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Best Gimbap
Joseon Gimbap
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)
is just a hole in the wall that's right behind a construction site, but it serves
gim-
bap
to die for.
Best Hanok
Simsimheon
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)
Even though it's on one of Bukchon's busiest streets, hardly anyone goes here. Plus
they serve wonderful tea.
Best Pumpkin Rice Cake
Cha Masineun Tteul
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) is a beautifully renovated
hanok
with an internal garden and huge plate-
glass window providing views over the area. But it's the wonderful pumpkin rice cakes they serve that I love the
most.
Best Guesthouse
Rak-Ko-Jae
(
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) A delightfully subtle experience, that's its own little world, a million miles from
modern Seoul. The rooms don't even have TVs!
BALWOO GONGYANG$$$
VEGETARIAN
( 2031 2081;
www.baru.or.kr
; 5th fl, Templestay Information Centre, Ujeongguk-ro, Insa-dong; lunch/dinner from
₩25,000/36,000; 11.40am-3pm & 6-9pm; Line 3 to Anguk, Exit 6)
Make reservations three days in
advance for delicate temple-style cuisine served here. It's all beautifully presented. For
less fancy vegetarian food go down to the 2nd floor to another kitchen (open from
11.30am to 8pm) where there's a buffet (
₩
7000) or simple noodle and rice dishes for
around
₩
4000.
MIN'S CLUB$$$
FUSION
noon-2.30pm & 6-11.30pm; Line 3 to Anguk, Exit 6)
Old-world architecture meets new-world
cuisine in this classy restaurant housed in a beautifully restored 1930s
hanok
that offers
European-Korean meals (more European than Korean). There's an extensive wine selec-
tion.
TOBANG$
KOREAN
