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www.novotel.com
,
doubles from 160,000 won) is as well-positioned as its name implies
and gets favorable reviews, while in Daejeon the
Hotel Riviera
(444-5 Bongmyung-dong,
Yuseong-gu, tel. 042/828-4001,
www.hotelriviera.co.kr
, doubles from 200,000 won) is
nestled among the city's research institutes.
Food
Given its seaside location, Busan is unsurprisingly all about seafood. For the freshest at
very reasonable prices, visit the
Jagalchi Market
(Nampo-dong 4-ga, Jung-gu, tel. 051/
245-2594) where you can select something from the catch on the ground floor, and it'll
be prepared for you in a restaurant upstairs. The Haeundae Beach area has a number of
upmarket, cosmopolitan restaurants, clubs, and pubs, such as the relatively new
Tap and
Tapas
(17-1 Gunam-ro, Haeundae-gu, tel. 051/808-1027,
www.tapntapas.com
). In Ulsan,
the old downtown, Jung-gu, probably still has the best selection of mainly Korean res-
taurants per square foot, as well as the
Royal Anchor
(10 Seongnam-dong, Jung-gu, tel.
019/599-7590), a British-style pub that's something of an expatriate institution. In Daegu,
Rodeo Street has a colorful assortment of local, Indian, Italian, Mexican, and other restaur-
ants. Also in the area is
Traveler's Bar & Grill
(24-7 Bongsan-dong, Jung-gu, tel. 010/
4591-4869,
http://travelersbar.com
), a foreign-owned and operated establishment that's got
plenty of Western comfort food and attracts a healthy number of foreign residents. Daejeon
is not known for its cuisine, but there is a cluster of generous
hanjeongsik
(Korean ban-
quet) restaurants in the Bongmyeong-dong area that are worth a try, as well as a number
of Western chain-style eateries in the busy Dunsan-dong area near the central government
complex.
Santa Claus
(1-28 Gung-dong, Yuseong-gu, tel. 042/825-5500) is probably the
most consistently popular expat watering hole.
