▶ source videoMunhwaok 문화옥
An Euljiro seolleongtang shop serving the milky ox-bone soup side by side with jok-tang, ox-foot soup — a straightforward walk-in operation open since morning, with most of the confusion travelers report actually belonging to the popular naengmyeon shop next door.
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▶ source videoBusan Galmaegi 부산 갈매기
A City Hall Station shop specializing in saengtae-jjigae — fresh, not frozen, pollack stew — with waits clustering around the lunch rush and the start of dinner service.
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▶ source videoYaksu Sundaeguk 약수순대국
A sundae-guk shop near Yaksu station in Sindang-dong serving both the soup and a plate of its own house-made sundae.
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▶ source videoCheongwaok 청와옥
An Euljiro sundaeguk shop pairing the soup with pyeonbaek-jjim, cypress-steamed pork — waits are common even on weekdays, and the Tabling app at the door lets you queue remotely instead of standing in line.
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▶ source videoIjo Galbi 이조갈비
Ijo Galbi is a no-frills grill house near Sindang Station whose short menu, despite the name, centers on frozen pork belly rather than galbi — rounded out by a kkotgetang (blue crab stew) that reviewers often finish the meal with.
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▶ source videoIncheonjip 인천집
Incheonjip is a roughly 50-year-old tavern up a narrow staircase in Dadong, near Euljiro-ipgu Station.
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Hwayukgye 화육계
Hwayukgye is an Euljiro 3-ga chicken-feet-and-trotter bar where reviewers highlight the mubbyeo-dakbal (boneless spicy chicken feet) and a flying-fish-roe rice ball, with a wait considered a near-permanent fixture of the place.
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▶ source videoSeoryeong 서령
Seoryeong is a Namdaemun pyeongyang naengmyeon specialist that also serves suyuk (boiled pork) and sinseollo (royal hot pot).
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▶ source videoSandong Gyoja 산동교자
A surviving fixture in Myeongdong's shrinking overseas-Chinese restaurant cluster, known for ohyangjangyuk (five-spice sliced meat), Chinese-style tempura, samseon jjamppong, and kkanpunggi, with BYO corkage and Suijingfang liquor on offer.
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▶ source videoHaenghwachon 행화촌
Haenghwachon is a longtime overseas-Chinese-run restaurant in Myeongdong's cluster of Chinese eateries near the former Chinese embassy quarter, known for jjajangmyeon, jjambbong, and tangsuyuk.
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▶ source videoHyangmi 향미
Hyangmi is part of Myeongdong's overseas-Chinese restaurant row, best known among diners for clam stir-fry (jogae-bokkeum) and pan-fried guotie dumplings alongside beef noodle soup and tangsuyuk.
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▶ source videoWoo Lae Oak 우래옥
A long-running Pyeongyang-style naengmyeon house in Jung-gu known for its mild, buckwheat-forward cold noodles alongside bulgogi and other grilled beef.
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▶ source videoGwanghwamun Gukbap 광화문국밥
A pork gukbap specialist near Gwanghwamun known for a clean, low-gaminess broth and for being among the early adopters of thinly sliced suyuk as a side alongside its pig blood sausage.
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▶ source videoPildong Myeonok 필동면옥
A long-running Pyongyang-style naengmyeon institution near Chungmuro, unchanged in format since it opened in the early 1990s: cold buckwheat noodles, a steamed dumpling platter, and sliced boiled pork (jeyuk) as the core order.
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▶ source videoMyeongdong Gyoja 명동교자
A Myeongdong kalguksu institution built around one dish: a hand-cut noodle soup topped with meat, served alongside mandu and a notably garlic-forward kimchi.
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▶ source videoFelt Coffee Cheonggyecheon 펠트 청계천점
Felt Coffee's minimalist Cheonggyecheon branch is a benchmark for Seoul's third-wave espresso and pour-over scene, a short walk from Gwanghwamun along the Cheonggyecheon stream.
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▶ source videoSongok 송옥
A longtime buckwheat-noodle specialist in Bukchang-dong near City Hall, best known for its pan-memil (cold buckwheat noodles with dipping broth) and hot nabi udon, drawing a steady lunch crowd of nearby office workers.
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▶ source videoSarangbang Kalguksu 사랑방칼국수
A Chungmuro-Euljiro alleyway noodle shop running since 1982, known for a two-item menu: hand-cut kalguksu and a whole/half chicken dak-baeksuk set served with rice, both priced around 8,500-10,000 won.
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▶ source videoYeongdeok Hoe Sikdang 영덕회식당
A Chungmuro raw-fish institution running since 1970, known for makhoe (mixed raw fish salad tossed with vegetables and gochujang) served in a small, no-frills dining room.
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Pildong Bunsik 필동분식
A charcoal-grill anju bar tucked in a Chungmuro backstreet since 1994, best known for coal-fired chicken skewers, grilled ginkgo nuts, and blanched cuttlefish — a second-round drinking-food spot rather than a bunsik shop despite the name.
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▶ source videoMongdorine 몽돌이네
An outdoor-seating (yajang) pork belly grill tucked in a narrow Euljiro alley near the Nogari-golmok drinking district, with a distant view of Namsan Tower from its patio tables.
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▶ source videoHorang Silbi 호랑실비
A seafood-forward anju pub tucked in an alley off Sindang Jungang Market (registered address in Hwanghak-dong, Jung-gu).
