Where to eat in Jeonbuk

Sweet red bean danpatppang sits right next to the vegetable bread, yachae-ppang, filled with cabbage, onion and carrot.…

On weekends you pull a number and go up to the bean sprout museum on the second floor, where you can sit and watch the…

This Wanju restaurant in Soyang-myeon has been making sundubu for more than 50 years, and its basic stew holds soft, cu…

The radish in the sogogi muguk, beef and radish soup, is cut into big cubes almost exactly the size of the kkakdugi on…

Among Jeonju's bean sprout soup houses, this one boils its kongnamul-gukbap in the earthenware pot instead of using tor…

A thick chocolate shell wraps marshmallow and jam in the choco pie, and a mini version without the jam is sold separate…

Bean sprouts fill most of the stone pan, with octopus and beef intestine scattered among them; anyone expecting heaps o…

Rice fresh from a gamasot, a heavy iron pot, is topped with seasoned greens, squash and yukhoe (raw seasoned beef), and…

Live Pungcheon freshwater eel is bought by weight on the first floor, along with a table charge, and then you head upst…

You pull beer from the fridge yourself, and when you get up the bill is counted in empty bottles. This is a Jeonju gama…

In the black sesame bingsu, finely ground sesame rings a mound of milk ice topped with red beans and chewy rice cake. T…

Nothing inside Jeonju Hanok Village may rise above two stories, so this cafe, in a five-story building just across the…

The yukhoe bibimbap piles hanwoo beef tartare, tossed in gochujang, over plenty of vegetables, and the beef is so soft…

Jeonju-style pi-sundae swaps glass noodles for a blood-based filling, which has a noticeable aroma on its own but softe…

Hot broth is poured over the rice and drained off several times, the toryeom method, so the grains hold their shape, an…

The restaurant backs onto Eunpa Lake Park, and spring and autumn bring meals on the terrace, though an old tree in fron…

Pungnyeon Bakery's main store moved to 141 Paldal-ro in 2022. Its counter is built around choco pies and jeonbyeong, th…

Mushrooms and vegetables come piled beside a stone pot, and the large size can defeat four adults. Thin beef needs only…

Blood fills the pi-sundae tightly, and a note of ginger keeps the gamey smell down; top it with a pinch of chive salad…

The sign only comes into view after you turn off a narrow passage deep inside Nambu Market, and first-timers often walk…

Since 1986 the kitchen has made only chueotang, loach soup, so you just give the number of diners and bowls arrive. In…

At the butcher counter by the entrance you pick a labeled pack of beef (cut, grade, weight) and pay first, then pay a s…

Order sundae gukbap here and the bowl comes with no sundae in it, only a generous load of pork and offal. The blood sau…

The lettering and shape of an old Nonghyup rice warehouse are still on the outside walls; inside, a tall central hall o…