Seoul(Yongsan-gu) , Itaewon・Yongsan

Among the many Thai restaurants in Itaewon, you’ll experience the most authentic Thai cuisine here. Run by the Baiyoke Hotel of Thailand, the mouth-watering food and wonderful service bring customers back often. Most of the cooks and employees have come from Thailand to work here. A typical Thai dish is tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup). Various spices are added to give this dish its remarkably unique flavor. People who have tried the cuisine for the first time might need some time to get accustomed to the taste, but once they do, they’ll want more. Delicately spiced noodles, which are sautéed with various vegetables as well as beef or chicken, go well with tom yam kung. TIP: Since the restaurant is managed by Itaewon Hotel, there is a surtax of 10% and a service fee of 10% which are added to the bill.


Seoul(Seocho-gu) , Gangnam・Samseongdong(COEX)

Mad for Garlic is an Italian wine bistro chain that offers 40 dishes with garlic as their signature ingredient, as well as over 100 wine brands. Its interior, designed primarily with wood and brick, adds a rustic ambience for a more relaxed dining experience.


Seoul(Jongno-gu) , Insadong・Jongnon

Order a beverage and get a hand-drawn, one-minute portrait of yourself done by none other than the café’s owner. The café has appeared on the series I Need Romance, variety shows We Just Got Married, I Live Alone, and Tasty Road, and Lee Seung-gi’s music video.  


Seoul(Yongsan-gu) , Itaewon・Yongsan

Copacabana Grill in Itaewon is a Brazilian restaurant named after the internationally renowned ‘Copacabana Beach’ in Brazil. At the restaurant, customers can enjoy unlimited skewers of sirloin steak, tenderloin, chicken, pork, or sausage. What makes the dining experience especially unique is that the grilled skewers are brought to the table by native Brazilian chefs and sliced right in front of diners.      


Seoul(Dongdaemun-gu) , Dongdaemun

Thick and rich broth makes a good impression here. Boiled chicken with ginseng (Samgyetang) gives a soft and tender taste with glutinous rice, chestnuts, ginseng and Chinese dates. The rich flavor of ginseng liquor, fried chicken gizzard, cubed white radishes, cabbage kimchi, and garlic with Korean hot pepper paste makes this dish even better. *Best Korean Restauranta as designated by The Seoul Metropolitan Government  


Seoul(Mapo-gu) , Hongik-University-Area

Opened by a former chef of Shilla Hotel’s Chinese fine dining restaurant Palsun, the restaurant’s name portrays a determination to offer a “difference” (chai) in “taste” (mat) with a pun “Tastes like China”(Masi China). The restaurant is overall neatly organized and designed in open kitchen style where guests can watch their meal get prepared. Operating Hours  11:30-22:00 * Break time: 16:00-17:00 (Weekdays only) Menu  Some menu items may differ slightly in price and are subject to change without notice. ㆍJjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) ㆍBaekjjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup in white broth) ㆍSogogi Jajangmyeon (noodles in black bean sauce with beef) ㆍTangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) ㆍCream Saewoo (cream shrimp) Credit Cards  Accepted  


Busan(Haeundae-gu) , Haeundae

24 Hour Busan Wangdwaejigukbap offers gukbap using sundae (Korean sausage) made in the restaurant. In addition, the restaurant serves dwaeji-gukbap (pork and rice soup) made with a 100% pork leg bone. The restaurant also serves ttaro-dwaeji-gukbap, ttaro-sundae-gukbap, ttaro-naejang-gukbap, suyuk-baekban, and suyuk.


Seoul(Jung-gu)

This restaurant serves Japanese-style, traditional pufferfish specialties. With almost half-century of experience in pufferfish cuisine, the owner of Songwon was trained in Teppan, Japan and remains a special member of the Japanese Pufferfish Federation. The restaurant also offers eel, sukiyaki, and sushi dishes, all made in the traditional Japanese style.


Incheon(Namdong-gu) , Incheon Center

Jangeo Myeongga is a Korean restaurant specializing in grilled freshwater eel, which comes in two types: salted and marinated. Freshwater eel stew called jangeotang is also a popular dish on the menu.


Seoul(Mapo-gu) , Hongik-University-Area

There is a diverse selection of restaurants in the youthful streets of Seoul’s Hongik University. If you walk towards the Far East Broadcasting Company from the playground which is located across the street from the university’s front gates, you will come across a large wooden restaurant named < Yogi>. This is a restaurant widely popular for its noodles, dumplings, and tteokbokki (rice pasta and vegetables simmered in spicy sauce). The kimchi-mari-guksu (noodles with hand-rolled kimchi) is the restaurant’s most popular menu item, as it is a bowlful of refreshing and all-natural noodles. The bibim-guksu presents a spicy delicacy of noodles mixed in red pepper sauce, while the thickly boiled beef broth of sagol-guksu also brings in its own share of customers. Yogi offers an abundant amount of noodles at comparably inexpensive prices.