Yangsan restaurant opening at 11am for pastry soup: Bueokgan Oslo Park

How to find Bueokgan: 837 m from Namyangsan Station Exit 1, B1 of Oslo Park

Bueokgan Restaurant Yangsan Oslo Park Branch is 837m from Exit 1 of Namyangsan Station, on the basement floor of Oslo Park. I came all the way to Namyangsan Station just to visit Oslo Park.

I'd been here once before — I remember coming to Hero Sports Park nearby. These days kids don't go to playgrounds, they all flock to sports parks instead.

After using the B2 parking lot, I took the escalator up and found Bueokgan on the left. It says BUUK. If you're coming from the 1st floor, you just take the escalator down.

I came early to avoid the break time. It opens at 11am.

Inside Bueokgan: high arched ceilings and a European look

The interior of Bueokgan Restaurant Yangsan Oslo Park Branch has lots of tall plants. In the spacious room, the green plants make the atmosphere even better.

A classic, old-world sort of mood.

You order from the tablet at the table. What to pick — pizza, pasta, or something else?

Pastry soup, seafood tomato pasta, truffle mushroom pizza.

Right after ordering, the BEST menu section catches my eye... ah, maybe I should've picked that instead — the napa cabbage Caesar salad looks delicious. Well, there's always next time. It's lunch, so pizza and pasta are our basics. Let's eat well.

The space is generous, with wide gaps between tables that make moving around easy. The air inside feels crisp — maybe because of all the green plants, or because we're in a city like Yangsan, but it definitely feels fresher than Busan somehow. Vintage furniture mixed with plants gives it an exotic feel.

Truffle mushroom pizza at 22,000 won

The truffle mushroom pizza is ₩22,000. It's built on a homemade tomato sauce base, topped with chewy mushrooms, truffle oil, and chopped green onion.

Bueokgan Restaurant Yangsan Oslo Park Branch, 1-2, B1, Building BL, 14 Beomgu-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do.

Bueokgan Restaurant is a brunch café.

They say the vintage furniture and various objects were personally selected from the UK, France, Italy and other parts of Europe.

Pastry soup at 10,000 won: sweet sweet-pumpkin filling

The pastry soup has sweet pumpkin in it. Crisp pastry, savory flavor.

So many framed pictures on the walls, a feast for the eyes. One of the best restaurants in Gyeongnam Yangsan, no question.

Seafood tomato pasta with shrimp, clams and green mussels

The seafood tomato pasta uses a long-simmered tomato sauce with shrimp, clams, and green mussels.

This is the kind of pasta younger people love, and somewhere along the way I started enjoying it too.

It felt like being at some seaside restaurant in Europe, like being briefly teleported somewhere else.

European Recipe in Favorite Kitchen — a European recipe, in a favorite kitchen

What are Bueokgan's steady-seller dishes?

Before visiting, I looked up the steady-seller menu.

• Napa cabbage Caesar salad
• Truffle gnocchi
• Kung Pao pilaf
• Prosciutto pizza
• Bueokgan steak

They say Bueokgan Restaurant was designed with inspiration from Sweden's national art museum.

Bueokgan's signature soup: pastry laid over pumpkin soup. ₩10,000.

Parking, Wi-Fi and other amenities at Bueokgan

• Group seating, WiFi, reservations, high chairs
• Parking: available

Bueokgan has a blog, so I checked it out.

Dyed red with beet.

Drizzling sauce over the pizza makes it taste even better with a spicy kick.

After lunch: a walk through the Oslo Park main square

The main square of Oslo Park is wide open and airy.