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Cafés, restaurants and places in Chungnam, written by bloggers who went there.
Donghae Bada Hoetjip is a raw fish and seafood stew restaurant near Oseong Elementary School in Dujeong-dong, Cheonan. Returning for a parents' wedding anniversary dinner, the writer ordered a sashimi platter plus seafood stew set for three at ₩130,000, with a full banchan spread and a stew loaded with big shrimp, octopus, and abalone. The broth wasn't overly spicy, making it an easy pick for a family meal with parents.
Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch is a Korean restaurant in Buldang-dong, Cheonan, a new outpost of a restaurant famous in Daegu. Visiting past 1pm on a Saturday meant a short wait, but the mackerel gondre rice and yukhoe bibimbap, both wrapped in gopchang gim (crispy laver), were worth it, and the neat presentation and generous portions made this a spot worth revisiting.
Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Main Branch is a jjukkumi (spicy stir-fried webfoot octopus) restaurant in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam. The Best Set brings jjukkumi, pot rice and shrimp tempura together, and the restaurant has a wide parking lot out front plus a self-serve side dish bar. Mixing the shrimp tempura into the rice is the standout bite, and Bulnaneun Jjukkumi is a place worth returning to again and again.
Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch is a grilled fish restaurant on Handeul 2-ro in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan. The writer ordered grilled Spanish mackerel and grilled mackerel, then refilled side dishes and rice as much as she liked at the self bar, while her husband mixed a big bowl of bibimbap and finished it in minutes. With a wide parking lot and baby chairs, Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo is an easy, low-stress choice for a family meal.
Nokdo Susan is a sashimi shop inside the Daecheon Port fish market in Boryeong, Chungnam, where seafood prices are posted on a fixed-price list right in front of the tanks. Visiting during crab season, the writer's kids picked out a flounder and a squid to be sliced, and when the writer mentioned the 2-hour drive back to the accommodation, the staff filled an ice box with ice and double-packed the sashimi. Clean tanks, smart packing and a free serving of sea squirt make Nokdo Susan a stop worth repeating on the next Daecheon trip.
Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch is a charcoal-grill pork belly restaurant in the Buldang-dong dining alley of Cheonan, Chungnam. Three servings of pork belly and doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) were grilled over charcoal briquettes along with garlic and mushrooms, and piling the frozen radish salad on the pork was the best combination of the meal. At 5,900 won per serving and open until 2am, Euljiro Yeontan Gui delivered on both value and late-night timing.
Motsaenggin Ttungdwaeji Cheongdang Branch is a pork belly and kimchi stew restaurant on Cheongsu 9-ro in Cheongdang-dong, Cheonan. Two servings of pork belly (16,000 won per person) are grilled and cut by the staff, then wrapped four ways: with seaweed, with pickled radish and kelp, with hairtail jeotgal (salted fish) and perilla leaf, and with pollock roe, while the 13,000 won kimchi stew is tangy with sour kimchi and packed with ingredients. The kimchi stew takes 20 minutes, so order it as soon as you sit down at Motsaenggin Ttungdwaeji.
Geurimseu Cafe is a bakery café at 232 Mijuk 5-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungnam, where coffee and bread come alongside wood-fired pizza and jambon-beurre (ham and butter baguette). On a weekday afternoon the writer parked right in front of Geurimseu Cafe and ordered the wood-fired pizza, a jambon-beurre and coffee, finding the dough chewy and the sandwich clean and light enough for brunch. Dogs are welcome and the interior is large, so Geurimseu Cafe works just as well for family or friends.
Daecheon Brewery Craft Beer Brewery & Pizza Pub is a brewery and wood-fired pizza pub near Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, Chungnam. Stopping in for lunch after mudflat fishing at Barameorae Beach in Taean, we ordered the Diablo Shrimp pizza for 26,000 won, grilled brie cheese for 18,000 won, and a cola, and the crust baked on a 300-degree stone oven and the maple-syrup-topped brie stood out. The craft beers, including Boryeong Mud Lager, were good enough that we left with three boxes to take home.
Cheongwon Restaurant: Cooking Budae-jjigae, Cheonan Dujeong Main Branch is a Korean restaurant in Dujeong-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan that serves only two dishes — Songtan budae-jjigae and Cheongwon budae-jjigae (army stew). Three servings of Cheongwon budae-jjigae ordered for two elementary-school kids came piled so high with beef brisket, ham and sausage that the broth was hidden, and even three servings were hard to finish; the egg roll given for joining the review event went well with the stew. With free rice and ramyeon refills, Cheongwon Restaurant is worth a trip in Dujeong-dong on a day you want to eat until you are full.
Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch is a spicy webfoot octopus (jjukkumi) restaurant in a standalone building in Yuryang-dong, Cheonan. Two servings of the stir-fry + hot pot rice + shrimp tempura set at 17,000 won each, ordered at medium spice, brought plump octopus, giant fried shrimp and scorched rice from the bottom of the pot. With a wide free parking lot out front and a private room inside, Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch is an easy pick for group meals.
Yukdaejang Cheonan Baekseok Branch is a newly opened seolleongtang (ox bone soup) and yukgaejang (spicy beef soup) restaurant on Handeul 2-ro in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan. A family of three shared cha-dol yukgaejang (brisket spicy beef soup, 14,000 won) with fresh noodles added (2,000 won) and yangji seolleongtang (brisket ox bone soup, 11,000 won), and two bowls were enough to fill all three. With its mild but rich seolleongtang broth, a scallion-packed spicy brisket yukgaejang and a tidy self-serve side dish bar, Yukdaejang Cheonan Baekseok Branch suits a family meal out with a child.
