
Tongsamguk Bonjeom
통삼국 본점
Fine scoring across the kkot-moksal, a pork neck cut, keeps meat that usually dries out as tender as beef. Staff season…
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통삼국 본점
Fine scoring across the kkot-moksal, a pork neck cut, keeps meat that usually dries out as tender as beef. Staff season…
Cafe
Cheongyang
방기옥고택 한옥카페지은
Exposed rafters, timber pillars and a tiled roof frame the two floors of Banggiok Gotaek, an old house in Cheongyang no…

나니아2560
A narrow, winding country lane ends at a garden themed on The Chronicles of Narnia, where cats and goats wander between…
Korean
Seosan
소박한밥상
Bori-gulbi, barley-dried yellow croaker, comes to the table already picked off the bone, with no pins left to hunt for.…
Coffee
Cheonan
핀스커피
Each autumn the outdoor garden turns pink with muhly grass and pampas, with photo spots scattered between the plantings…

감꽃마을토종순대
The sundae here is handmade rather than the common glass-noodle kind, and ordered on its own it comes with makjang, a f…

동순원 성환본점
Anyone expecting the fiery, heavy jjamppong common today may find this one mild. The ethnic Chinese restaurant has been…

돼지고기김치찌개
Despite a name that means pork kimchi stew, this spot near Soonchunhyang University serves three stews and two bulgogi…

갱스커피
Weathered walls from an old coal-mine building were left as they were when it became this mountainside cafe in Boryeong…

시골집
A plain neighborhood place in the Ssangyong-dong residential area, it simmers beef leg bones and assorted bones for hou…

냉면만허유
The broth is steeped with Seosan ginger, and the ginger is clearest on the first sip, before any vinegar or mustard goe…
Korean
Gyeryong
감나무집
In the nurungji samgyetang, a broad sheet of browned scorched rice covers a whole bone-in chicken; eat the exposed edge…

원조손맛바지락칼국수
This kalguksu shop in a Yeongin-myeon alley has no sign, and the name only shows up on the receipt. Bajirak kalguksu ar…
Brewery
Seosan
칠홉스
The brewing kit sits on the ground floor of the Seongnam-dong, Seosan shop, and the beer goes from it straight to the t…

배가짬뽕 당진점
Choose the hot level and red chiles keep turning up until the last mouthful, with a runny nose to match; first-timers d…

추억의꽁당보리밥 아산점
Boiled pork comes as standard with this barley-rice meal, along with either grilled mackerel or acorn jelly; if you wan…

삽교커피클래식
An upright piano and retro props fill this small cafe in a converted old house near the Sapgyo gopchang (grilled intest…

청운식당
The menu is jjamppong and jajangmyeon, regular or large, and that is all: no tangsuyuk, not even a bowl of rice. Black…

천안가야밀면
Ground perilla seeds go heavily into the sauce for deulgireum milmyeon, wheat noodles pulled to order and dressed with…

신동회관
Yukhoe bibimbap comes piled with seasoned raw beef and plenty of vegetables. At least one diner ordered a separate plat…

코쿠미
Right beside Sinjeongho Lake, the windows fill with water, and the menu puts Japanese dishes like Nagasaki udon and yak…

김추일수제돈까스 해미읍성점
The soup that opens the meal has finely chopped mushrooms in it, enough to give it some bite. The modeum jeongsik sets…

차이한
The kkomak-jjamppong is milder than its red color suggests, though it still stings a little for anyone very sensitive t…
Korean BBQ
Hongseong
내당한우
Call ahead and the restaurant sets aside a heated ondol room in its annex where a dog can join the meal, with the stone…