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Round Table, Daejeon/Chungcheong and Gyeonggi Cafes and Restaurants

Writes about cafes and restaurants in Daejeon/Chungcheong and Gyeonggi, mostly places worth a second visit. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés

PlaceAsan, ChungnamCafés

Tangjeong brunch café before a blood donation: When You Bite

When You Bite (웬유바이트) is a European-style brunch café in Maegok-ri, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan, Chungnam, with a wine-bar interior and natural wines on display. The writer arrived before 11am for a filling meal before donating blood and ordered the signature ppaeshe pasta (seafood pasta in a spicy broth) and the basil pesto shrimp pasta, praising the seafood-packed, spicy broth and the large shrimp. When You Bite is a solid Tangjeong brunch pick when you want both atmosphere and flavor.

Written Jun 22, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Cheonan pizzeria at weekday opening: gamberi oil pasta, Napoli Shinbu

Napoli Shinbu is a small Italian wood-fired pizza restaurant tucked into an alley in Sinbu-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan. The writer and a younger sibling arrived at the 10 a.m. weekday opening and ordered a burrata pizza, a gamberi (shrimp) oil pasta and a lemon San Pellegrino for 41,500 won in total. Napoli Shinbu is a satisfying Cheonan wood-fired pizza spot if you like a generously topped burrata pizza and an oil pasta with a real seafood aroma.

Written Jun 27, 2026Sponsored
PlaceCheonan, ChungnamRestaurants

Sunday dinner for three at a Cheonan jjukkumi restaurant: ₩36,000

Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch is a jjukkumi (stir-fried webfoot octopus) restaurant on Yangjimal 1-gil in Dongnam-gu, Cheonan. Three diners arrived at 5:30pm on a Sunday and spent 36,000 won in total on a medium-spice jjukkumi stir-fry with rice pots for two (26,000 won) and one pork loin cutlet (10,000 won), and the owner brought a separate dipping sauce for a five-year-old who cannot eat spicy food. With the self-serve wrap vegetables and the scorched rice at the bottom of the pot, Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang is an easy regular spot for a family dinner.

Written Aug 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceYongin, GyeonggiRestaurants

Yongin kalguksu for a 5pm dinner after outlet shopping: Jangwongap

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch is a kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) restaurant in Gomae-dong, Yongin, a 3-minute drive from Lotte Outlet Yongin Giheung and IKEA Giheung. After six hours of shopping, a family arrived just after 5pm for clear-broth shabu kalguksu, a whole-shrimp seafood pancake at 13,500 won and brisket minari wraps, then finished with free perilla-oil kkakdugi fried rice. With high chairs and free rice for children, Jangwongap Kalguksu is an easy call for a family dinner.

Written Aug 11, 2026Sponsored
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