Korean in Gangneung: Cha Hyeonhui Sundubu Cheonggukjang Bonjeom & More - 14 Local Picks

The set meal covers the table like a Korean buffet: stir-fried pork, grilled dried pollack, grilled flounder, fried tof…

Only flatfish goes into the gwangeo mulhoe, a chilled raw-fish dish in a sweet-tangy broth, and the slices are generous…

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

This house in Chodang has made tofu every morning since 1979, and early in the day the smell of cooking soybeans carrie…

Someori gukbap (beef-head soup with rice) is the only dish, and the one decision is regular or large. It comes with dad…

The sundubu jeongol looks fiery red but carries little heat, and as it simmers the soft tofu soaks up sesame oil and tu…

Mangchi, the Gangneung name for the gomu kkeokjeongi fish, goes into a spicy stew (mangchi maeuntang) that keeps bubbli…

The restaurant is on the main road in Seongsan-myeon, where you come down off Daegwallyeong into Gangneung, but the bui…

Here in Chodang Sundubu Village, the menu has been trimmed to tofu alone, with dishes like tteokgalbi dropped. The sund…

Sosun, the house pairing, adds soft tofu to clear beef-head soup, and the bowl holds several cuts including tender ox t…

Chogye guksu puts springy noodles and shredded chicken in chilled chicken broth; the chicken comes through first, then…

Most tables order the braised hairtail and the stir-fried squid together and alternate the two sauces over rice. The ra…

Whatever you order, a small plate of boiled pork and kimchi comes first to pick at while the noodles are made. The cold…

Breakfast starts early in this Ponam-dong kitchen, and once ingredients run out the doors close, often before mid-morni…