Crab in Mapo: Hongik Gejang & More - 5 Local Picks

Korean regulars eat alongside Chinese, Japanese and Southeast Asian tourists in a large dining room on World Cup buk-ro…

Each blue crab is too big to fit whole into a naengmyeon bowl, and the meat fills even the tips of the claws. The soy m…

Crab arrives cut into sections with the legs already scored, and the cold, soy-cured meat slips out without much effort…

Inside Mangwon Market, you point at a crab in the display, it gets weighed and priced on the spot, and staff cut it up…

Roe-packed ganjang gejang, raw crab cured in soy sauce, gets mixed into multigrain rice with black rice and beans, then…