Damyang Juksun Chueotang 담양죽순추어탕

Bamboo shoots go into the loach soup served as Sadang juksun chueotang, one bowl per person. The same pairing turns up in plates for sharing: juksun chueo twigim, fried loach with bamboo shoots, and juksun chueo bindaetteok, a savory pancake. A spicy loach stew, chueo maeuntang, is the hotter option. Despite the Damyang name, the restaurant is in Namhyeon-dong, Gwanak-gu, on an alley off Nambusunhwan-ro near Sadang Station.