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Restaurants locals actually go to — menus, prices and how to order

Thumbnail — a photo of a table set with one plate of kkomak bibimbap, a plate of yuk-sashimi 1/2, and side dish bowls, with "Dokdone Gangneung kkomak bibimbap set" over it and "Kkomak muchim + yuk-sashimi 1/2 · 50,000 won" below

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Dokdone Gangneung Kkomak Bibimbap & Yuk-sashimi 2026: Menu Prices, 50,000 Won Set for 2, How to Eat, Waiting, Parking

Dokdone main branch (강릉꼬막집 독도네 본점) is a Gangneung restaurant selling kkomak muchim, yuk-sashimi, and yukhoe muchim right in front of Dongbu Market in Gangneung. As of the main branch menu board on September 12, 2026, kkomak muchim is 37,000 won for the Couple and 58,000 won for the Large, bibimbap included, and the kkomak muchim + yuk-sashimi 1/2 set, which the restaurant writes is its best-selling menu, is 50,000 won. When the 2 of us ate this set, the portion was generous, and we were recommended to eat the kkomak bibimbap without mixing it, wrapping kkomak bibimbap, kkomak, and oi muchim in a perilla leaf. Hours are 12:00~21:40 (last order 20:40), and it closes every Tuesday. You join the waiting list at the restaurant by writing down your phone number, and takeout is available. There is no parking lot of its own.

Hanjungsun display case at the Lotte World Mall store — chapssaltteok wrapped in yellow, purple, orange and brown hanji stacked by flavor on black plates (photographed in person, first week of September 2026)

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Hanjungsun Chapssaltteok 2026: Menu, Prices, Gift Sets from 33,000 Won and Store Hours — Seongsu to Lotte World Mall and Seoul Station, Plus the GS25 Convenience-Store Version

Hanjungsun (韓貞仙) is a Seoul dessert brand that puts fruit and yogurt inside its chapssaltteok and wraps each piece in colorful hanji paper. Starting from its Seongsu flagship, it has opened stores in the Shinsegae, Hyundai and Lotte department store food halls and at Seoul Station, and queues form outside the stores even on ordinary days. Based on the Lotte World Mall menu board in September 2026, individual pieces run 3,500–6,500 won (ang butter from 3,500 won up to Dubai chocolate at 6,500 won), the 3 new Greek yogurt items are 6,000 won, and gift sets are 33,000 won for the 6-piece set and 46,000 won for the 9-piece set. From September 3, GS25 sells a frozen yogurt chapssaltteok for 3,900 won. Store-by-store hours come from the brand's official introduction text, and the gift set packaging and foreigner discount details were compiled from visits in person.

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Kondae Food Guide 2026: 6 Best Spots — Lamb Skewer Street, Common Ground, Pyongyang Naengmyeon

Konkuk University Station (Lines 2 and 7) serves something different to eat at every exit. Exit 5 opens onto Lamb Skewer Street, where 60-odd Chinese restaurants are gathered; behind Exit 1 is Kondae Food Street (Mat-ui Geori), lined with chimaek and grilled-meat restaurants; and 196m from Exit 6 stands Common Ground, built from 200 shipping containers. Add to these Seobuk Myeonok, which has served Pyongyang naengmyeon since 1968; Songnim Sikdang, a truck driver's restaurant that opens at 6 a.m.; and the ramen shop Umaido — all of them listed in official materials from the Korea Tourism Organization, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Gwangjin District. Each entry lists its signature dishes, and where the address and hours are confirmed, a map link as well.

Samgyeopsal on the grill with garlic and onions — Wikimedia Commons photo

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Seoul Food Guide 2026: 5 Best Places for Samgyeopsal, Hanwoo, Samgyetang, Dak Hanmari & Gwangjang Market

5 Seoul restaurants picked by dish — samgyeopsal at Eongteori Saenggogi Hongdae, grilled hanwoo at Byeokje Galbi Bangi, samgyetang at Baengnyeon Tojong Samgyetang, dak hanmari at Dongdaemun Dak Hanmari Alley, and market food at Gwangjang Market. All 5 are listed on the official Korea Tourism Organization pages, and Byeokje Galbi and Baengnyeon Tojong Samgyetang also appear in the Michelin Guide. Each entry gives the signature dish, hours and a map link, plus the subway exit where an official source lists one.

Illustration of a Seongsu-dong street lined with converted red-brick factory buildings

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4 Celebrity-Approved Restaurants in Seongsu-dong — Visited by Sung Si-kyung, Pak Se-ri, Kim Na-young, and Choiza

Here are four Seongsu-dong restaurants featured on screen: the house-made sausage spot from Sung Si-kyung’s Eat What You Want, the buckwheat soba restaurant visited by Pak Se-ri, Kim Na-young’s regular buckwheat noodle spot, and the medicinal-herb chicken soup restaurant from Choiza Road. We read 150 visitor reviews to find out what to order, how to book, and what it costs.