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▶ source videoJinsim 진심
A clear-broth pork gukbap spot that opened in Chungmuro in 2024, using Jeju black pork (Nanchuk Matdon) for a clean, non-greasy soup aimed at the neighborhood office lunch crowd.
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▶ source videoMugyodong Bugeo Gukjip 무교동북어국집
A single-dish dried-pollack hangover soup counter near Gwanghwamun that has run since a 1978 registered opening, popular with nearby office workers for its consistent 10,000-won bowl and self-serve side dishes.
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Misu Gukbap 미수국밥
Misu Gukbap serves a clear, mild pork-bone gukbap in Sindang-dong's Jungang Market area — a lighter style than the usual spicy version, priced around 10,000 won a bowl.
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▶ source videoMyeongdong Seoseogalbi 명동서서갈비
A standing-style so-galbi (thin ox rib) joint near Euljiro-ipgu station in Myeongdong, grilled tableside over charcoal drums with no seats at the counter — diners eat standing up.
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▶ source videoAeseonghoegwan Hanwoo Gomtang 애성회관 한우곰탕
Aeseonghoegwan has been simmering hanwoo (100%-domestic Korean beef) bone broth into gomtang from this Bukchang-dong storefront since 2003, running a strict one-dish-per-person policy that keeps its small dining room turning over fast.
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▶ source videoHosujip 호수집
A Jungnim-dong institution built around two things: a fiery dakdoritang (braised chicken stew) simmered in a shared pot, and chicken skewers grilled over charcoal briquettes that regulars order two per person.
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▶ source videoPildong Haemul 필동해물
A no-frills seafood pojangmacha near Chungmuro that has run since the mid-1990s (public registry), serving only raw and lightly prepared seafood — no meat, no rice.
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▶ source videoBokgukjip Bbokjji (Ojang-dong) 복국집뽁찌(오장동점)
A pufferfish (bok-eo) specialty restaurant in Ojang-dong, Jung-gu, serving bok-jiri (clear pufferfish soup), bok-bulgogi, and a multi-dish bbokjji course set — an accessibly priced way into a fish often treated as a special-occasion splurge elsewhere in Seoul.
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▶ source videoCheongsongok 청송옥
A Jung-gu institution near City Hall serving jangteo-gukbap, a spicy Gyeongsang-style beef soup that has run under this registration since 1973.
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▶ source videoMapo Jjukkumi 마포쭈꾸미
A no-frills Euljiro-3(sam)-ga spot built around a single hero dish: cheolpan jju-sam, baby octopus and pork belly stir-fried together on a hot griddle.
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▶ source videoSagaru Gas 사가루가스
A narrow, no-frills cutlet shop near Yaksu Station best known for a fish cutlet made from raw-grade tuna instead of the usual pork, alongside standard pork loin and tenderloin cutlets.
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▶ source videoJungnimdong Mulgogi 중림동 물고기
A dinner-only sashimi course spot in Jungnim-dong near Seoul Station, known for a single set assorted-sashimi menu (모둠회코스) that includes live mackerel sashimi, a fish not commonly served raw elsewhere in Seoul.
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▶ source videoBuyeo Sikpum 부여식품
A grilled-intestine (makchang) spot in Jung-gu's Inhyeon-dong printing-shop alley, known for Daegu-style pork makchang grilled at the table over an open-air (yajang) setup, alongside a spicy pork-and-kimchi jjaglagi stew.
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▶ source videoJinju Hoegwan 진주회관
A Seosomun-dong noodle institution near City Hall, regarded as one of Seoul's '3 great kongguksu' (chilled soybean noodle soup) shops.
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Jungnimjang Seolleongtang 중림장설렁탕
A longstanding ox-bone soup house near Seoul Station, Jungnimjang Seolleongtang has served its milky seolleongtang broth from the same Jungnim-dong storefront for decades, alongside doganitang (ox knee-cartilage soup), kkorigomtang (oxtail soup), and a combination boiled-beef platter for sharing over drinks.
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▶ source videoCheonghae 청해
A decades-old neighborhood raw-fish spot tucked into a Pildong side street near Chungmuro station, known for a generous, low-priced assorted-hoe course that regulars jokingly call "imokase" for its chef's-choice feel.
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▶ source videoMasinneun Samgyeopsal 맛있는 삼겹살
A no-frills pork belly grill house tucked in an alley of Namdaemun Market, serving just two things well: plain saeng samgyeopsal and a gochujang-marinated version, both grilled tableside and finished off with a shared pan of fried rice.
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▶ source videoSimibe 시미베
An evenings-only Japanese room on the second floor of a Toegye-ro building in Sindang, working through small plates — mentaiko potato, yuba, grilled pork jowl — alongside a sashimi platter presented as a cake.
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▶ source videoYoake 요아케
A small ramen shop near Sindang building both its bowls on domestic stock — Jeju pork and Korean chicken — then blending in anchovy broth for the shoyu and clam broth for the shio, finished with a five-soy or seven-salt seasoning.
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▶ source videoBekind Banh Mi 비카인드 반미
A banh mi counter on the ground floor of an office tower near Euljiro 3-ga, grilling pork belly to order for the crispy pork roll and slow-cooking a ragu for the other.
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