Quiet Hongdae restaurant in Seoul for a meal with parents: Anok
Anok is a newly opened Korean restaurant tucked into an alley off the main street in Hongdae, Seoul, with clear pork gomtang (pork bone soup), Pyongyang naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) and pork tail jjim (braised pork tail) as its signature dishes. All three were ordered on this visit, and the mild, clean naengmyeon and gomtang paired best with the sweet-spicy pork tail jjim. Anok sits inside the alley shopping district so there is no parking, but the quiet room makes it an easy choice for a meal with parents or older relatives.