Food Tips: Buying Delicious Food while Saving Money @ Korea

Low price is often identical with low quality, but not for this one that I will recommend to you. Wherever you travel, you always need to eat to regain energy. Food is one of the essential aspects in travelling. 

To eat delicious, high quality and hygiene food while travelling, no need to go to a 5-stared hotel restaurant or other large expensive restaurant, there are lots of other alternative that you can choose beside those expensive places. Below here are some tips and choices of buying low price food with high quality that is useful for tourist that wants to save his or her money. 

1. Microwavable Food

Microwavable Bibimbap

There are a lot of instant microwavable Food in Korean Convenience Stores. Beside quick, the price is also affordable for students, so that means it's affordable for tourist. Don't worry about the variety of foods, there are a lot of kind of food, such as Tteokbokki, Bulgogi, Rice, Hamburger, Pizza, Chicken, and many more. You can heat and eat your food in the convenience store itself or bring it to the hostel or guesthouse that you're staying.


2. Street Foods

Kimbap - Street Food

Street Foods are well-known for their delicious taste and low price. There are variety of street foods, I have mentioned some of those in my last post, here. Street foods' price will never exceed over 10,000 KRW, you could eat variety kinds of street foods until full just for 5,000 KRW. You could find street food kiosk in every corner of Seoul and other city. The portion is large enough, it's for 2 people.



3. Supermarket Sushi

Sushi

Sushi are widely sold in some large supermarket around Seoul area, such as in E-Mart & Home Plus. There are variety kinds of fresh sushi in those supermarket's sushi corner. This dish is the healthiest and the most delicious this with the most low price. You could get a piece of sushi for 500 KRW. Go buy a lot of pieces and eat until you full!



4. Supermarket Sampling

This choice is recommended to those who are having an extra time on their travelling agenda because this might takes time. Large scale supermarket usually provide a lot of food samples, such as curry, meats, dumplings, soups, seafoods, noodles, and many more. Go walk along and explore entire floors at the supermarket and eat free foods.

Beside those choices, there are a lot of choices out there around Seoul. Go find and explore by yourself, travelling don't have to spend a lot of money :)