Restaurants in Seoul - 1768+ Picks | Page 25

For the jjajangmyeon sauce, white onion and pork hit the wok only after you order, and the onion comes out translucent…

Tandoori chicken looks fiery but is neither salty nor spicy, and it tastes best with lemon squeezed over it and a dip i…

Slow-braised pork, pickled greens and crushed peanuts fill the classic bao, a white steamed bun folded like a half moon…

Thin, barely sweet cream sits over espresso and milk in the Tonti Baby, and the idea is to drink the layers together ra…

Myeongnan tteokbokki builds its sauce on a house-made broth with salty, savory pollock roe, so the rice cakes come out…

Every slice of pepperoni pizza carries a single basil leaf, which cuts through the cheese and cured-meat fat. The twist…

Barley, cinnamon, nutmeg and chewy bits of orange peel go into Mangwon-dong, a gelato flavor made only at this branch.…

Stairs from Itaewon-ro lead to this second-floor room near Exit 2 of Itaewon Station, where a window counter looks down…

The hoe-naengmyeon tops thin, springy Hamheung-style noodles with firm marinated skate and a generous red dressing that…

On the ground floor of the Arario Museum, a courtyard with a stone pagoda sits between an ivy-covered gallery, a glass…

Two hundred meters from Euljiro 1-ga Station, on Myeongdong 9-gil, this branch serves seolleongtang and boiled beef. Th…

Hand-torn dough pieces stay thin and chewy, and the sujebi (hand-pulled dough soup) never tastes heavy or floury. The b…

Down a flight of stairs near the Nambu Bus Terminal, a 30-year-old shop serves seolleongtang, ox-bone soup, in a clear…

Thai staff, a Thai flag on the wall and recognition from the Thai government as an overseas Thai restaurant set the ton…

The sauce on the dakbokkeumtang, spicy braised chicken, cooks down thick and soaks deep into the meat, and the boneless…

From the street it looks like an old herbal tonic shop selling deer antler extract; inside, cocktails are built on Kore…

Big windows and folding doors open the room onto the Gyeongui Line Forest Path near Gongdeok Station, making lunch on m…

Thick fillets of eel sit over rice in the hitsumabushi bowl near Maebong Station, but wasabi pickles and a spread of to…

The beef intestines arrive already seared in the kitchen, so there is little waiting at the grill before eating. The as…

Because the fresh-fruit marinade goes on only after the order comes in, the seasoned beef rib meat (yangnyeom so-galbis…

Every dish is vegan and gluten-free, and the menu also marks halal choices and dishes made without the five pungent veg…

Chilled raw beef tossed evenly in seasoning makes the yukhoe springy and moist. A second plate of yukhoe tangtangi or s…

Noodles are hand-pulled in an open kitchen in the Lanzhou style, in eight thicknesses from fine to broad. Thin strands…

Every table sits in a private room, more than twenty of them, which keeps family introductions and business dinners awa…