Chinese in South Korea - 179 Restaurant Picks | Page 2

Thin slices of beef keep surfacing from the bottom of the bowl long after the noodles are gone in the gogi jjamppong, t…

Reservations open in six-month blocks at this small Chinese dumpling house tucked behind the Garden Hotel in Gongdeok,…

Sorongpo, the Korean name for xiaolongbao, go onto a spoon so the wrapper can be nicked and the hot broth sipped first.…

No seafood goes into the beef jjamppong; it relies on a meat broth and a strong wok-fire smokiness that soaks into the…

To skip the lunchtime line, phone ahead with your order, and the staff will have a table and the food ready for your ar…

Plates come out oversized at Jukhyang, a Chinese restaurant in the student district of Hyoja 2-dong, Chuncheon. Jaengba…

Tossing the meat jjamppong in a very hot wok gives the pork, seafood and vegetables a smoky edge, and even the spicy ve…

The menu lists exactly three things: jjajangmyeon, jjamppong and gun-mandu (fried dumplings). The jjamppong broth is th…

Mala tang and mala xiang guo stay spicy without tipping into harsh, a measured Sichuan heat in Mokdong near Yeomchang S…

The tangsuyuk wears a thick white glutinous-rice batter that chews like rice cake, with sweet sauce poured over the old…

Lunch crowds from the nearby Hyundai Heavy Industries annex gate pack this small dining room fast. Grab any free seat a…

With only four tables in this old-school Chinese spot, numbered tickets go out, waits of an hour or more are common at…

At mealtimes and on weekends the walk-in wait often runs past an hour. Put your name down and a KakaoTalk message tells…

Five-spice pork trotters share the menu with Chinese dishes at this plain neighborhood restaurant in Garak-dong, and th…

Dosakmyeon are thick, chewy noodles, somewhere between kalguksu and torn dough, served in a spicy broth heaped with cil…

Shenyang-style corn noodles give every bowl a smooth surface and a springy bite. Bibim-myeon, served without broth, com…

Reaching for tangsuyuk to cool down between bites of gan-jjamppong doesn't help much here, because even the sweet-and-s…

Black pepper hits first in the chadol jjamppong, a rich meat broth with wok-charred onion and zucchini and plenty of th…

You write your order on the waiting ticket, so decide what to eat before you start waiting. The bajirak jjamppong comes…

Thick, long strips of pork in a thin, chewy coating make the tangsuyuk (sweet-and-sour pork) that gives the shop its na…

Fifty-seven floors up in the Hanwha Life building, window tables look over the Han River, and the kitchen has been cook…

Bite into an eggplant dumpling, fried crisp around a meat filling, and hot juices run out; take the first bite slowly.…

Wok smoke from seafood and vegetables tossed over high heat comes through in the heavy, spicy broth of the house Hwaseo…

Come for the jjamppong, but leaving without the menbosha would be a mistake: thick chunks of shrimp fried between thin…