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Restaurants, dishes, and how to eat like a local.

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Restaurants

The Sungsimdang main store lit at night; customers move through the glass doors under a 聖心堂 SUNGSIMDANG sign, with the second-floor room visible through the window on the right

DaejeonRestaurants

Daejeon Food Guide: Three Local Dishes and Sungsimdang

Mudeungsan rising beyond the city of Gwangju, with the Gwangju stream and winter trees in the foreground and the built-up centre spread between them

GwangjuRestaurants

Gwangju Food Guide: Tteokgalbi, Usamtang and Acorn-Jelly Japchae

The paifang gate at the entrance to Incheon Chinatown, its blue plaque reading 中華街, with the shop-lined street climbing the hill beyond it

IncheonRestaurants

Incheon Food Guide: Jajangmyeon, Sundae, Naengmyeon and Monkfish

Cafés & Desserts

SeoulCafés & Desserts

How to Use Seoul Cafes: Neighbourhoods, Ordering and Seating

Street Food

NationwideStreet Food

A Guide to Korean Street Food — What It Is and How It Is Counted

Traditional Food

GangwonTraditional Food

What to Eat in Gangwon: Sundubu, Naengmyeon, Makguksu, Dakgalbi and Sundae-gukbap

NationwideTraditional Food

Four Jeonju Bibimbap Houses and a Bean-Sprout Soup: Three in One Lane, One 4.7 km Out

NationwideTraditional Food

How to Find Regional Food in Korea

GyeongjuTraditional Food

What to Eat in Gyeongju: Byeolchaeban, Kongguk, Gyori Gimbap and Milmyeon

JejuTraditional Food

What to Eat on Jeju: Mom-guk, Dombe-gogi, Gogi-guksu and Abalone

NationwideTraditional Food

A Guide to Banchan — The Name Records How It Was Made, Not Whether You Ordered It

NationwideTraditional Food

A Guide to Korean Noodles — What They Are Pulled From, and How They Arrive

NationwideTraditional Food

How to Read Korean Soup Names: Guk, Tang, Jjigae and Jeongol

NationwideTraditional Food

A First-Timer's Guide to Choosing Korean Food

SeoulTraditional Food

Five Seoul Korean Barbecue Restaurants: Hanwoo, Galbi, Bulgogi and Pork Belly

NationwideTraditional Food

Eight Century Shops — and the reason the register wrote down for each

SeoulTraditional Food

What the broth is made of — eight Seoul houses, seven different bases

BusanTraditional Food

Four Busan Seafood Restaurants: What to Eat and Where

BusanTraditional Food

Milmyeon or dwaeji-gukbap? Six Busan restaurants by area

SeoulTraditional Food

Northern Korean Food in Seoul: Naengmyeon, Eobok-jaengban, Mandu and Kongbiji

SeoulTraditional Food

Seven Seoul houses that open for breakfast — before eight in the morning

SeoulTraditional Food

Six Seoul houses that make the noodle by hand — kalguksu, guksi, sujebi

DaeguTraditional Food

Five Daegu Specialties and Where to Try Them

BusanTraditional Food

What to Eat in Busan

Dietary Info

NationwideDietary Info

A Practical Guide to Halal Food in Korea

NationwideDietary Info

Vegetarian and Vegan Food in Korea: What to Ask Before Ordering