Where to eat in Ulsan

Staff grill the Eonyang bulgogi over charcoal on a wire rack before it reaches the table, giving the meat real smoke, a…

Seating for 500 and a multi-level parking building make this Jinjang-dong beef house a practical pick for a large group…

Pork for the dwaeji gukbap is cut into small, thin strips and warmed in broth, so each spoonful picks up meat along wit…

Palm trees and wide windows front this large concrete cafe on Nasari Beach in Seosaeng, and every corner of it looks on…

Walk the Ganjeolgot coastal trail and you reach this sashimi house, marked by a rice-cake-shaped rock at the door, with…

Four people can leave full after ordering three king cutlets, and staff sometimes suggest cutting the order down. Wet J…

Most first-timers at Grappa order the gorgonzola pizza. Some find the center so loaded that it eats like a slab of chee…

Restrained sugar in the marinade lets the beef itself lead in the thick-cut Eonyang bulgogi, which is grilled in the ki…

Sunrye gukbap arrives as a milky broth filled with broad, thin slices of lean pork, barely seasoned, with salted shrimp…

Run by Indian owners who cook desi-style, this Samsan-dong kitchen makes a lamb korma with clear layers of spice and he…

A butcher counter at the entrance supplies the tables directly, and the pork is always fresh rather than frozen. Samgye…

Sancho pepper and bangah, Korean mint, go into the fish-based broth of the maeun sujebi, giving it a tingling heat and…

On the third floor, the Cinema View room stacks theater-style steps in front of a window two stories tall, framing the…

A hot pot of marinated chicken bulgogi comes free with every samgyetang order, stirred with chopsticks as it cooks at t…

On Hwahap-ro 125beon-gil in Ulsan's Dal-dong, this small menu centers on milmyeon, chewy wheat noodles of the Busan sty…

Floor-to-ceiling windows face the East Sea horizon and a breakwater head-on, and the view shifts a lot between day and…

Thick pork belly cooks on a huge shared iron plate right beside the Hoeyagang River. Staff, sometimes the owner, grill…

Despite the name, the bokkeummyeon (stir-fried noodles) here comes in a bowl with broth, carrying wok smoke and a hint…

The pork is wet-aged for 10 to 12 days, seared in the kitchen, then finished by staff over binchotan charcoal at your t…

A single set meal, hanjeongsik, covers the table with small homestyle side dishes instead of one main course. Among the…

Seasonal strawberry Mont Blanc is heaped with fresh strawberries over whipped cream. The matcha strawberry cake layers…

A wristband does the paying: tap it at the dispensers, pour as much of any of the eleven craft beers as you like, and t…

Green noodles with dolmiyeok, wild seaweed, worked into the dough go into a chicken stock simmered for 16 hours with sa…

Food reaches the table almost as soon as you sit down at this baekban (set-meal) house near Ulsan City Hall. The set ce…