Tag: 로컬맛집

Subok Center

Busan · Seventy years in Nampo-dong, serving beef tendon and fish cake soup.

Travel highlight: There is outdoor seating in the alley — it fills first in the evening.

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Hwadam Yeontan

Busan · Boneless chicken feet over coal briquettes, until four in the morning.

Travel highlight: Opens at 7pm and runs until dawn.

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Waikiki Pocha

Busan · A large basement bar on Haeundae's Gunam-ro, opening at six.

Travel highlight: Open from 6pm until the early hours, walkable from Haeundae Station.

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Maenggu Pocha Gwangan

Busan · A block back from Gwangalli, with glasses moving late.

Travel highlight: Follows naturally from the Gwangan Bridge night view.

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Muwol Hannam

Seoul · A Korean drinking house made from a converted detached home.

Travel highlight: Tables are divided by room, which makes it easy to talk.

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Seongsu Odeng

Seoul · An oden bar where the skewers come with warmed sake.

Travel highlight: Opens at four in the afternoon and runs to 1am.

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Yukhoegwan Pocha Euljiro

Seoul · Korean beef served raw, from that day's slaughter.

Travel highlight: It comes as a platter by cut — good for a table sharing.

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Jeongseon Arirang Market

Gangwon · A five-day market, held on dates ending in 2 and 7.

Travel highlight: Market days fall on dates ending in 2 and 7. The riverside lot is free.

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Yeonjubang Yeonnam

Seoul · A Yeonnam seafood tavern built on raw sweet shrimp.

Travel highlight: Semi-basement, so the entrance takes finding. Evenings only.

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Chakhan Makchang Iksan

Jeonbuk · Grilled makchang and soju, with terrace seating.

Travel highlight: Evenings only, and best suited to a table sharing.

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Jeonju-neun-Jeonju

Jeonbuk · Jeon pancakes and traditional liquor, on Taejo-ro in the Hanok Village.

Travel highlight: Open daily 11:00–23:00 — it suits dinner after walking the Hanok Village.

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Godokan Aewol Black Pork

Jeju · Seared in the block, then finished with smoke.

Travel highlight: The pork comes seared in the block. Most people add the kimchi stew.

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Jeju Gwanghae Aewol

Jeju · Braised cutlassfish, with the sea in front of you.

Travel highlight: Served as sets for sharing. Worth checking parking before you go.

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Unidam

Jeju · A restaurant built around sea urchin rice bowls.

Travel highlight: Sea urchin is at its best in summer. Window seats look over the water.

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Mungae Eomeong

Jeju · Seafood ramen with a whole octopus on top, on the Aewol shore.

Travel highlight: A whole octopus tops the clay-pot ramen. Valet parking is available.

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Doldak

Busan · Braised chicken finished on a heated stone plate.

Travel highlight: There is a queue even at weekday lunch. Most people add the potato pancake.

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Baksu Sikdang

Busan · Anju built from whatever the sea sent that day. Evenings only.

Travel highlight: Evenings only, and the wait is long — book ahead.

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Anjjokjip

Busan · Pork and kimchi grilled together on one plate — a Nampo-dong way of doing it.

Travel highlight: Order the kimchi fried rice after the meat — that is the full meal.

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Jeonju Hanok Village

Jeonbuk · Seven hundred hanok in one neighbourhood, to walk and eat through.

Travel highlight: Traffic inside is restricted at certain hours — use the public car parks.

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Hannam Hanbang Tongdak

Seoul · Whole chicken roasted over a wood fire.

Travel highlight: There is a wait even on weekdays — early evening is easier.

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Somunnan Seongsu Gamjatang

Seoul · A pork spine stew house that opens at six in the morning.

Travel highlight: One dish only. On your own, ask for the single earthenware bowl.

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Nanpo Hannam

Seoul · A dining room serving noodles and ssambap built from Korean ingredients.

Travel highlight: Noodles and ssambap lead the menu. Evenings bring a wait.

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Sancheong Sutbul Garden

Seoul · Black pork over charcoal, and the longest queue for meat in Euljiro.

Travel highlight: The queue is long — set a remote place in line through CatchTable.

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Jirinseong

Jeonbuk · Chillies go into the black bean sauce — a Gunsan idea you will not find elsewhere.

Travel highlight: Chilli jjajang is the house dish — order the plain one if heat is not for you.

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Jamae Galbi Jeongol

Jeonbuk · Mul-galbi — ribs that Jeonju cooks in broth rather than over fire.

Travel highlight: Order the chive fried rice after the meat — that is how the meal ends.

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Jungdong Hotteok

Jeonbuk · Griddled without oil, which is why it tastes clean.

Travel highlight: Sundays it opens only in the afternoon. Takeaway from a street stall.

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Binhaewon

Jeonbuk · A hall open to the second floor, hung with red lanterns, unchanged since the 1950s.

Travel highlight: Closed Mondays, with a break in the afternoon.

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Bokseongru

Jeonbuk · Open six hours a day, and closed the moment the food runs out.

Travel highlight: Closed Sundays. Go before lunch or risk a wasted trip.

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Mongtan Aewol

Jeju · One long rib, cut with the bone left whole.

Travel highlight: Without a booking the wait is long — reserve through CatchTable.

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Suksungdo Aewol

Jeju · Black pork aged twice, then cut thick.

Travel highlight: The Aewol café street is close by for a walk afterwards.

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Woojin Haejangguk

Jeju · A bracken stew thick enough to stand a spoon in.

Travel highlight: Close to Jeju Airport — good on an arrival morning or a departure day.

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Subyeon Choego Dwaeji Gukbap

Busan · A bowl of gukbap at three in the morning, if that is when you need it.

Travel highlight: Season it yourself with chives and salted shrimp — that is the local way.

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Haeundae Amso Galbi

Busan · Sixty years on ribs alone, and now in the Michelin Guide.

Travel highlight: It closes between lunch and dinner for an afternoon break.

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Lee Jae Mo Pizza

Busan · Where people in Busan queue instead of ordering a chain pizza.

Travel highlight: Closed Sundays, no car park. Join the queue through CatchTable.

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Jagalchi Market

Busan · Choose downstairs, eat upstairs. Busan's largest fish market.

Travel highlight: Choose on the ground floor, eat on the floor above. It has regular closing days.

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Gwangalli Beach

Busan · This beach belongs to the hour the bridge lights up.

Travel highlight: Free drone shows run on weekend evenings. Walk from the subway.

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Osulloc Tea Museum

Jeju · A tea house and gallery in the middle of a tea field. Entry is free.

Travel highlight: Entry is free, and Innisfree Jeju House next door is seen with it.

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Abai Village

Gangwon · A village built by war refugees, reached by pulling a boat across.

Travel highlight: Passengers pull the ferry across themselves. The lanes sell northern refugee cooking.

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Soraepogu

Incheon · What the boats bring in is sold where they dock. The market is the port.

Travel highlight: Three minutes on foot from Soraepogu Station. The autumn festival gets very busy.

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