Located on the first floor of the National Palace Museum of Korea, Gogung Tteurak consists of a museum shop and a café. It is open from 9am to 10pm everyday except Mondays. The museum shop has on sale a variety of items with a traditional Korean flavor. You will find postcards, small pocket books, umbrellas, cushions, and T-shirts. Right next door, there is a café selling coffee, ginger tea, gukwacha (tea of a chrysanthemum), mogwacha (tea of a quince), as well as wild vegetable salad, royal tteokbokki, and royal noodles. Foreign visitors can choose the royal tteokbokki and other simple meals that are not too spicy.
For information, call the museum shop (+82-2-720-0381, Korean, English, Japanese) or the café (+82-2-720-0486, Korean, English, Japanese).
Situated amongst the 99 traditional Korean buildings in the Jungmun Resort Complex, Jeju Mawon (제주 마원)specializes in horsemeat: perfect for those with a more daring palate.In addition to the main dining room in the central building, the restaurant has a garden and other outdoor facilities for banquets and other special occasions.
Tteul Gwa Dawon (literally "yard and tea garden") is an up-scale hanok-style tea and coffee house where you can enjoy a tranquil garden in the center of Seoul.The tea and coffee shop offers traditional Korean tea made of 100% natural ingredients, as well as organic coffee. It is equipped with large private rooms which can accomodate a large number of guests, making it the best place to hold seminars or other types of social gatherings.Tea, rice cakes, and other traditional snacks served here can be a good alternative for when you're in between meals.
The chewiness of the yellowish noodle served in the Halmae Gaya is just right, and the clear icy soup of the noodle is tasty and cool. The perfect marriage between the noodle and the icy cold soup will indeed please your taste bud.
Bonghwajeon is a traditional Korean restaurant specializing in North Korean cuisine. It serves various kinds of traditional Pyeongyang(capital of North Korea)-style delicacies such as sogogijeon (a pancake filled with ground beef), royal hot pot (a delicacy with vegetables and meat added to pork broth boiled in a specially designed pot; said to have been enjoyed by royal family and the aristocrats), and many more dishes. Bonghwajeon offers healthy and delicious lunch and dinner specials at affordable prices. The restaurant also stocks an array of alcoholic beverages including makgeolli (Korean rice wine), Japanese sake, whiskey and wine.
Mijin is a restaurant specializing in spicy hot baby octopus and cool buckwheat dishes. Opened in 1954, the restaurant's 50-year history is a testament to the great taste of its dishes and the charm of the restaurant.The main ingredient, buckwheat, is delivered daily from Bongpyeong, the largest buckwheat producing region in Korea. Baby octopus is also delivered every morning from ports in Yeosu. Families and workers of surrounding companies are major customers of the restaurant, but celebrities and politicians also come to the restaurant to taste its food. Memilmuk (Buckwheat Jelly) and pancakes made with buckwheat and green onion are also delicacies of the restaurant.
Garden K is a botanical garden-themed resturant with a multitude of fresh, healthy foods as well as a therapy program offered while dining. Green bathing is available at all of its facilities, including a table-filled dining hall called the "Garden Hall," and "Inner Hall," and other seating rooms. The vertical garden, made of a trellis, is installed inside where plants grow up it. It has a creative interior design of which the owner of Garden K came up with.The pleasant experience at Garden K does not end there, as people frequent the restaurant for their famous bibimbap. The dish is presented with various organic greens and vegetables picked straight from their garden, topped with perfectly cooked lean beef, pork, or fish of your choice, completing a healthy and well-balanced meal.
Seoul(Songpa-gu) , Jamsil・Seokchon Lake・Olympic Park
Nolboo Yuhwang Ori Jinheukgui Jamsil Branch specializes in yuhwang ori jinheukgui (Grilled Herb and Mineral-fed Duck Wrapped in Mud) and smoked whole barbecue duck served with wine or other types of alcoholic beverages. You need to make a reservation because it takes hours to cook a duck in clay. The restaurant has rooms for group dining.
At Samjeon Hoejeon Chobap, you can sit back and relax as fresh sushi dishes such as eel sushi, tuna sushi, salmon sushi, and shrimp sushi come by you on the conveyor belt. The system allows you to avoid waiting for food and pick and choose your favorite dishes. Sushi dishes are made of fresh fish delivered daily so you can rest assured that you’re eating only top quality sushi.The restaurant is conveniently located in central Seoul in the Gwanghwamun area near major landmarks such as City Hall, the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, and Cheonggyecheon, making the restaurant a convenient stopover during a busy day of touring.