Beomeo Off-Road Eater · 12 stories

Meals Off Daegu's Main Roads

I write about restaurant visits around Daegu and Gyeongbuk. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceSuseong, DaeguRestaurants

Sinmae Station, Daegu family Korean meal before academy: Cafe Dong-i

Cafe Dong-i Sicheol is a Korean restaurant near Sinmae Station and Sinmae Market in Suseong, Daegu. On a busy Monday, a family stopped at Cafe Dong-i Sicheol before taking their daughter to her academy class and ate kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew), jeyuk-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) and Japanese-style curry, with free five-grain rice, fried eggs, barley gangjeong (puffed barley snack) and drinks. With tasty side dishes on top of the free extras, the whole family agreed to come back to Cafe Dong-i Sicheol.

Written Apr 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGyeongsan, GyeongbukRestaurants

Gyeongsan sushi restaurant worth a weekday dinner wait: Sonsi Sushi

Sonsi Sushi Yeungnam University Main Branch (손시스시 영대본점) is an aged-sushi Japanese restaurant on Daehak-ro in front of Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. After a weekday dinner wait, the blogger ate the 10-piece Aged Sushi (Sang grade) and the value set (12-piece Premium Aged Sushi, aged chojang hoedeopbap, a raw fish rice bowl, and fried shrimp with handmade sauce), with low-sodium soy sauce made from Gyeongsan jujubes, handmade apple chojang and thoughtful amenities standing out. For melt-in-your-mouth aged sushi near Yeungnam University, Sonsi Sushi is worth the wait.

Written Apr 26, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Jungangno, Daegu seolleongtang with anchovies, 15 years on: Hanwoojang

Hanwoojang (한우장) is a seolleongtang (ox bone soup) and ttaro-gukbap (spicy beef and blood curd soup with rice on the side) restaurant on Gukchaebosang-ro in Jung-gu, Daegu, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. A regular from 20 years ago returned to Hanwoojang after 15 years for dinner with her husband and son, ordered seolleongtang and ttaro-gukbap, and found the kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi), kimchi and stir-fried anchovies tasting just as they used to. For anyone missing old-school Daegu seolleongtang, a meal at Hanwoojang is a trip down memory lane.

Written May 1, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuseong, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu Korean restaurant: jeyuk set and self-serve bar, Cafe Dongyi

Cafe Dongyi Branch 1 (카페동이 1호점) is a two-floor Korean restaurant in the Suseong SK Leaders View shopping arcade in front of Hwanggeum Station in Suseong, Daegu. The writer's family, including a daughter who attends a hagwon (private academy) nearby, dropped in on the spur of the moment for a jeyuk bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) set and a kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew) set. Everyone was happy with the self-serve bar's multigrain rice, gopchang gim (seasoned laver) and fried eggs, the perilla seaweed soup and the tasty side dishes. Cafe Dongyi Branch 1 is a great place for a filling, healthy homestyle meal on days you don't feel like cooking.

Written May 3, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGyeongsan, GyeongbukRestaurants

Gyeongsan Korean restaurant: Psy live on festival night, Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Yeungnam University Art Center Branch is a Korean set-meal restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Cheonma Art Center Grand Theater at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. On the university festival evening, a group of three ate the Dongi charcoal-grilled bulgogi set (event price ₩12,900), Grandma's jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) stir-fry set and the 40-year master's kimchi stew set while hearing Psy perform "Gangnam Style" live, and the doenjang (soybean paste) stew they tried for the first time won them over. With unlimited multigrain rice refills and a tidy self bar, Cafe Dongi Yeungnam University Art Center Branch is a dependable pick for a healthy meal near Yeungnam University.

Written May 27, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Pohang mulhoe spot with outdoor seats, holiday 3-combo bowl: Ppwang

Ppwang Mulhoe (퐝물회) is a mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) restaurant on Haean-ro in Duho-dong, near Yeongildae in Pohang. On a public holiday, the writer's family waited for a table and sat outdoors. At Ppwang Mulhoe's self-bar they ate boiled shrimp, fried fish, fried dried-fish snacks and tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), then had the 20,000-won Ppwang 3-combo of squid, flounder and seasonal fish. The self-bar is so generous that the kids preferred the boiled shrimp to the mulhoe, making Ppwang Mulhoe a satisfying family meal out.

