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A Back Table Near Tapgol Park

Writes about small restaurants and everyday meals found around Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants

Yeonsinnae jokbal restaurant: picking lean or skin cuts, Gwihanjokbal

Gwihanjokbal Yeonsinnae is a jokbal (braised pig's trotters) restaurant on the ground floor of a building in an alley off Yeonseo-ro 29-gil in Eunpyeong, Seoul. The writer dined in instead of getting takeout, ordering an extra-large jokbal and makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles), choosing between lean meat and skin and eating the noodles alongside. If you'd rather not overthink the menu at Gwihanjokbal Yeonsinnae, an extra-large jokbal plus one makguksu is an easy order to copy.

Written Nov 15, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Sinnonhyeon Korean BBQ: 3 aged pork cuts grilled by staff at Sansol

Sansol Sinnonhyeon is an aged-pork Korean BBQ restaurant on Gangnam-daero 112-gil near Sinnonhyeon Station in Gangnam, Seoul, where staff grill the meat at your table. The writer had the San platter for 2-3 people (aged pork belly, aged marbled pork neck and aged kkodeulsal, a chewy pork cut) cooked through the grilling service, then finished by adding rice to the country doenjang stew (soybean paste stew) to make sulbap. If you want to compare three pork cuts without grilling them yourself, the San platter at Sansol Sinnonhyeon is one order to consider.

Written Nov 13, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Gangnam Station Chinese restaurant: peanuts refilled 3 times, Sinbok

Sinbok Myeongwan (신복면관) is a Chinese restaurant on basement level 1 of Central Prugio near Exit 1 of Gangnam Station in Seoul, serving knife-cut noodles, dim sum and rice bowls. On this visit the writer ordered a yuxiang eggplant rice bowl, xiaolongbao and beef knife-cut noodles to try rice, dim sum and noodles in one meal, and refilled the free stir-fried peanuts and cabbage zha cai side dishes three times. For a different kind of Chinese meal at Gangnam Station, whether eating alone or sharing, Sinbok Myeongwan is worth a return visit.

Written Oct 17, 2026Sponsored

PlaceGangnam, SeoulRestaurants

Self-bar somyeon noodles at a Gangnam pork soup restaurant: Sinju Okmi

Sinju Okmi Gangnam Branch is a 24-hour sundaeguk (pork and blood sausage soup) restaurant in Yeoksam-dong, a short walk from Exit 3 of Gangnam Station in Seoul. The order was the myeongin sundaeguk set and the spicy sundaeguk set together, with free somyeon noodles from the self-bar dropped into the broth and the assorted boiled pork that comes with each set. In the wide hall with running water playing in the background, finishing both the rice and the noodles made for a seriously generous meal.

Written Sep 20, 2026Sponsored

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