First day back in Busan and immediately had to visit Gijang Crab Market (기장 대게시장)! I was dreaming about their crab roe fried rice for so long so it had to be the first one I eat as soon as I went back 🤤.
Although we stayed in a different place this 2022, we still rode the same bus and went down the same stop as before (bus 1003, you can scroll down!)
The difference between my 2019 trip and 2022 is where we ate so I’m updating this blog post.
I’m not sure if the restaurant closed down already but there were tarpaulin covers all over. I’m not fluent enough to ask if the restaurant closed down or if it was only closed for the day.
The abalone stall was still there and it was cheaper this time around! We were able to buy the abalone at 2,500 won each.
We went around the market for a while and ended up eating at the restaurant across from where we ate before. I think the name of the restaurant is 총각대게. They also have the cooking charge of 4,000 won / person.
We were given 2 snow crabs but I said I think we can’t finish 2 huge ones 😭 so he gave us 1 medium sized snow crab instead!we were asked to head down where they will serve the food!
what the place looks like!We were asked if we would like side dishes, I didn’t get to hear or understand 100% since I got scared because the lady told me to speak in mandarin if I know how to (in a rude ish way😭)It took a while for our orders to arrive but it was worth the wait! We bought the abalone from the abalone stall again and asked them to have it steamed together with the crab!😍we were so lucky that the crab roe fried rice was given to us for free🥹My mom and I agreed that this crab roe fried rice was even better than the first one we had!🥹
all photos were taken using an iPhone
We spent my mom’s birthday during our trip to Busan and knowing that she loves crab, I tried to do my research about where you can eat crab in Busan.
Tha’s how I ended up with Gijang Crab Market (기장 대게시장).
How to go to Gijang Crab Market from Canvas Hostel:
Take bus 1003 (bus stop from Canvas Hostel for bus 1003 can be found here)
get down at Gijang Marketas soon as you get down the station face right and walk straightturn left on the first cornerand YOU ARE ALREADY AT GIJANG CRAB MARKET!There are a lot of placesthat offersseafoodbut after walking, we decided to have lunch herethis is their sign and their store name is 청해왕대게outside the place, they can only sell male crabs and cannot sell female crabs BUT WE WERE SURPRISED THAT THEY TASTED SO GOODthe restaurant is beside a stall that sells FRESH ABALONE (roughly 3,000 won/each)we chose a crab and chose some abalone and the staff steamed them for us (there is a cooking charge of 4,000 won/person and you can ask them to steam the abalone that you will buy from the store beside them)we went up the second floorwhich is actually a place where you can eat what you ordered!they’ll give this to you after you order. you’ll show this to the person that will greet you at the 2nd floorand they will set up the table for you
YUM!! My mom loved the crab (we got a Snow Crab). They also gave us free clams!FRESH ABALONEFOR ROUGHLY $3 EACHBUT THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISHES! We also ordered Crab Roe Fried Riceand it WAS THE BOMBLIKE I WILL DEF COME BACK FOR THISADDED FISH ROE SO THAT IT WOULD BE MORE DELICIOUS
all photos were taken using an iPhone
I will definitely come back to this place when I’ll have a trip to Busan again!!
