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Long Bench, Busan and Gyeongnam Restaurants

Writes about restaurants in Busan and Gyeongnam, visiting them one meal at a time. · Writes about: Restaurants

Pork BBQ in Nam-gu, Ulsan with bean sprouts and rice cakes: Biniljip

Biniljip Suam Branch (비닐집 수암점) is an old-school pork BBQ restaurant in Suam-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan. On a weekend around 5pm, the writer and her husband grilled the 45,000-won Biniljip Han Pan platter of pork belly, pork neck and chewy pork neck alongside bean sprouts, kimchi, bracken and wheat rice cakes. They also fried kimchi and chive jeon (Korean savory pancakes) at the self bar and finished with fried rice. The meat was tender rather than tough, and with its self bar and thoughtful little extras, Biniljip Suam Branch is a place worth going back to.

Written Jul 19, 2026Sponsored

PlaceNam-gu, UlsanRestaurants

Ulsan shabu-shabu buffet for 200-person group dinners: Wabom Mugeo

Wabom Ulsan Mugeo Branch is a premium shabu-shabu and seafood buffet on the 10th floor of Hansol Apple Tower in Mugeo-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan. The writer and her husband had mild-broth shabu-shabu with seafood and beef, rice paper rolls, chocolate fondue and the buffet dishes, and saw the group seating for about 200 people and a serving robot that collects empty dishes; adult weekday lunch is ₩25,900. With its large group seating and 10th-floor view, Wabom Ulsan Mugeo Branch suits family meals, company dinners and get-togethers.

Written Jul 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceBuk-gu, UlsanRestaurants

Ulsan Mexican restaurant: a couple's first sizzling fajita at Elato

Elato Ulsan Songjeong is a Mexican restaurant on Baksangjin 10-ro in Songjeong-dong, Buk-gu, Ulsan. A couple trying Mexican food for the first time visited on a weekday evening, ordered the 39,000-won signature fajita, received birria ramen as a review-event freebie, and enjoyed the sizzling fajita wrapped in tortillas with fresh lime squeezed over it. Verdict: Elato Ulsan Songjeong is an easy, low-pressure place to try Mexican food for the first time.

Written Oct 2, 2026Sponsored

PlaceDong-gu, UlsanRestaurants

Korean BBQ restaurant in Dong-gu, Ulsan: 3-meat grill, Deungdae Galbi

Taewangam Deungdae Galbi Main Branch is a beef and pork rib restaurant near Daewangam Park in Dong-gu, Ulsan. With the main building under renovation, the writer was seated in the annex and ordered two servings of pork ribs, one of beef ribs, two of pork belly, doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) and rice for 53,000 won in total. Charcoal-smoky ribs, homemade side dishes and warm service made it a place the writer's husband was the first to suggest returning to.

Written Sep 27, 2026Sponsored

PlaceTongyeong, GyeongnamRestaurants

Wheel cheese carbonara at Brown Hands Tongyeong brunch restaurant

Brown Hands Tongyeong is an ocean-view brunch restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Tongyeong Concert Hall building in Tongyeong, Gyeongnam. From a seat by the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea, the writer ordered the wheel cheese carbonara at 26,000 won and the margherita pizza at 24,000 won, but the tableside wheel-cheese performance was not offered during peak season. With free parking on the concert hall's 1st floor and that sea view, Brown Hands Tongyeong is worth a return visit for brunch on a Tongyeong trip.

Written Aug 17, 2026Sponsored

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