Yeonhui-dong Kalguksu

연희동칼국수

A house that serves kalguksu and nothing else, even through midsummer, on a bone broth simmered twelve hours.

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Place information

Korean name: 연희동칼국수
Address: 37 Yeonhuimat-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
Opening hours: 11:00–20:30
Closed: Every Mon · Seollal · Chuseok

Nearby

AK Plaza Hongdae

A shopping mall standing over Hongik University Station. It never takes a closing day, and on weekends and public holidays it opens half an hour earlier than on weekdays.

Gyeongui Line Forest Park

It has no gate, no fee and no closing time, but it also has no car park anywhere along its 6.3 km — the operator says so outright and tells you to come by train. Which is fitting for a park that used to be one.

The curved concrete facade of KT&G Sangsangmadang's Hongdae building

KT&G Sangsangmadang Hongdae

A cultural complex with galleries, pop-up exhibitions, shops, a cinema and a live hall in one building. Check the dates and hours in the listing for the exhibition or performance you want to see.

The red-brick cell blocks of Seodaemun Prison: two-storey brick wings with regularly spaced barred windows, a large Taegukgi hung down one wall, a few visitors crossing the bare yard, and the rocky summit of Inwangsan rising beyond the roofs.

Seodaemun Prison History Hall

A prison opened in 1908 and used through the colonial period and beyond, now run as a museum. Cell blocks and the execution building survive; the site is registered as the Former Seodaemun Prison. It closes on Mondays, and its hours differ between summer and winter.

Stories about this place

Seoul Kalguksu, Sujebi and Andong Guksi: 6 Hand-Cut Noodle Houses
Myeongdong Kyoja, two Bib Gourmand houses beside Gyeongbokgung, and noodle shops in Yeonhui-dong, Seongbuk-dong and Seocho, compared by dish, broth, side plates and neighbourhood so one of them fits the day's route.

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