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Dried pollack and bean sprouts simmer with the rice for a long time, so the hwangtae gukbap comes out thick, close to p…

Only front trotters go into the jokbal, which comes out tender, free of gamey smell and lightly seasoned. Regular, spic…

Set on a hillside in Wabu-eup, Namyangju, the shop means parking and then a short walk uphill. The luxury sundaeguk (bl…

Thin brisket grilled at the table becomes a wrapper for yukhoe, seasoned raw beef, in a pair of facing shops in an alle…

Noodles made from 100% buckwheat come out thin and plain, which feels like a different dish altogether if you are used…

Weekend waits of more than an hour are common, but the garden in front looks down over Paldang Lake and the annex has a…

The gondre greens are tender rather than stringy, and the grains of rice stay plump. Mix in soy seasoning or gang-doenj…

Tucked into Da-dong behind Seoul City Hall, about 250m from Euljiro 1-ga Station, Buminok runs as a lunch canteen by da…

Cod heads are piled high over blanched bean sprouts, then topped with a sauce of chili flakes, scallion and chunks of r…

Rice fresh from a gamasot, a heavy iron pot, is topped with seasoned greens, squash and yukhoe (raw seasoned beef), and…

Native chicken and rice porridge cook together in a single pressure cooker. When the lid comes off, the meat pulls easi…

A whole flatfish sits in the gajami miyeokguk, a seaweed soup, and you pick the flesh off the bones and drop it back in…

Chicken feet and bean sprouts make a clear, light broth, and anyone expecting milky pork-bone gukbap may find it bland.…

The jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) is flash-fried over high heat until smoky and properly hot. Its spice level cannot be ad…

Separate sections for drinkers and diners keep a quiet bowl possible in this 24-hour soup house even when the evening c…

Since the 1980s the kitchen in Pyeongchang-dong has centered on beef ribs, and private rooms look out toward Bukhansan.…

Jjamppong here has nothing to do with noodle soup: the name means octopus and pork mixed together, and it arrives as a…

Bugeotguk, dried pollack soup, usually comes clear and light, but this one rests on a beef-bone broth with big cubes of…

The meal opens with chicken shabu-shabu: breast meat from a native Korean chicken, cooked with vegetables in a clear ch…

Domestic soybeans are stone-ground in-house for both the soy milk and the tofu, as they have been in Gongneung-dong sin…

Thousands of earthenware sauce jars line the grounds of this traditional jang (fermented sauce) theme park at the end o…

Yeontan jeyuk ssambap brings spicy stir-fried pork with a faint coal-briquette smokiness to wrap in leaves; yeontan sob…

Eight small starters, among them a flower-garnished salad, suyuk (boiled pork) and japchae, are set out in little porti…

Sitting right beside Gugi Tunnel, this haejangguk house fills with hikers at Saturday lunch, and the overflow spills on…