Restaurants in Changwon, Gyeongnam - 18 Picks

There are almost no side dishes; the whole point is the fish, so anyone expecting a pampering sashimi house will be dis…

The old repair shed at a former city bus terminus on Gapo hill still has its fuel pumps and service-bay frame, now wrap…

Masan-style grilled sea eel is cooked through in the kitchen, so no grill or smoke reaches the table, and the flesh fal…

The meal starts at a self-service station, filling a bowl with free house-made nacho chips and two sauces while the kit…

Mealtimes often mean a wait of 30 minutes or more because no reservations are taken, but a phone number left on the lis…

No pork blood goes into this sundae: the casing holds a pale mix of vegetables and meat, closer to a dumpling filling,…

The curries are cooked by an owner from India. The lunch set brings small portions of several dishes, an easy pick when…

The thin noodles are pulled in house and spring back like milmyeon, and the anchovy broth is clean with no off smell. F…

Staff in hanbok handle everything from seating guests to serving them in a hanok set in a carefully kept garden. The sa…

The mul-milmyeon broth is clear but faintly sweet, with an herbal, almost medicinal scent that sets it apart from the u…

Pounded thin, the king cutlet covers most of a wide plate, and the spicy sauce served on the side builds slowly as you…

One pork stock becomes different bowls depending on whether it gets lean meat, offal or sundae sausage. There is also t…

Meals are eaten inside a natural cave, where slow ventilation means clothes pick up cooking smells. Duck bulgogi arrive…

The kodari naengmyeon (cold noodles with semi-dried pollack) uses noodles hand-kneaded from starch alone, which makes t…

Staff grill the lamb chops at the table from start to finish and set each cooked piece on your plate with whichever sau…

Crisp fried chicken piled over greens with a house dressing makes the Cheongchun Chicken Salad a generous plate on its…

Repeat visitors keep ordering two dishes, the mushroom salad and the potato gnocchi. The mushrooms in the salad chew wi…

From outside it looks like any building in the alley, but inside, wine bottles cover the walls without a speck of dust,…