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and garnished with nuts, but contains raw minced beef. The
dolsot bibimbap
is served in a
stone hotpot. Both come with side dishes. Also try the
moju,
a sweet, cinnamon
homebrew drink.
JIRISAN$$
KOREAN
( 723 4696; off Insa-dong 14-gil, Insa-dong; meals from ₩10,000; noon-10pm; Line 3 to Anguk, Exit 6)
This authentic restaurant is a great place to try
dolsotbap
(hotpot rice,
₩
10,000). Various
ingredients are added to the rice, and you mix it all up in a separate bowl with the sauces
and side dishes - a do-it-yourself
bibimbap
. Pour the weak burnt-rice tea from the kettle
into the stone pot and put the lid on, then drink it at the end of the meal.
OSEGYEHYANG$
VEGAN
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.go5.co.kr
;
Insa-dong 12-gil, Insa-dong; meals from ₩7000; noon-3pm & 4-9pm; Line 3 to Anguk, Exit
6)
Run by members of a Taiwanese religious sect, the vegetarian food combines all sorts of
mixtures and flavours. The barbecue-meat-substitute dish is flavoursome. Non-alcoholic
beer and wine is served.
CHILGAPSAN$$
KOREAN
OFFLINE MAP
( 730 7754; Sambong-gil; meals ₩6000-13,000; 11.30am-10pm; Line 1 to Jonggak, Exit 2)
This con-
vivial restaurant's specialty is excellent
neobiani,
a beef patty the size of a small pizza.
Meant for sharing, it comes with a dressed green salad. The barley and rice
bibimbap
is
original - you mix in
doenjang jjigae
rather than
gochujang
. Look for a building with a
white frontage covered with ivy.
SADONGMYEONOK$
DUMPLINGS
OFFLINE MAP
( 735 7393; Insa-dong 8-gil, Insa-dong; dumplings ₩6000; Line 3 to Anguk, Exit 6)
This bright and
breezy eatery is hidden away, but is usually busy and has a long menu. It's famous for
manduguk
- because the dumplings are the largest you'll see (three make a meal). Also
famous is the platter of
haemul pajeon
(seafood pancake,
₩
10,000), known for its size,
crispiness and the big chunks of octopus.
DEJANGJANGI HWADEOGPIJAJIP$$
PIZZERIA
