Cheongwaok Bonjeom 청와옥 본점

Queues at this original branch across from Olympic Park can run long enough that people book a remote spot on Tabling and walk the park while they wait. The sundae-guk broth simmers with medicinal herbs for over 8 hours and comes generously filled with blood sausage and pork, though meat-only and sausage-only bowls exist too. To taste the plain broth first, ask them to leave off the heap of chili paste that sits on top by default. The pyeonbaek set steams sausage, boiled pork and head meat over bean sprouts in a cypress box, keeping them firmer than the meat in the soup. East Sea squid is brushed with red sauce and charcoal-grilled until dark marks cross its thick body, a clean heat that pairs with rice. Yukhoe arrives minced rather than sliced, with sesame oil.