Strictly Dumpling in Myeongdong, 2016: how does it look now?
NOWHITZ PICK · Strictly Dumpling eats through Myeongdong at night in this 2016 video, chosen as an archive view to compare with the district today.
Myeongdong Station · Line 4 · Exit 6 · about 1 min walk
Myeongdong a decade ago
Street-food menus, stall layouts and tourist routes change over time. The video is not a current guide but a record of how a foreign food creator experienced one of Seoul’s best-known visitor districts a decade ago.
Current access
Visit Seoul directs visitors to Myeongdong Station on Line 4 via Exits 5–10. For the street-food corridor, Exit 6 is the closest entry point in current access guides.
STREET INFO
HoursVaries by stall and shop · check on site
NoteTreat the 2016 video separately from current visit information
LOCATION
Myeongdong street-food areaAround Myeong-dong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
OPEN MAP ↗4Myeongdong StationExit 6about 1 min walk
NEARBY
Myeongdong CathedralThe red-brick cathedral sits just off Myeongdong’s main streets, adding architecture and history after the food-stall area.
VIEW NEARBY ↗Source Visit Seoul · Myeongdong Checked 2026.10.03 19:28
Sources & context
2026-10-03T19:28:48+09:00
Strictly Dumpling · YouTube ↗Visit Seoul · Myeongdong ↗Korealogue · Myeongdong street food access ↗