till late at night.

Cafes and Restaurants

With cafes and restaurants in every corner, there is something for everyone. Think BBQ meats, soy sauce marinated seafood, stews, porridge, coffee and desserts.

Some recommended places are Sulbing Cafe (for Injeolmi shaved ice), Addictea (for bubble tea), Odarijip (for quality soy sauce marinated crab set) and Seowon Juk (for abalone porridge).

Sulbing Cafe

Addictea

Odarijip

K-POP Albums and Merchandise

Some K-pop stores in Myeongdong to check out are K-MECCA, All That K and Music Korea. You can find countless albums, merchandise like keychains, lightsticks and photocards, and even an array of magazine covers of your favourite idols.

K-MECCA

All That K

Music Korea

Beauty and Skincare Products

Beauty and skincare is a big thing here. Lining the streets are numerous stores selling masks, creams, lotions and cosmetics.

One of the most famous stores to patronise is Olive Young. There are a few outlets in Myeongdong.

Olive Young

Fashion and Shopping

Some highlights to explore are the 12-storey Daiso, LINE FRIENDS SQUARE, LifeWork (for Korean street fashion), SPAO, SUPY (for unique but expensive clothes), Artbox and Wiggle Wiggle Zip (for cute and trendy lifestyle products).