Open-kitchen Korean restaurant in Cheonan, dinner for two: Hyangtaek
Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch is a Korean rice-and-banchan restaurant on Buldang-25-ro in Seobuk-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, with an open kitchen and bar seats for solo diners. Over dinner with her husband, the writer ordered three dishes at Hyangtaek — eggplant doenjang rice bowl at 13,000 won, herring roe bibim noodles at 13,000 won and Cheongsong-style dakbulgogi (grilled chicken) at 9,000 won — and the kelp vinegar served as a basic banchan cut the richness. For a tidy Korean meal at around 10,000 won, Hyangtaek is worth shortlisting in Buldang-dong.