Yangyeon Hwaro (양연화로) – Homepage https://www.instagram.com/yangyeon.jongro/ – Tel +82-2-3210-0808 Yangyeon Hwaro is located in Jongno and is renowned for offering the essence of Korean-style barbecue. Its signature dish is the aged pork belly, grilled over charcoal, bursting with charcoal aroma and juiciness. Additionally, the menu includes various cuts of pork such as shoulder, thin skirt,…
Mijin (미진) Mijin is a Korean-style cold buckwheat noodle restaurant located near Gwanghwamun, specializing in Korean-style naeng memilguksu (cold buckwheat noodles). They offer a broth that is richer in flavor compared to Japanese soba bonito soy sauce, along with chewier buckwheat noodles. The restaurant produces the broth and noodles in-house and serves them directly to…
Jaha Sonmandu (자하손만두) – Homepage www.jahasonmandoo.com – Tel +82-2-379-2648 Jaha Sonmandu is a mandu specialty restaurant located in Buam-dong. Their signature dish is mandu guk (mandu soup), which features dumplings filled with beef, pork, mung beans, and bean curd, boiled in a clear broth. The chewy mandu skin and the clean-tasting broth, flavored with homemade…
Nwijo (뉘조) – Homepage www.nwijo.com (Korean only) – Tel +82-2-730-9311 Nwijo is a Korean table d’hote restaurant located in Insa-dong where you can enjoy course meals made from hundreds of wild herbs. Starting with pumpkin porridge and water kimchi, basic dishes such as wild herb salads, pancakes, kimchi with boiled pork slices, and mixed roots…
Inwangsan Mountain Chosochaekbang (인왕산 더숲 초소책방) – Homepage https://www.instagram.com/chosochaekbang/ Inwangsan Mountain Chosochaekbang is a bakery and book café located along the trail of Inwangsan Mountain, remodeled from an old police station. Surrounded by glass walls within the forest, it blends seamlessly with nature, offering a panoramic view of Namsan Tower through the transparent windows. On…
BBQ CHICKEN Myeong-dong Star(BBQ치킨 명동스타) – Tel +82-507-1363-8810 BBQ CHICKEN Myeong-dong Star’s signature dish is the Golden Olive Fried Chicken, which is fried in savory olive oil. The crispy batter and tender, savory meat are excellent. Patrons have other option to yangnyeom chicken (seasoned fried chicken), basak garlic chicken, or half and half. Ordering chicken…
Heukdonga Myeongdong (흑돈가 명동) – Homepage https://www.instagram.com/heukdonga_myeongdong – Tel +82-2-3789-0080 Situated in Myeongdong, Heukdonga focuses on Jeju-style grilled black pork. Once black pork cut into thick chunks are grilled over charcoal, it is ready to be served with salted anchovies or pickled perilla leaves. The meat is grilled on a wire mesh over charcoal, which…
Mongmyeoksanbang (목멱산방) – Tel +82-2-318-4790 Situated near Namsan Mountain, Mongmyeoksanbang specializes in bibimbap. Mongmyeok is the ancient name of Namsan Mountain. Bibimbap is a bowl of rice tossed with various vegetables, meat, sesame oil, and red chili paste, making it a nutritionally balanced dish. Their dishes are made with natural seasonings and seasonal herbs gathered…
Mabongrim Halmeonijip (마복림할머니집) – Tel +82-2-2232-8930 Mabongrim Halmeonijip specializes in instant tteokbokki. The spicy and flavorful tteokbokki with gochujang sauce is their signature dish. It is served in a hot pot, it can be customized with rice cakes, fish cakes, extra ramyeon noodles, mandu, and other various ingredients. The restaurant is so famous that it…
Gebang Sikdang (게방식당) – Homepage https://www.instagram.com/gebangsikdang.official – Tel +82-10-8479-1107 Gebang Sikdang’s gejang (marinated crab) was so highly rated that the restaurant was included in the MICHELIN Guide Seoul 2023. Gejang (marinated crab) is a dish where blue crab, cleanly washed and prepared, is marinated and aged in a sauce made with soy sauce, chili pepper…