Chanyang-jip is a restaurant marked by its weathered, wooden facade and a small, faded sign that looks like it has resisted change for decades. It specializes in haejang-guk, a hearty ox-bone soup meant to clear the head after a long night…
Jongno Backalley Food Tents
This walk weaves through the smoky, neon-lit alleys of Jongno-3-ga to experience Seoul's legendary late-night street food tents and historic taverns. You will taste everything from charcoal-grilled pork and raw oyster bossam to comforting noodle soups in the city's most authentic nightlife hub.
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1. Chanyang-jip
2. Mi Galmaegisal
Mi Galmaegisal sits tucked into the narrow, labyrinthine alleys of Donui-dong, marked by a dense cluster of weathered metal tables and the constant scent of pork grilling over charcoal. This spot operates within one of Seoul’s last…
3. Young Chun Ok
Young Chun Ok is a narrow, three-story building covered in faded, light-blue tiles, tucked into an alleyway in Donui-dong. Since nineteen sixty-eight, this restaurant has served pig's back bone soup, or gamjatang, using a recipe that has…
4. Samhaejip Jongno Branch
The Samhaejip restaurant is recognizable by the weathered wooden sign hanging above its narrow entrance, tucked into a cramped alleyway in Gwansu-dong. It specializes in bossam, boiled pork belly served with spicy radish kimchi. The owner…
5. Jongno 3(sam)-ga Pocha Street
Orange plastic tarps stretch over narrow, cluttered alleys where steel folding tables sit directly on the asphalt. This collection of makeshift tents creates a dense maze of smoke and sizzling grills after sunset. In the nineteen eighties,…
6. Gyerim Sikdang
Gyerim Sikdang sits tucked into the narrow alleys of Jongno, identified by a weathered sign and a constant line of people waiting on plastic stools. Since nineteen sixty-five, the restaurant has served one dish: dakdoritang, a spicy…