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EATING & DRINKING
Suwon is renowned for its
galbi
(beef) dishes, including
galbitang,
meaty bones in a broth.
There are plenty of restaurants near the fortress walls, but the main place to meet carousing
locals is close by Suwon station: lively bars cluster along and around the pedestrian street
that starts between Face Shop and Paris Baguette.
YEONPO GALBI$
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( meals ₩8000-35,000; 11.30am-10pm)
Down the steps from Hwahongmun, this famous restaur-
ant serves up its special Suwon version of
galbitang
- chunks of meat and a big rib in a
seasoned broth with noodles and leeks. Look for the building with a facade of logs.
KOREAN
JONDONGCHAJIP$
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( teas from ₩6000; 10am-10pm)
Rest your feet, sip local teas and nibble sweet rice cakes in this
antique-style teashop above the archery centre. You can also order spicy snail noodles and
Korean-style savoury pancakes (
₩
1300).
TEASHOP
BULGEUN SUTALK
fantasy bar, with rose petals scattered on the stairs, mammoth melted candles, crystal chan-
deliers and plenty of scatter cushions, where you can enjoy a chilled evening with Suwon's
hipsters. It's five minutes' walk northeast of the station along Maesanno on the corner
where you'll find SK Telekom.
BAR
Incheon
This major port is where Korea opened up to the world in the 1880s, ending centuries of
self-imposed isolation. The layers of history here are fascinating and include memorials to
the daring landing behind enemy lines of UN forces led by US General Douglas MacArthur
in 1950. Its colourful Chinatown, Korea's largest such community, is next to the Open Port
area with Japanese colonial era buildings and the brick warehouses transformed into a con-
temporary arts centre. Incheon can also be used as a stepping stone to the West Sea islands
and their beaches.
