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Stoneware Stops of Gangwon

Writes about restaurant visits around Gangwon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Stays · Bars · Cafés · Food & snacks · Things to do

PlaceSuncheon, GwangjuRestaurants

Suncheon Bay Wetland cockle restaurant and waiting tips: Dowongyeong

Dowongyeong is a Korean set-meal restaurant near Suncheon Bay National Garden and Suncheon Bay Wetland in Suncheon that serves many cockle dishes on one table as a cockle set meal (kkomak jeongsik). On a Chuseok holiday family trip, the writer ordered the Dowongyeong cockle set meal for 3: seasoned cockle salad, blood cockle salad, cockle hamburg steak, cockle doenjang (soybean paste) stew and Jeolla-do kimchi, a spread that had everyone ordering extra rice. Dowongyeong is a local favorite with long waits, so booking ahead through Naver Reservation or the Tabling app is the way to go.

Written Sep 28, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Fall gizzard shad at a Jukdo Market sashimi restaurant in Pohang

Yeonggwang Hoe Daegae Center is a sashimi restaurant in the middle of the crab and sashimi alley at Jukdo Market in Pohang, Gyeongbuk. Ordering the mid-size assorted sashimi platter (regular) and asking for seasonal gizzard shad brought a plate that was half skin-on and half skinned, along with generous free sides of pufferfish skin, seasoned boiled octopus and fried crab. Spicy fish stew is included in the platter price and a designated parking voucher is handed over on the way out, so Yeonggwang Hoe Daegae Center is an easy pick for a first visit to Jukdo Market.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Daei-ro, Pohang Chinese restaurant: seafood jjajang, tangsuyuk, mandu

Hwamok Restaurant Gaekjan is a Chinese restaurant on Daei-ro in Nam-gu, Pohang. Already full of seafood after a day of traveling, the writer still craved Chinese food and ordered stone-plate seafood jjajang (black bean noodles) for two, Sichuan tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) and fried mandu (dumplings); the hot stone plate kept the noodles from cooling to the last bite, making it the best jjajang they had ever eaten. For a seafood-loaded jjajang in Pohang, Hwamok Restaurant Gaekjan's stone-plate version is the one to order.

Written Sep 26, 2026Sponsored
PlacePohang, GyeongbukRestaurants

Jukdo Market crab served fully shelled in Pohang: Gallilli Daegae

Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang is a snow crab and sashimi restaurant on the 24-hour crab and sashimi street inside Jukdo Market in Pohang. Instead of a set menu, two Russian bakdal snow crabs were picked à la carte with a 5,000 won per-person table charge, and the staff shelled every leg before serving, so only the meat was left to eat. With crab meat toast and crab roe fried rice to finish, this was the most satisfying meal of the whole Pohang trip.

Written Sep 25, 2026Sponsored
PlaceDalseo, DaeguRestaurants

Double-portion mixed gukbap near Gwangjang Coa, Daegu: Ungjin Dalseo

Ungjin Dalseo Dwaeji Gukbap is a pork gukbap (rice-and-soup) restaurant near Gamsam Station and the Gwangjang Coa building in Dalseo-gu, Daegu, open until 1am. The special mixed gukbap costs 10,000 won, a double portion adds 2,000 won and switching to lean meat is free, so both bowls came with unlimited refills of rice, bone broth and side dishes. The broth at Ungjin Dalseo Dwaeji Gukbap is rich with no porky smell and the meat is generous, making it easy for solo diners and groups alike.

Written Sep 22, 2026Sponsored
PlaceWonju, GangwonRestaurants

Sundubu yukgaejang and yukkal-myeon near Wonju City Hall: Yukdaejang

Yukdaejang Dangye Musil-jeom is a 24-hour yukgaejang (spicy beef and vegetable soup) restaurant on Roanoke-ro in Wonju, Gangwon. On the last day of a Gangwon trip, the writer stopped in for a set of sundubu yukgaejang (11,000 won), yukkal-myeon (12,000 won) and a full plate of hanbang bossam (16,000 won), with a beef-bone broth loaded with green onion that was spicy-sharp and refreshing. With wide self-parking on floors 1 and 2 and round-the-clock hours, it works for both lunch and a pre-dawn hangover fix.

Written Sep 7, 2026Sponsored
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