Chicken restaurants in Seoul
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Beer Oak
Always popular and noisy, Beer Oak serves delicious barbecue chicken roasted on a spit over a wood fire along with cheap beer (W2500 for a big glass). Order sogeumgui for a whole chicken on its own or modeumgui for a whole chicken cut up and served on a platter with pasta, pressed rice cakes, corn and raisins, covered in a sweet chilli sauce.
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Baekje Samgyetang
Famous for its brisk service and reliable samgyetang, which includes a thimbleful of insamju (ginseng wine). Put salt and pepper into the saucer and dip the pieces of chicken into it. Drink the soup at the end. Black chicken (ogolgyetang) is W20,000. The 2nd-floor restaurant has a sign with red Chinese characters.
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Andong Jjimdak
A convivial young crowd comes here for the jjimdak experience, a very spicy concoction of chicken, noodles, potatoes and vegetables that comes on a platter meant for sharing. The restaurant is spread over three floors, and seafood and mushroom options have been added to the menu. The signboard has white Chinese characters.
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Samtong Chicken
This typically convivial beer-and-chicken joint is clean and modern. A tap beer costs W2500 and the chicken comes roasted on a spit or fried. Jeongiguidongdak is a whole barbecue chicken served with side dishes of pickled daikon (radish) cubes and shredded cabbage topped with mayonnaise.
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Chuncheonjip
This large and cheerful restaurant with music and paper lanterns never closes. Try its hot and spicy fusion dakgalbi with cheese and sweet potatoes or noodles, cooked at your table. Serve yourself side dishes from a buffet – a great idea that reduces waste.
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Baengnyeon Samgyetang
This well-known, rough-and-ready restaurant serves chicken and ginseng soup. Queues form as summer temperatures soar because locals claim the meal is restorative and this restaurant is the best in the area. Barbecue chicken (jeongigui dongdak) is another option.
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Bongchu Jjimdak
A popular jjimdak restaurant with paper lanterns and Zen-style decor. It offers large platters of freshly cooked chicken pieces, potatoes, carrots and onions on top of noodles, and a spicy sauce with the kick of a horse. You need two people for this party food.
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Chuncheon Myungdong
Rice, chicken and either pork or octopus are cooked up with vegetables on a barbecue hotplate on your table. Order spicy hot or medium sauces. This dakgalbi meal originated in the lakeside city of Chuncheon in Gangwon-do.
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Nutrition Centre
A Myeong-dong institution with a fast-food decor that only offers two items: a whole chicken roasted on a spit or samgyetang for W10,000. A cheaper chicken set is available at lunch.
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