This is not a simple vegan offering, but a considered exploration of how varied, layered, and deeply satisfying entirely plant-based Korean food can be.
Among the 12 dishes you will taste, elements of temple cuisine appear throughout — lending a quiet depth rarely found in the market.
Drinks are treated with equal care. Rather than the familiar, you will be introduced to premium makgeolli — selected for character and balance, and served with the context and etiquette that give it meaning. Alongside this, we explore soju and a thoughtfully composed modern blend, so-maek, not merely as drinks but as social rituals. You will be gently guided through the manners of sharing, pouring, and toasting — the small, graceful gestures that shape how Koreans gather, connect, and celebrate around the table.
To allow you to remain fully present, a printed tour recap market map will be provided at the end — a quiet companion for revisiting each stop at your own pace.
The experience concludes with a small parting taste: Gim-bugak from Namwon — a delicately crisp seaweed and rice wafer rooted in temple cuisine and traditional ceremonial food, made from natural ingredients and rarely found within the market itself, offered to take home.
