Cheongun-dong, Jongno-gu · Seoul
5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
Famous samgyetang restaurant serving traditional chicken and rice soup with a shot of ginseng liquor.
Dishes: Samgyetang (chicken and rice soup)
Bukchon comfort-food spot tucked in an alley near Anguk Station, specializing in delicate Chodang-style soft tofu stews from mild chodang sundubu to spicy seafood.
Veteran Euljiro restaurant of 40 years specializing in gamjatang (spicy pork-bone-and-potato stew) and sundae guk (blood sausage soup) in a down-to-earth, old-Seoul setting.
A Hannam-dong specialist that does one thing - wood-fire-roasted whole chickens stuffed with glutinous rice, ginkgo nuts, and jujube - with walls covered in celebrity signatures.
Long-running Yongsan grill house known for chadolbagi brisket chargrilled in steel baskets with a sweet-and-sour dipping sauce, plus tripe, intestines, and naejangtang at breakfast.
Gangnam specialist in grilled beef and pork intestines and tripe — a Blue Ribbon Survey pick that's often counted among Seoul's best gopchang houses. Reservations through Catch Table essentially required.