Where to eat in Gwangju

Before the noodles, the table gets sticky rice from Boseong instead of the usual barley rice, chewy and faintly sweet.…

Chicken feet and bean sprouts make a clear, light broth, and anyone expecting milky pork-bone gukbap may find it bland.…

A gel-fuel burner lit under each brass dish keeps the kitchen-grilled, pre-cut pork galbi warm to the last piece. Since…

Near the end of a plate of yangnyeom galbi, marinated pork ribs, order bul-sari: cold-noodle strands fried right on the…

Whatever you order, a small mound of minced raw beef in a spicy, unsweetened dressing comes first, and it divides peopl…

Thick pork, a thin crust and a scattering of sesame make up the tangsuyuk, crisp outside and still juicy within. Two sa…

The only dish is salt-seasoned duck grilled over charcoal. The choice comes down to a whole duck or a half, and duck po…

Regulars come back for the dim sum and jjamppong, and the jjamppong noodles are springy and chewy. The gan-jjajang, dry…

Jjajangmyeon, thick noodles tossed in dark chunjang black bean sauce, and jjamppong, a spicy soup simmered with seafood…

Yukjeon here is hanwoo cow shank sliced paper-thin and given a light coat of glutinous rice flour and egg, then fried b…

Pick bread on the ground floor, then carry it upstairs to the second-floor hall, the rooftop, the terrace or a gallery-…

Open since 1960 and now in its second generation, this small gopchang shop sits on a lane between Gwangju Songjeong Sta…

The garlic galbi does more than smell strongly of garlic; the flavor sinks into the pork and keeps it from feeling grea…

One bowl of the mixed gukbap holds chewy chal sundae, thick-cased amppong sundae and several pork cuts, with more meat…

The crab set covers the table with soy-marinated crab, spicy seasoned crab, salted oysters, seasoned crab salad and a f…

The menu is Naju gomtang and suyuk gukbap, and both come out quickly, which is why people drop in before catching a tra…

Siwonhan guksu brings a generous tangle of noodles in a clean, cold broth, and the carrot kimchi beside it shares nothi…

Sushi comes in two sets, assorted and special, and sashimi without rice comes as a mixed-fish platter or a tuna platter…

The dough is kneaded and rolled in-house, giving thick, chewy noodles. Bajirak kalguksu sits in a clean clam broth, and…