Written May 28, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu Korean restaurant: enoki squid-pork for a jeyuk fan, Bujasikdang

Banwoldang Bujasikdang is a fire-grilled stir-fry Korean restaurant on Gwandeokjeong-gil near Banwoldang in Jung-gu, Daegu, with a wait even at weekday lunch. The writer and her husband waited, then cooked 2 servings of oje (squid and pork stir-fry) with enoki mushrooms, and although she loves jeyuk (spicy pork), she fell for the perfectly cooked squid. With cheonggukjang doenjang stew, fried burdock on the side and rice that isn't plain white, Banwoldang Bujasikdang left both of them satisfied.

Written Oct 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGwangmyeong, GyeonggiRestaurants

Gwangmyeong Station baby octopus dinner before the KTX home: Jeongipum

Jeongipum Jjukkumi Gwangmyeong 1st Branch (정이품쭈꾸미 광명1호점) is a griddle baby octopus restaurant on the 1st floor of AK Plaza at Gwangmyeong Station in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi. After coming up on an early-morning KTX for her daughter's practical exam, the writer and her daughter ate griddle baby octopus with extra noodles and black pork belly (kkot-samgyeop), plus cheese fried rice, at 5 p.m. before catching the train home. Verdict: the tired mother and daughter wrapped every bite the Jeongipum way, regained their energy and even went shopping afterward.

Written Oct 23, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDong-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daegu ssambap restaurant for a diabetes-friendly date: Imga-ne Ureong

Imga-ne Ureong Ssambap (임가네우렁쌈밥) is a Korean restaurant serving ureong ssambap (rice with leafy-green wraps and freshwater snail ssamjang) on Seochon-ro in Dong-gu, Daegu, on the way to Palgongsan. On a fall date at Palgongsan with her husband, who is being treated for diabetes, the writer had a ssambap set with boiled pork and grilled mackerel, refilling the wrap greens throughout lunch. Imga-ne Ureong Ssambap is a healthy Palgongsan ssambap restaurant where you can eat without worrying about your diet.

Written Oct 18, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNam-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Daemyeong-dong Korean lunch: 40-year master's kimchi stew, Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Daemyeong Station Branch is a Korean set-meal restaurant in Daemyeong-dong, Nam-gu, Daegu, near Daemyeong Station on Subway Line 1. On Hangul Day, a family of four who could not get into Seomun Market came instead and ordered tofu doenjang stew, the 40-year master's kimchi stew, brazier-grilled jeyuk (spicy stir-fried pork) and shrimp tempura curry, with unlimited rice, fried eggs, gopchang gim (premium seaweed) and barley gangjeong (puffed barley bars). Even the husband, who has diabetes, went back for a second bowl of rice, making Cafe Dongi a lunch the whole family enjoyed.

Written Oct 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuseong, DaeguCafés

Kids' snack shop in Beomeo-dong, Daegu: 5–6 peanuts per Daesin bread

Daesin Peanut Bread Beomeo Direct Store (대신땅콩빵 범어직영점) is a peanut bread and egg bread shop in Suseong, Daegu, in the food alley near Suseong-gu Office Station on the Manchon-dong side. While waiting for her daughter's class to finish, the writer took 80 peanut breads to go and found 5 to 6 peanuts in each one, with a nutty flavor and a crisp shell that never turned soggy. Her verdict: from now on, she will only buy peanut bread at Daesin Peanut Bread Beomeo Direct Store.

Written Oct 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceGyeongsan, GyeongbukRestaurants

Gyeongsan Korean restaurant with unlimited rice self-bar: Cafe Dongi

Cafe Dongi Yeungnam University Art Center Branch is a home-style Korean restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Grand Hall at Cheonma Art Center, Yeungnam University, in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. A family of four ordered bulgogi yeolmu bibimbap (beef and young radish kimchi rice bowl), tofu doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew), jeyuk bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) and usamgyeop doenjang jjigae, then helped themselves to unlimited five-grain rice, fried eggs, seaweed and barley crackers at the self-bar, going back for rice three more times. Parking is easy once you register your car at the restaurant, making Cafe Dongi a filling family dinner for Gyeongsan and nearby Daegu.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
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