Where to eat in Chungnam

Cakes, turtle bread, stone-oven loaves and rice cakes each have their own building, scattered like a small village, and…

The smell of fermented soybean paste hits first at the door. The ureong ssambap set lays out a mild ureong ssamjang, a…

The pisundae here is heavy on seonji, pork blood, and a piece from the mixed platter breaks apart in the mouth like sof…

Window tables look straight out onto Seongseong Lake Park in Cheonan. Eojuk is a thick red porridge of broken-down fres…

Geobugi-ppang, the turtle bread, is close to a coffee bun but less greasy, and it sits in a warmer so it can be eaten h…

Through a middle gate past the main hanok, styled like a yangban household, the seating carries on into an annex in the…

The broth arrives completely unseasoned, and you salt it yourself with salt and salted shrimp. Save the chili paste for…

A restaurant with a similar name sits at the main-road turnoff on Anmyeondo; the one that has served marinated crab and…

Cabbage, vegetables and mushrooms stand upright in the mandu jeongol, a dumpling hot pot, much like a millefeuille nabe…

Set in a house converted into a restaurant in 1994, Gomgol lets you order every dish by the single portion: charcoal-gr…

Geotjeori, a fresh kimchi seasoned with Ganggyeong's fermented seafood, is tossed as soon as you order; it tastes sligh…

Seokkimi naengmyeon tops spicy cold noodles with thick slices of boiled meat and dressed raw fish together. The sauce r…

In the bread cases, loaves shaped exactly like sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn sit on the shelves. Mornings bring the…

This soba shop in a converted house serves portions big enough that no one needs the large size. The soba is chewy in a…

Near the end of the hot pot, the leftover broth gets a scoop of kongbiji (ground soybean pulp) and ssamjang, then boils…

The old-style whole chicken arrives still shaped like a bird, and staff cut it up with scissors. Under the thick batter…

The chestnut pie, made by a certified master baker with Gongju chestnuts, wraps chestnut paste and one small whole ches…

A huge upturned cauldron lid serves as the pot: catfish maeuntang (spicy fish stew) boils hard across it while a staff…

Dakgaejang, spicy chicken soup, is the only dish, and it lands on the table less than a minute after you sit down. The…

Dim sum is on the ground floor, while the second floor serves Chinese dishes such as gochu-japchae and jjajangmyeon. A…

The eojuk here is fish porridge served with thin wheat noodles and garlic chives in the same bowl, eaten together spoon…

Puffer-fish stock forms the clear base, and clams, sea squirts, oysters and fresh rice noodles all go into it over a bu…

Anyone expecting a clear clam broth from the name gets a red, spicy bowl packed with dried radish greens. Plenty of cla…

Rice steamed in lotus leaves, faintly grassy, anchors the single set meal on the menu. Lightly seasoned sides include l…