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Three floors up on Myeongdong 7-gil, bubbling sundubu, a soft-tofu stew, arrives with freshly cooked stone-pot rice. Ba…

Warm buckwheat tea reaches the table as soon as guests sit down. The set for two pairs braised pork ribs (galbijjim) wi…

Japanese owners and staff run this small home-style kitchen on Changuimun-ro in Buam-dong. Weekend waits often run past…

The shop is tucked into a quiet lane near Namsangol Hanok Village, yet its outdoor kiosk draws a lunchtime line, and di…

Green noodles with dolmiyeok, wild seaweed, worked into the dough go into a chicken stock simmered for 16 hours with sa…

The braised anchovy pot changes as you eat: it starts with plenty of light broth, then reduces until the seasoning clin…

Seasonal Korean courses are served on the fourth floor of a building on the road up toward the former Blue House in Seo…

The dining room borrows its look from the old Seoul Station building, mixing early modern details with a clean, contemp…

A broth of anchovy and pollock roe opens the course, which moves through hanwoo flat iron steak and braised short ribs…

Staff handle the grill from start to finish, turning and cutting the pork as it cooks, so nobody at the table has to ho…

Down on the basement level of Sesin Vision Plaza in Mokdong, the kitchen serves Andong guksi, soft wheat noodles in a m…

Wando abalone fills the jeonbok-juk (abalone rice porridge) generously for its size, and the flavor stays clean and mil…

Gogi-guksu, Jeju pork noodle soup, comes in a bone broth that leans clean and mild rather than MSG-savory, gentle enoug…

Staff grill the moksal (pork neck) and samgyeopsal (pork belly) at the table from start to finish, which makes this an…

Sanchae bibimbap (mountain greens over rice) and gondeure-bap (rice cooked with thistle greens) are built on local namu…

Two floors below street level on Itaewon-ro 27-gil, this bar is fitted out like an indoor pojangmacha, the tented stree…

Near Yaksu Station, this small noodle house pairs anchovy-broth guksu and spicy mixed bibim guksu with bossam, sliced b…

Potatoes and sweet potatoes share the grill with the meat at this Goseong barbecue house, and the coastal side dishes i…

Thick pieces of pre-seared pork go into the boiling kimchi stew, and staff finish it at the table with scallions and to…

Wooden pillars and warm lighting fill a spacious hanok-style dining room on Jjoksaem-gil, with tables spaced widely eno…

Bibimbap here is mixed with an aged soy-sauce seasoning instead of gochujang, and it is only served for two or more. Re…

This is the Jocheon seaside branch of Miyeongine, the Moseulpo mackerel sashimi spot, and it serves the same sashimi wi…

A five-glass makgeolli sampler lets you taste rice wines from different breweries before committing to a bottle at this…

Spicy, smoky stir-fried jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) arrives as a set with a bowl of kalguksu, so the meal moves from fie…