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PAID CONTENT FOR BUSAN TOURI SM ORGANI SATION
TOP 3: STREET FOOD
SSIAT HOTTEOK: This is Busan’s take on hotteok, a popular Korean street delicacy. It consists of wheat- flour hot cakes stuffed with brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, pine nuts and sunflower and pumpkin seeds. It’s particularly good in the chilly winter months, but beware —the sweet, gooey inside can sometimes be magma-hot.
DAY 1 Hiking is Korea’s national pastime, so start the day by joining the locals at Geumgang Park. Here, a precipitous ropeway takes visitors to the summit of Geumjeongsan Mountain — the fortress-topped massif that defi nes the skyline of the city — gliding over a blanket of pine trees and off ering views of the densely packed urban world below. From the top, you can hike along the ridge for a few miles before dropping down and soaking up the serenity at Beomeosa, one of the great temples of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism founded in 678. Sit down at Sansugapsan, located just a short stroll from the temple’s main gate, for a meal of marinated duck washed down with a bottle or two of makgeolli, a milky rice wine served up on mountains throughout the country. After lunch, it’s time to head to the coast
— and in Busan, that’s never far away. Just a 45-minute subway ride from Beomeosa, Haeundae is the city’s most famous seaside playground and an ideal place in which to
grab a coff ee and kick back with an azure stretch East Sea as the backdrop. (In the summer months, revellers gather here from far and wide, making this white-sand beach a prime people-watching spot, too.) If ready to resume rambling, head down to Mipo Port at the far end of the beach and board a cruise boat to the Oryukdo Islets, where you can take in the sleek high-rises of the city from a diff erent point of view. Alternatively, saunter along the coastal path that snakes around Dongbaekseom Island, a rocky outcrop of pine trees on the west side of the beach. While you’re in Haeundae, make sure
to explore Bay 101, a sprawling culture and arts complex that also includes a yacht club, restaurant, cafe, pub and store. Feel the day slip into night over a dinner of grilled beef before jumping into a taxi and cruising over Gwangan Diamond Bridge and shooting up to the observatory at the top of Hwangnyeongsan Mountain, where the city lights splay out like a thousand stars.
EOMUK: Any visitor to Busan will notice street vendors selling these fish paste ribbons on skewers all across the city. Savoury and satisfying, eomuk is the favourite food for Busanites on the go and is best when dipped in soy sauce. Make sure to get a cup of the eomuk broth, too; a few sips of it make everything right in the world, at least for a moment.
BINGSU: Like most of the country, Busan can get downright tropical in the summer months, and one way locals beat the heat and humidity is by eating bingsu. This shaved ice dessert is served with sugary toppings such as chopped fruit, condensed milk, syrup and — most popularly — sweet red beans.
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