Hallabong mandarins
The island's best-known fruit.
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The largest and oldest permanent traditional market on Jeju, set up after 1945, burned down in 1954 and rebuilt on its present site. It is a covered market in the middle of Jeju City where islanders shop and visitors come to buy local produce before they leave. It is best known for fresh fish and seafood from the island's waters and for mandarins of every kind, above all the hallabong with its bump on top, along with their juices, jams and chocolates. It also sells local rice sweets, green tea, honey and dried seaweed, all gifts that travel well. At the back is a night section that opens in the evening, with food carts cooking seafood and other dishes in front of customers. Black pork is one of Jeju's best-known foods and many carts sell it, so ask about ingredients and choose seafood. Muslim travel guides list a few halal restaurants and a small mosque in Jeju City. The market runs from morning to evening, and the night section from about six o'clock. The best time is shortly before sunset, to catch both.
The island's best-known fruit.
Carts cooking in front of you.
Green tea and rice sweets.
Central Jeju City, about a quarter of an hour by car from the airport
Hallabong mandarins and their juice and chocolate, green tea, local rice sweets, dried seaweed and honey.
