Trading Food with Old Korean Coins, Yupjun
Here is a never-seen-before cafe restaurant. It's the Tongin Market's Lunchbox Cafe where you can pick whatever you'd like for a simple but tasty lunch.
Here's how to enjoy a lunchbox at the 'Dosirak(lunchbox) Cafe'. First, go to the 'Customer Satisfaction Center' placed in the middle of the market and buy old Korean coins called 'Yupjun'. You'll get an empty lunch box too, which you take around the market as you pick what you'd like to eat by trading the yupjuns. You can also trade the yupjuns with cooked rice and soup too.
You can exchange the yupjuns at places with the 'Dosirak Cafe Franchise' mark.
A fulfilling meal is served thanks to the various kinds of side-dishes and the giving hearts of the ladies. Another great benefit about this market is that you can have food that's not easily cooked at home, such as Japchae(stir-fried crystal noodles) or pumpkin-juns.
No need worrying if you'll like it. These ladies have been cooking for a lifetime serving so many side dishes, everyone will find something that fits their taste buds.
Now once you filled up your lunchbox with side dishes, head upstairs to the Dosirak Cafe where you can get rice and soup. That's it! Now enjoy the home-cooked meal.
INFORMATION _Tongin Market
ADDRESS: Seoul, Jongro-Gu, Tongin-Dong 10-3
TELEPHONE: 02 - 722 - 0911
OPEN HOURS: Everyday 7AM ~ 9PM (Differs by stores) *Every third Sunday market is closed.
INFORMATION _Dosirak Cafe
OPEN HOURS: Tuesday - Sunday 11AM ~ 4PM (Closed Mondays)
Translated by_ Gen_E