Haejangguk in South Korea - 40 Restaurant Picks

The more you stir in the dadaegi chili paste set on top of the bowl, the spicier the haejangguk becomes, with beef, bea…

Diners take off their shoes at the door of an old family house and sit at low tables in what were once the living room…

The sign says haejangguk (hangover soup), but what the kitchen makes is Vietnamese rice noodle soup. The yangji (briske…

There is one dish, clear cod soup (daegu malgeun-tang), so all you say after sitting down is how many, and even with a…

Big pork neck bones with meat still attached simmer with dried cabbage greens (ugeoji) and green onion in a red, spicy…

The seonji, blood curd, comes in big, plentiful pieces that are soft and wobbly rather than firm; even first-timers get…

The Yangpyeong haejangguk bowl is filled almost to overflowing with a block of blood curd, black tripe, other offal and…

Two bowls make up the whole menu in Unyang-dong: haejangguk with seonji (blood curd) and yang (beef tripe), and haenae-…

The broth looks clear at first because the seasoning sits at the bottom of the bowl; only after a thorough stir does th…

Only two soups come out of this kitchen: seonji haejangguk and kongnamul gukbap. The first is a red, spicy broth loaded…

Neck-bone meat piles almost over the rim of the haejangguk, a hangover soup built on long-simmered beef-bone broth with…

On weekends you pull a number and go up to the bean sprout museum on the second floor, where you can sit and watch the…

Bowls of beef haejangguk (hangover soup) arrive one per person the moment you sit down; there is only one dish, so nobo…

Only one dish is served, bone hangover soup, so bowls reach the table almost as soon as you sit. The thick, opaque brot…

Yangpyeong haejangguk carries a block of seonji (congealed blood) with plenty of omasum and tripe, in a broth that does…

Extra blood curd and broth are free, as much as you ask for. In the gamasot haejangguk, the blood curd splits under a s…

The sign only comes into view after you turn off a narrow passage deep inside Nambu Market, and first-timers often walk…

Under a sign so faded the letters are nearly gone, this old shop cooks Jeju soups: gaeng-iguk, bomal-guk, mom-guk. Firs…

Soft blood curd and chewy beef offal are heaped into the spicy, savory broth until the solids alone fill you up. If you…

The kongnamul gukbap comes with the rice already in the earthenware bowl rather than on the side. The clear stock is si…

Beef and radish simmer into the stock for sogogi haejangguk, a beef hangover soup served with generous meat and seonji…

The seonji haejangguk, hangover soup with beef blood curd, already holds plenty of seonji when it lands, and the kitche…

Each bowl comes with a raw egg, and slipping it under the hot broth right away sets the white while the yolk stays soft…

Jeonju-style kongnamul haejangguk, bean sprout hangover soup, is cooked here in Suncheon. The spicy broth, built on bee…