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Meals Around Dongseongno

I write about restaurants I visit around Daegu and Gyeongbuk. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

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Suseongmot, Daegu Japanese restaurant: cold tempura soba at Ongijeong

Ongijeong Suseong Lake Branch (온기정 수성못점) is a Japanese restaurant near Suseongmot in Suseong-gu, Daegu, built around tendon (tempura rice bowls) and donburi. On a hot day, a couple 28 weeks into their pregnancy ordered the Tempura Soba (16,000 won) and the Steaky Obanzai (20,000 won). The husband ate almost all of the cold soba, which comes in icy broth topped with sesame you grind yourself in a mini mortar. With a large private parking lot, private rooms, group tables and baby chairs, Ongijeong Suseong Lake Branch is a dependable pick for a Suseongmot drive and a couple's or family meal.

Written Jul 11, 2026Sponsored
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Sincheon Market Mexican restaurant: postpartum shrimp tacos, Habanero

Habanero Daegu Sincheon is a two-floor Mexican restaurant near Sincheon Market in Suseong, Daegu. For their first meal out as a couple after giving birth, the writer and her husband ordered the quesadilla couple set (42,900 won) at Habanero Daegu Sincheon: beef quesadilla, shrimp tacos, patata and grapefruit ade. After eating only Korean food at a postpartum care center, Habanero Daegu Sincheon was a satisfying choice when craving something spicy and different.

Written Oct 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Dongseong-ro Indian restaurant beef curry and window-seat dinner: Rama

Rama & Babana Dongseong-ro Main Branch is an Indian curry restaurant on the 2nd floor of a building in Jung-gu, Daegu, that has run for over 20 years in the same spot in the Dongseong-ro phone alley. Beef curry (₩12,000), plain naan (₩4,000), tandoori cream chicken (₩14,000), and seafood teppan fried rice (₩15,000) were shared at a window table overlooking the evening street. The spices are mild rather than sharp, so even someone who can't handle spicy food can enjoy it, and the portions are generous enough for two.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJung-gu, DaeguRestaurants

Mackerel gondre rice for pregnant friends in Jung-gu, Daegu: Hyangtaek

Hyangtaek Daebong Branch is a wood-toned Korean restaurant near Kim Kwang-seok Street in Jung-gu, Daegu. Six days before giving birth, the writer had brunch with a friend who is pregnant with her second child, sharing mackerel gondre rice (₩14,000), eggplant doenjang rice bowl (₩13,000), and a free mushroom pancake platter from a review event — the portions were generous enough that the two of them were perfectly full with the side dish included. A satisfying spot for pregnant diners who need gentle, easy-on-the-stomach Korean food.

Written Sep 8, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuseong, DaeguRestaurants

Deulanguil mackerel set meal and spicy pork, Daegu: Geumdeungeo

Geumdeungeo Deulanguil Main Branch is a grilled mackerel restaurant on Deulan-ro in Suseong, Daegu. My husband and I ordered two charcoal-oven mackerel set meals with extra mackerel and spicy pork stir-fry; the fish was tender, though a few bones remained. With window and private-room-style seating, a side-dish self-service station, and parking, I thought it could suit a family meal.

Written Sep 6, 2026Sponsored
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