Where to eat in Gyeongnam

There are almost no side dishes; the whole point is the fish, so anyone expecting a pampering sashimi house will be dis…

Before the noodles land, the table already holds yuja-dressed salad, acorn jelly, big dumplings and seonji-guk (beef bl…

Sitting on the Sadeung-myeon shore right where the road enters Geoje, it is an easy first or last stop on a trip to the…

Service works like a food court: you collect your order at the counter and bring the dishes back yourself. The Schweins…

Locals in Jinju will point you to the teukmi naengmyeon, a bowl halfway between the soup and spicy styles. A shallow po…

The old repair shed at a former city bus terminus on Gapo hill still has its fuel pumps and service-bay frame, now wrap…

The oyster set starts with raw oysters and oyster salad, then moves through oyster pancake, fried oysters and parae gul…

Tile-roofed hanok-style buildings are spread across the grounds, linked by a garden and a path along the stream, with l…

The red dressing on the yukhoe bibimbap looks fiery but is not hot at all; pear, sesame seeds and sesame oil come throu…

Masan-style grilled sea eel is cooked through in the kitchen, so no grill or smoke reaches the table, and the flesh fal…

In this large Chinese restaurant in Chilam-dong, Jinju, when one staff member calls out a greeting, the rest echo it in…

Udon noodles go into a clear pork-bone broth, topped with thin pork slices, sundae (Korean blood sausage) and chili pas…

The meal starts at a self-service station, filling a bowl with free house-made nacho chips and two sauces while the kit…

Hangari sujebi, hand-torn dough soup, comes in a deep, thick-walled crock shaped like a hangari jar, which keeps the an…

The menu says myeolchi ssambap, but the fresh anchovies arrive bubbling on a hot stone plate in enough red, peppery bro…

The shop sits in a narrow lane inside Gohyeon Market in Geoje; wander the market and the blue sign turns up. Rice never…

Mealtimes often mean a wait of 30 minutes or more because no reservations are taken, but a phone number left on the lis…

It is called maeuntang, spicy fish stew, yet hardly any chili goes in, so the broth stays clear and lightly seasoned. C…

The mul-naengmyeon broth is drawn from dried seafood from the southern coast, and its seasoning runs a little strong, a…

No pork blood goes into this sundae: the casing holds a pale mix of vegetables and meat, closer to a dumpling filling,…

This abalone restaurant is on the second floor of the Daepunggwan building across from Tongyeong's honey-bread street,…

The broth arrives unseasoned, so salt goes in first and the bowl is tuned at the table. Unlike the heavy Busan style, t…

The stir-fried octopus is more sweet than fiery, and ordering it as a set brings a small bowl of clam soup. The jaecheo…

Jeonbok mulhoe, cold abalone soup, comes with a generous bundle of thin wheat noodles; tip them all in at once and the…