Crab in South Korea - 24 Restaurant Picks

Inside Mangwon Market, you point at a crab in the display, it gets weighed and priced on the spot, and staff cut it up…

Flower crab from Korean waters is cleaned in-house and steeped in soy sauce, and the roe-filled females put orange roe…

A husband-and-wife team runs this small snow crab and red crab place, and with a beach right in front, the outdoor terr…

Swimming crab is cured in soy sauce made with hamcho, a glasswort that grows along the coast, which sets this Myeong-do…

The snow crab comes out cut at every leg joint with the shells already scored, and the meat slides free without a fight…

You choose your crab on the ground floor and have it weighed, then go upstairs to eat. The building is set a little apa…

Large flower crabs marinated in soy become ganjang gejang in this second-floor dining room near Olive Young in Myeong-d…

It sits on Jangsa Port but serves no raw fish, only steamed snow crab and red crab. Sets mix one or two of each to fit…

Small three-spot crabs go into both the soy and the chili-marinated gejang, served with soy-marinated shrimp and soybea…

The crabs are small, so you squeeze the meat from the body and pick it out joint by joint, though with unlimited refill…

The wang kkotge jeongsik, a king blue crab set, covers the table with soy-marinated and spicy marinated crab, grilled f…

Soy-marinated raw crab, spicy-marinated crab and soy-marinated shrimp land on the table within minutes of sitting down,…

Korean regulars eat alongside Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asian tourists in a large dining room on World Cup buk-ro…

Each blue crab is too big to fit whole into a naengmyeon bowl, and the meat fills even the tips of the claws. The soy m…

Everyone orders the set, one per person, and each set brings soy-marinated raw crab, spicy-marinated crab and soy-marin…

White walls and nothing but high-top tables make this Apgujeong side-street room look more like a brunch cafe than a ma…

Roe-packed ganjang gejang, raw crab cured in soy sauce, gets mixed into multigrain rice with black rice and beans, then…

Before you order, staff tell you how that day's crab looks. Some days they point you to snow crab for tender meat, othe…

The self-serve bar here goes beyond soup and side dishes: there is dakbokkeumtang (spicy braised chicken) and makgeolli…

Soy-marinated crab, spicy marinated crab and crab stew are all refillable, and the crabs keep their size and meat on la…

Crab arrives cut into sections with the legs already scored, and the cold, soy-cured meat slips out without much effort…

Live snow crab waits in tanks by the ground-floor entrance, in front of the Ananti hotel, and the one you choose goes s…

Depending on the set, stone-crab gejang is refilled up to three times, though the crabs are small and hard-shelled and…

The crab set covers the table with soy-marinated crab, spicy seasoned crab, salted oysters, seasoned crab salad and a f…