Goblin (고블린) Goblin is a spacious café, known for its roastery and pour-over coffee. It is bathed in natural light thanks to its large windows. These windows offer a scenic view of Icheon’s rice paddies and fields, adding to the café’s serene ambiance. Patrons have the option to select their favorite beans, and when ordering…

Take Green Coffee (테이크그린) – Homepage www.instagram.com/cafe_takegreen Take Green Coffee is a café featuring an outdoor garden that is enhanced with tents and a trailer house to give customers the feeling of being on a picnic. Inside, the café boasts a high ceiling and one-sided windows, creating a sense of spaciousness and openness. Its signature…

Kang Minju’s Deulbap Main Branch (강민주의들밥 본점) Kang Minju’s Deulbap, dedicated to Korean cuisine, prides itself on using only natural ingredients. Among their signature dishes are Deulbap, which is served with cheonggukjang jjigae (rich soybean paste jjigae), seoritae dolsotbap (hot stone pot rice with black beans), and a variety of side dishes. Other notable menu…

Insaeng Gogijip Butcher Shop Restaurant (인생고기집정육식당) Insaeng Gogijip Butcher Shop Restaurant, as its name suggests, is connected to a butcher shop. It is renowned for its low-temperature-aged Korea beef and pork, ensuring tenderness and juiciness. Customers can purchase hanu deungsim (Korean beef sirloin), handon (Korean pork), wagyu, and other meats on the first floor, and…

Yeongokdarin Donghae Makguksu (연곡달인 동해막국수) Yeongokdarin Donghae Makguksu, located near Paju Book City, is a makguksu (buckwheat noodles) specialty restaurant. Their bibim makguksu (spicy buckwheat noodles) is distinctively topped with myeongtae sikhae (salted and fermented pollack), offering a refreshing, sweet, and sour taste. Suyuk (boiled pork slices), gamja jjinmandu (steamed potato mandu), and modubu (bean…

The White Birch (더화이트버치) – Homepage http://www.instagram.com/the_whitebirch The White Birch is a brunch café featuring a unique element with its own pool. Their signature dish is the special platter, which includes buchaesal gui (grilled top blade), sausage, bacon, and bread. The menu also offers other dishes such as dongaseu (pork cutlet), carbonara spaghetti, and cappuccino….

Ikovox Coffee Icheon Simmons Terrace (이코복스커피 이천시몬스테라스점) – Homepage www.ikovoxcoffee.com/ Ikovox Coffee is highly regarded by café enthusiasts for its consistent taste and quality. Its reputation is built on roasting only the finest beans, which rank in the top 10% as classified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). The café is uniquely designed,…

Soryeongwon Supsok (소령원숲속) – Homepage www.cafe.daum.net/ggj0052 Soryeongwon Supsok is a restaurant located in the Soryeongwon Forest, specializing in duck dishes. Oriroseu (grilled duck), one of their signature menu items, is a dish consisting of thinly sliced duck with its skin, grilled with salt and pepper. It is served with side dishes and accompaniements like potatoes,…

Camping Barbecue Worabel (캠핑바베큐워라벨) – Homepage www.instagram.com/camping_cafe_wlb/ – Tel +82-507-1392-5516 Camping Barbecue Worabel is a self-service BBQ and camping café that boasts a view of the Hangang River. Their standout menu item is hangari samgyeopsal (smoked grilled pork belly), prepared using aged pork belly. The samgyeopsal is smoked for three hours, allowing visitors the chance…

Pyeongtaek Haejang Wang (평택해장왕) – Tel 031-668-4927 Pyeongtaek Haejang Wang is a haejangguk (hangover soup) specialty restaurant that opened in 1992. Its signature menu is naejangtang (offal soup), prepared by boiling beef intestines with bean sprouts. In addition to that, they offer seonjiguk (seonji soup), ppyeo haejangguk (pork backbone hangover soup), and gopchang jeongol (small…