Corner Table Guest · 19 stories

A Table in Daegu

I write about restaurant meals I encounter around Daegu and Gyeongbuk. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Things to do

PlaceYeongju, GyeongbukCafés

Hyucheon-dong, Yeongju café: avocado beef chili pesto pasta, Café289

Café289 is a brunch café on Guseong-ro in Hyucheon-dong, near Yeongju Station in Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, where a pasta order comes with garlic baguette before the meal, salad and pickles, and carrot cake for dessert. On her second visit with her husband, the writer ordered the tomato beef pasta (15,000 won), the homemade avocado beef chili pesto cream pasta (17,000 won) and mushroom soup. Thanks to the thick, rich cream pasta and the generous set, Café289 is where she will return whenever she craves pasta in Yeongju.

Written Jun 24, 2026Sponsored
PlaceBusanjin, BusanRestaurants

Busan curry restaurant near Bujeon Station for a day trip: Sarugak20

Sarugak20 is a Japanese curry restaurant in a basement in Jeonpo-dong, Busanjin, Busan, across from the Jeonpo 1-dong Community Center. On a Busan day trip, a couple from Andong took the KTX to Bujeon Station and made Sarugak20 their first meal: the beef-based Sarugak Curry and So-pecial Curry (12,000 won each), a sweet potato cheese croquette (3,500 won) and grapefruit juice (2,500 won). With thick, rich curry, a cozy atmosphere and thoughtful service, Sarugak20 is a solid pick for a filling meal in Busan.

Written Oct 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukRestaurants

Danyang Korean restaurant, ₩34,000 squid set for 2: Heukmaneul Boribap

Heukmaneul Boribap (흑마늘보리밥) is a Korean restaurant serving black garlic set meals on Byeolgok 9-gil, near Gugyeong Market in Danyang, Chungbuk. A couple ordered the black garlic squid stir-fry set for two at Saturday lunch for ₩34,000. It came with 9 side dishes, doenjang (soybean paste) stew with crab and tender squid stir-fry. The sauce is subtly spicy and may be too hot for kids, but Heukmaneul Boribap's home-style set meal is a good pick for families.

Written Aug 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukRestaurants

Danyang Gugyeong Market fried chicken: ticket #339, ready in 35 min

Danyang Heukmaneul Nurungji Dakgangjeong is the best-known takeout shop for black garlic nurungji (scorched rice) dakgangjeong, a sweet glazed fried chicken, in Gugyeong Market, Danyang, Chungbuk. The original and the double black garlic flavor both cost ₩20,000. The writer chose double black garlic, took ticket #339, picked up about 35 minutes later, and added 2 bottles of black garlic makgeolli for ₩10,000. Opened 3 hours later at the lodging, the nurungji and wedge potatoes were still coated in thick black garlic sauce, making Danyang Heukmaneul Nurungji Dakgangjeong a great box to share with a group.

Written Aug 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukCafés

Danyang bakery garlic bread, warm bread and cold cream: Danppang

Danppang Bakery is a garlic bread bakery inside Danyang Gugyeong Market in Danyang, Chungbuk, across from Danyang Black Garlic Nurungji Dakgangjeong. A four-flavor combo set from Danppang Bakery was gift-boxed, taken home and reheated in an air fryer at 165°C for 3 minutes, and it came out with warm bread and still-cold cream. The black garlic cream cheese garlic bread was the top pick, and the set made an easy gift for parents.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDanyang, ChungbukCafés

Danyang market bakery salt bread, 20-second microwave reheat

Black Garlic Salt Bread is a salt bread bakery right at the entrance of Jandomun gate in Gugyeong Market, Danyang, Chungbuk. Black Garlic Salt Bread ages Danyang's six-clove garlic into its own black garlic extract and makes dough daily with sea salt and French gourmet butter, baking four flavors (original, soboro, garlic and black garlic) that are made and sold the same day; bread taken home and microwaved for 20 seconds the next day came out warm and soft, as if freshly baked. The set combos cost less than single pieces, so Black Garlic Salt Bread also makes an easy, affordable gift.

Written Aug 4, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDalseo, DaeguRestaurants

Seongseo, Daegu Korean restaurant for herring roe noodles: Hyangtaek

Hyangtaek Seongseo Keimyung University Branch is a newly opened Korean restaurant in Dalseo, Daegu, across from the main gate of Keimyung University's Seongseo Campus and near Mirinae Park. After a maternity photo shoot, the writer and her husband came for dinner and ordered mackerel gondre rice (samchi gondrebap) at 14,000 won and herring roe bibim noodles (cheongeoal bibimmyeon) at 13,000 won, and neither the mackerel nor the herring roe tasted the least bit fishy. Hyangtaek is a good choice on a day when you want a filling, mild Korean meal.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
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