SZIMPATIKUS Restaurant Yongsan SZIMPATIKUS Restaurant Yongsan (심퍼티쿠시 용산점)

Crisp fried scallions sit on top of the chili oil cream pasta, the dish that sums up this Yongsan kitchen: Italian plates built from Korean ingredients. A risotto carries songgo and shiitake mushrooms under fried bangpung leaves, and a baby napa cabbage salad gets oat-nut crumble with sesame dressing. For a meat main, the chicken thigh steak comes out tender. Two or three creamy plates in a row get heavy, which is where the jalapenos and pickles brought to the table help. The room is spacious and quiet, though the entrance is a little hard to find.