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Cafés, restaurants and places in Chungnam, written by bloggers who went there.
Brewers Coffee Cheonan Sinbu Branch is a café in Sinbu-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam, serving French-style baked treats and drinks. I took home almond chocolate madeleines, crème brûlée madeleines, vanilla flan, and apple juice. Verdict: the sweet madeleines and refreshing apple juice were a lovely pairing.
Cham Dwaejitgan Cheonan Dujeong Branch is a pork barbecue restaurant in Dujeong-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam. On a rainy day, the staff grilled Jirisan black pork five-layer belly and pork belly just right, alongside soy sauce egg rice, kimchi stew, and chilled arrowroot noodles. Verdict: a seriously delicious, must-return Korean BBQ meal.
Ppongnamujip is a Korean restaurant in Sapgyo, Yesan, Chungnam, serving samgyetang, chicken gomtang, and spicy chicken hot pot. We had mung-bean and scorched-rice herbal samgyetang plus a child-friendly chicken soup, with easy parking. Ppongnamujip is a solid choice for a nourishing family meal.
Sijang Dakbokkeum is a Korean restaurant inside Yesan Market (예산시장) in Chungnam serving shishito pepper chicken stew. The order was placed at a kiosk for boneless dakbokkeum with added cheese, Vienna sausage, and radish, tracked via a KakaoTalk notification while walking the market, then eaten at a plaza table with rice bought nearby for ₩1,000. Even a self-declared shishito pepper hater ended up making skewers out of the peppers.
Sottture Dakdoritang is a chicken stew restaurant in Seongjeong-dong, Cheonan, just five minutes on foot from Lotte Mart. This visit — the writer's fifth — added fried mandu to dip in the sauce and finished with cheese fried rice. A hearty meal that suits 2-3 people.
Mikado Sushi Chungnam Seosan Branch is a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Seosan's Seongnim-dong, Chungnam. Every plate is the same ₩2,100 regardless of color, with about 80 dishes on the rail including abalone sushi, eel sushi, and a new pork-bone ramen. A solid pick if you want to focus on the sushi instead of tallying up plate colors.
Bapkkot Hana Pieotne is a Korean restaurant near Gyeryongsan in Gongju, Chungnam. After playing at the Gomagom Children’s Experience Center, we enjoyed rice, many side dishes, jjageuli doenjang, and doenjang-jjigae with our child. Verdict: a filling choice for a family day out in Gongju.
Brewers Coffee Cheonan Sinbu Branch is a dessert café in Sinbu-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam. I took away a 6,000 won flat peach iced tea and five baked desserts, including flan, canelé, madeleines, and a butter rice-cake financier. Verdict: a reliable Cheonan stop for moist, deeply flavorful desserts—even if you do not drink coffee.
Mikado Sushi Chungnam Seosan Branch is a flat ₩2,100-per-plate conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Seokrim-dong, Seosan. Arriving 10 minutes before opening with a 29-month-old, the family got in as the 3rd party waiting, ate yukhoe, wagyu, salmon roll and eel sushi, and fed the toddler inari sushi, egg sushi and soba. With baby chairs and ample parking, it's a solid pick for family meals with young kids.
Mikado Sushi Chungnam Seosan Branch is a flat ₩2,100-per-plate conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Seokrim-dong, Seosan. On a late weekday lunch visit, the writer added swordfish belly, bluefin tuna belly, ricotta cheese salmon sushi, and yukhoe sushi through individual post-it orders, and the freshly-made plates were far better than the ones on the rail. At Mikado Sushi, custom ordering is the answer.
Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Dangjin Wondang Branch is a Korean restaurant on Wondang-ro in Dangjin, Chungnam. We ordered the ₩43,000 nourishing set for two with brown rice and enjoyed mackerel, sea eel, flounder, braised fish, tteokbokki, and scorched-rice soup. Verdict: a generous family meal worth returning for.
Sonui Son Hongseong Naepo New Town Branch is a Korean restaurant in Hongseong, Chungnam, serving stir-fried webfoot octopus, beef brisket noodle soup, and pork cutlet. Two adults and two children enjoyed adjustable-spice octopus, rich noodle soup, and thick pork cutlet at a weekend lunch. A great family meal choice in Naepo.
