Chinese in South Korea - 179 Restaurant Picks | Page 7

Tucked into the alley beside the Garden Hotel, between Mapo and Gongdeok stations, this branch spreads open seating and…

The self-serve bar at this Chinese restaurant holds waffles, bungeoppang, hotteok, fried eggs and coffee, so a bowl of…

Founded in Sinchon in 1953 by a Chinese-Korean (Hwagyo) family now in its third generation, the restaurant moved to thi…

Run by ethnic Chinese owners since 1978, this Yeouido Chinese restaurant near Saetgang Station fries its gunmandu dumpl…

The ganjjajang vegetables are cut into long julienne strips instead of the usual dice and tossed over high heat, so cri…

Both the jajang and the jjamppong use thick, springy hand-pulled noodles, and it is tempting to reach for the scissors,…

It sits in an ageing apartment-complex arcade in Dangsan, yet at lunch the large dining room fills and plastic stools a…

Most of the staff speak Chinese among themselves at this ethnic-Chinese restaurant near the Chinese Embassy in Myeongdo…

Jjajangmyeon, thick noodles tossed in dark chunjang black bean sauce, and jjamppong, a spicy soup simmered with seafood…

Long established in Simgok-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, this Chinese restaurant hosts company dinners and the formal meeting…

At lunch, office workers from around Seodaemun Station fill every table of the Tongil-ro dining room, though turnover i…

Jjamppong is cooked in batches: a big wok fries pork, squid and seafood over high heat, the broth goes in, and bowls go…

Side dishes get topped up before the bowls run empty, and a cool sherbet appears as the meal winds down. Wine tangsuyuk…

Even with the sauce poured over, the tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) keeps its crisp batter to the last piece, and it c…

Thin slices of beef brisket and a heap of vegetables crowd the spicy broth of the chadol jjamppong, the house noodle so…

The menu is jjamppong and jajangmyeon, regular or large, and that is all: no tangsuyuk, not even a bowl of rice. Black…

Plump, chewy noodles under a black-bean sauce that stays savory rather than sugary make up the jajangmyeon in Geomdan,…

The steamed dim sum have chewy wrappers and almost no grease, which makes them quite plain. That is why the rich, spicy…

The heavy aroma of a mainland Chinese kitchen hits as soon as the door opens, a few minutes from Nakseongdae. Kkwobarou…

Anything with 'bul' (fire) in its name is hot enough to numb your mouth, and spice levels are chosen when you order. Th…

Because the dining room opens straight into Baekse Samgyetang next door, one table can order spicy seafood noodle soup…

This Chinatown restaurant is said to be run by descendants of the Gonghwachun family, and its best-known dish is yuni j…

The gan-jjajang tosses thin noodles in a black bean paste with a light sheen of oil, and it clings in a fairly dry, thi…

Thick timber columns rise all the way to the ceiling of this wood-framed building, and the room feels grand the moment…