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Beef and radish simmer into the stock for sogogi haejangguk, a beef hangover soup served with generous meat and seonji…

Iron-plate dakgalbi, spicy-sweet stir-fried chicken with rice cakes, arrives fully cooked from the kitchen, so the burn…

Lamb, chicken and beef turn on vertical rotisseries a short walk from Hongik University Station, shaved thin to order.…

Staff grill the thick-cut kal-samgyeopsal, knife-cut pork belly, at every table, so nobody has to tend the meat. The po…

A 40-year-old steel factory in Mullae-dong was kept rather than torn down, and its worn walls, bare concrete and high c…

Ground fine and cooked with dried radish greens, the loach makes a thick, evenly blended soup rather than a chunky one.…

Ground abalone innards turn the jeonbok-juk (abalone rice porridge) a pale blue-green and give it a nutty depth. Songju…

Dinosaur figurines line the shelves and old-school snacks like Stone Age chocolates sit by the counter, so the small ro…

Thick, long fresh noodles feel heavy on the chopsticks and spring back hard with every bite. Bukkake udon lets you mix…

Kusai tonkotsu ramen keeps the funky, Kyushu-style pork-bone smell on purpose. It reads salty at first, then the pork s…

Between Samseong's office towers, a converted Western-style house near Exit 8 of Samseong Station holds this roastery,…

Barley rice arrives as soon as you order, meant to be mixed at the table with radish salad, young-radish kimchi, gochuj…

Served whole rather than sliced, the chimichanga keeps its fried shell crisp to the last bite. Beef and chicken tacos a…

Thin, springy noodles are pulled by a machine in the shop and slip down with a broth sharpened by dadaegi (spicy season…

Facing the west stone wall of Jongmyo Shrine, the building puts an open kitchen on the ground floor and a dining room p…

Tucked into a residential lane between Geumho-dong and Oksu-dong, this French bistro serves sandwiches and lighter plat…

Dakbokkeumtang, braised chicken, splits into two broths: hong-doritang, red and spicy, and baek-doritang, clear. Sugure…

Before the food, nachos arrive with four house-made salsas: verde, roja, chipotle and macha. Corn tortillas are made in…

The stairs down to a basement cafe beneath an apartment shopping arcade in Yeongdeungpo already set the scene: antique…

A chef works the iron plate right in front of the counter, cooking a seasonal course from seafood through Hanwoo beef a…

Hot courses arrive on warmed plates, and each dish comes with a note on its ingredients and how to eat it. Chefs Kim He…

Staff grill the lamb ribs at the table under dim lighting in a lamb restaurant near Hapjeong Station. The lamb has no g…

Cut into the poached egg and the yolk runs into the hollandaise, soaking the bread and mildly salted bacon of the eggs…

Buns baked in-house, crisp outside and soft inside, hold aged salami, pancetta, mortadella and other Italian cured meat…