Korean in Dongdaemun: Yukjeon Sikdang Bonjeom & More - 6 Local Picks

Noodles are made in-house alongside the grilled pork, so spicy clam kalguksu, thick perilla-seed kalguksu, fresh noodle…

Simmered down on the griddle in a fiery sauce, the baby octopus stays springy instead of turning rubbery. Portions of j…

For more than 50 years this old shop opposite Cheongnyangni Station has served just two noodle soups: chicken kalguksu…

Rice is cooked to order in an aluminum pot, and staff spoon it out at the table before taking the pot back to the kitch…

On a Hoegi-dong side street between Kyung Hee University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, the shop sells a sin…

Fish roe and milt, not octopus or clams, fill the big pot of haemul-altang here, simmering in a spicy broth. The roe po…