From Ho Chi Minh City, it takes only four hours by flight to reach the largest and busiest port city in Korea - Busan. Despite being considered as the summer capital of Korea thanks to its two famous beaches, Haeundae (Hai Van Dai) with luxurious hotels and festivals, and Gwangalli Beach with rows of cafes, bars and restaurants along the beach and the Grand Gwangan bridge, winter in Busan is equally interesting, because the cold weather is a great condition to enjoy the hot street food, the "grilled" barbecue. with delicious fresh seafood.

Covered with seafood

Jagalchi Fish Market - a place to sell goods Jagalchi Fish Market - a place to sell a variety of seafood, from fresh food to dry food and pre-processed goods - Photo: THIEN THANH

Referring to Busan is to mention the long-standing traditional fish market of Jagalchi. The market has two outdoor and indoor areas, bustling from 2am until 10pm. The outdoor area mainly sells fresh, popular fishes from the sea in Korea. The indoor area has more advanced seafood such as abalone, penis fish, pineapple and many kinds of giant shrimp and crabs from other seas.

Going to Jagalchi fish market, you can choose fresh seafood, bring up the restaurants on the first floor of the indoor market for the local chefs to cook into the mustard seafood, or seafood The grilled food and hotpot are excellent. Another plus point for this market is not tight guillotine. A great seafood party is sometimes cheaper than in the familiar coastal cities of Vietnam. Banquet 10 people with raw fish, squid, grilled fish and hotpot with beer just over a million!

If you're lazy to "go shopping", you can choose restaurants filled with fresh seafood lakes to order, or visit the famous Aria buffet restaurant in this market to try the delicious taste of Busan seafood. With hundreds of dishes and drinks bearing the taste of local cuisine, the ticket to enter this buffet restaurant is only about 650,000 VND.

Goraesa grilled fish shop, where diners can learn to make fish pies and dishes from fish cakes, buy processed dishes from patties for use or make gifts - Photo: THIEN THANH

With an abundance of fish and a growing food industry, Busan is also famous for its eomuk. People here eat grilled fish such as cakes or snacks.

The famous grilled fish shop in this city and in Korea is Goraesa, always busy with buyers from morning till late. Born in 1963, Goraesa is now considered as a "fish cake paradise" when introducing dishes made from fish cakes such as "Eoudong" fish noodles, fish cake sushi, fish ball capsules including chili , mushrooms, potatoes, seaweed leaves, shrimp, curry powder, fish cake sandwiches ...

They also have an experience of making fish cakes and fish dishes for 9000 won / hour.

Not eating oysters is "losing half a life"

Oysters in Busan are classified as one year old, one year old, two years old ... In addition to eating raw or grilling, local restaurants also prepare a lot of delicious oysters such as sweet and sour oysters, cooked oysters need water , rare oyster salad ... (picture above, left) - Photo: THIEN THANH

Going to Busan without enjoying oysters is half the life! South Korea's waters have many small bays, which is an ideal place for "ocean farms". Because it is not polluted, this area has been certified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an area designated for culturing and harvesting oysters.

In Busan and surrounding waters, there are 5,300 hectares (equal to 8,000 stadiums) of oyster farms. Oysters here are raised according to age, and must go through a new age to be harvested. All oysters sold on the market are managed by the Korean Oyster Association. So whether oysters are in traditional markets or in supermarkets, they have gone through quality assurance checks for health.

40% of oysters in this area have been exported to the US, Canada and Japan. However, it is not too difficult for visitors to have delicious oysters.

Oysters in Busan are not just for ... eating. Oyster extract is used quite commonly in the processing of seasoning seeds, functional foods, cosmetics ... trusted in Korea.

The scenery is peaceful and beautiful

Sailing to the sea and feeding seagulls is a pleasure to come to Busan - Photo: THIEN THANH

If you are allergic to seafood, Busan can still treat you with many famous dishes such as chicken with beer, seaweed soup, Korean barbecue, traditional pork stew soup ...

But Busan is not the only place to go to eat. There are many festivals taking place all year round here such as: Busan International Film Festival, Busan Fireworks Festival and One Asia Festival - global K-pop music festival in October. In addition, G-Star , the largest game show in Korea, and the E-Sports Championship held in November, followed by the Busan Christmas Tree Festival in December.

Although this city has one of the largest shopping centers in the world - Shinsegae Centum - with many shops and shops, but for those who are adventurous, love nature, Busan will be extremely attractive by famous names. wins, more historical stories than places to shop.

In addition to the familiar "check-in" locations such as Gamcheon cultural village, Busan tower, 600-year-old ancient pagoda Haedong Yonggungsa, cable car on Tongyeong Skywalk, ... take a hard time to Tongyeong marina - Busan way About two hours by car. It only cost about 100,000 won for a 10-person service boat.

With a bag of bim bim in hand, you will be spoiled to lure the fat gulls, brave to play with you, forget all the cold breeze of 0 degree weather and the worries out there.