10 Things About Incheon That'll Make You Spit Out Your Kimchi (Said the Hungry Chef)
i washed up in *Incheon eight months ago chasing rumors of squid so fresh it fights back - what I found was way weirder. Let me shovel these facts at you like banchan plates while my buldak ramen cools.
1. Wolmi Traditional Market has a “breakup tofu soup” stall run by a grandma who’ll side-eye your ex’s life choices while you eat. According to r/KoreanFood, she’s 83 and terrifying.
2. Rent here’s 40% cheaper than Gangnam (studio = ₩400,000/$300 mo), which is why my “kitchen lab’s” technically a converted motel bathtub. The financial district smells like raw fish and ambition - overheard two salarymen arguing about Songdo’s robot trash cans: “They’re judging me, hyung! The eyes follow!”
3. Two words: Chinatown jajangmyeon blackouts. Real talk - that sauce hits harder than soju bombs. Paengmun Seafood (TripAdvisor) somehow stuffs blue crab into ice cream. Locals call it “seafood betrayal.”
4. The currents near Muui-do Island flip ferries like pancakes. A fisherman told me: “Last Tuesday, my net pulled up a Rolex. Still ticking! But the eels ate the leather strap.”
5. 87% of Incheon’s air smells like salt, jet fuel, and abandonment issues (IYKYK). Freighters docked at the port blare K-pop battle anthems at 3 AM - *ate this place got rhythm*.
6. Fair warning: The ‘Airport Bagel Crisis’ is real. Overheard at G-Tower: “CEO-nim lost his marbles when Einstein’s ran out of everything but raisin flavor. They helicoptered in dough from Jeju!” Check Incheon Airport Eats before flying.
7. The job market’s 70% logistics, 30% chaos - found a gig teaching ajummas how to use air fryers. Best review? “Even my useless son-in-law could follow!”
8. Freedom Park has monument plaques scribbled over with ‘BTS was here’ graffiti. Teens pilgrimage here for ‘hypebeast spiritual cleansing.’
9. Last Tuesday, a hanbok-clad grandmother totally hustled me at Go-Stop near Jayu Park. Drunk advice from a soju tent: “Never gamble with halmeonis. They smell fear and stale gimbap.”
10. Hyangwonjin Cafe (Hidden Gems List) serves ‘homesick noodles’ - instant ramen doctored with truffle oil & gold leaf. Only ₩15,000. Fight me.
The weather? Like god left a giant steamer basket open. Three hours by KTX to Busan or 45 mins to Seoul* if you need civilization. Just… bring pepto.
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