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Big windows pour daylight into this Italian dining room inside the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, 150m from Gwanghwamun Stat…

The original lamb skewers are fatty, rich and tender, while the aged ones come pre-coated with ziran, a cumin-based spi…

Coffee Libre and the bakery Owolui Jong share one room inside the former office of the Gyeongseong Spinning company, a…

Thick sundae sausage, offal and thin slices of head meat fill the earthen bowls of sundaeguk at this Huam-ro restaurant…

From the second and third floors of a building on a Seongbuk-dong hilltop, the windows look down over the neighborhood'…

Lunch opens with chawanmushi and three sashimi starters, then 12 pieces of sushi, Spanish mackerel marinated in yuzu so…

Pasta, pizza and steak come out of a hanok-style building on Yulgok-ro in Jongno. The pasta list covers pollack roe cre…

Dongjuk, a plump clam also called a water-gun clam, scents the bowl the moment it lands. Napa cabbage and zucchini swee…

A mint-green facade makes the restaurant easy to spot, and its wood-fired pizzas and pastas have tasted the same for ye…

Beer brewed in Daejeon pours from the taps at this Euljiro pub, and the kitchen bakes Detroit-style pizza in high-sided…

Dongpo pork arrives wrapped in a lotus leaf. Once it is opened, the meat goes into its sweet-salty sauce and is eaten w…

Inside a converted house in residential Gusan-dong, shoes come off at the door. The marinated beef galbi uses American…

Rolled into a round cylinder before frying, the anshim katsu keeps its tenderloin moist and soft. The deungsim (loin) k…

A sign asks diners not to talk, which makes this small counter shop near Sinchon a calm place to eat alone. It sits abo…

Hanok-style woodwork frames the dining room, near Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seochon. The Burger de Joseon burger pairs a…

A grocery shares the space with the dining room, stocking traditional sauces, vegan foods, meal kits, traditional liquo…

Chicken gomtang, made from a native-breed chicken simmered for hours in a cast-iron cauldron, reaches the table almost…

Fist-sized meatballs sit in bakso, the Indonesian noodle soup that gives the Itaewon restaurant its name. Most of the s…

Parody versions of famous paintings, redrawn in the Risar style, hang around the room and give the Cheongdam branch its…

Getting here means climbing a steep, narrow lane off Usadan-ro 14-gil, away from Itaewon's main streets. The list cente…

Fresh flowers, floral objects and framed pieces cover the walls of this Sinchon cafe, which often becomes a birthday ca…

Up a flight of stairs in an old house off Dokmak-ro 15-gil, the seating rooms are filled with worn sofas, bookshelves a…

Inside the red-brick, three-story building, a half flight of stairs leads up to the counter, and seating continues thro…

Teddy bears dressed for the season watch over the counter in the basement of The Hyundai Seoul, where croissants split…