Gongneung-dong Dak Hanmari Bonjeom 공릉동닭한마리 본점

With just a chicken, green onion and potato in the base pot, the broth starts clear and mild and deepens as it simmers. Unlimited cabbage from the self-service bar goes into a dip of soy sauce, mustard and vinegar. Rice cakes go in early to soak up the broth. The chickens run small, and the shop itself notes that three adults need one and a half birds. After the meat, kalguksu noodles are cooked in the remaining broth, and rice turns the last of it into porridge. The shop sits between Gongneung and Taereung-ipgu stations, and its private lot behind the building often fills.