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Tucked into the hanok alleys of Ikseon-dong, the restaurant occupies a traditional house with a lit garden, and tables…

Tuna gimbap gets its mayonnaise on top, added after the roll of tuna, cucumber, imitation crab and carrot is sliced. Be…

Fresh Korean pork belly goes onto a broad, round pot-lid griddle, and the fat runs down the slope as the outside turns…

Each female flower crab is about the size of an adult's palm and full of orange roe, cured in a light soy marinade so s…

The bibim-guksu sauce leans sweet, with just enough chili to wake up the appetite, and both noodle dishes come heavily…

Bokbunja (black raspberry) aperitif and a welcome card with your name open a long course that moves from cold plates to…

Every pollock stew comes with bulgogi and lettuce, and meals here go back and forth between spicy broth and wraps of sw…

Three makgeolli are brewed in-house: ricotta cheese, blueberry and a house version made without aspartame or additives.…

For the galchi sotbap, hairtail is carefully deboned, grilled and laid over pot-cooked rice, then eaten with wasabi and…

In the minari nurungji chicken hot pot, scorched rice soaks up the broth and turns from crisp shards to soft rice as it…

Bite into these fish cakes and they push back, firm rather than spongy. They are handmade with less flour and more fish…

The braised rockfish (ureok jorim) is spicy without being harsh, and the flesh lifts away with chopsticks. That flesh g…

Lamb comes two ways on Nonhyeon-ro 95-gil in Yeoksam-dong: yanggalbi, bone-in lamb ribs, and yangkkochi, skewered lamb.…

Octopus, beef intestines and shrimp share one pot in nakgobsae, and the sauce, savory rather than simply hot, ends up m…

A 3,500-pyeong garden surrounds the restaurant, and families with children sometimes take a lap around it after eating.…

Across from Busan Station in Choryang-dong, cold milmyeon and hot pork gukbap share one menu, so a group can split chil…

Cheonggukjang, a pungent fermented soybean stew, and freshly cooked stone-pot rice arrive with a spread of side dishes…

The Sealong All-in-One joins the four signature burgers end to end, and it fills four people. The hanwoo patties are th…

In a second-floor room about 250 meters from Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, the owner grills the beef ove…

Grilling throws off surprisingly little smoke because exhaust hoods drop low over each charcoal brazier. The lamb loin…

White sundubu, cooked without the red seasoning, is a mild bowl of soft tofu curds in clear broth. The heat comes from…

An older couple runs this small eatery in an alley of studio rooms and gosiwon near Sillim, serving bossam, jeyuk and s…

A couple runs this small kitchen in a converted house in a village just off the Jungmun resort area, and on rainy days…

Made from pork hind leg, the broth is clear and heavy with medicinal herbs, and it tastes closer to chicken gomtang tha…