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Dimibang
This sit-on-floor-cushions vegetarian restaurant features hamcho (a salty green herb that grows near the sea) and other medicinal herbs that are in the food, teas and alcoholic drinks. Order hamcho sujebi , hamcho bibimbap or a set meal. You can sit on bamboo mats and eat with wooden spoons and chopsticks.
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Eunhasoo Dinner Buffet
This long-running buffet is the perfect introduction to a wide variety of Korean food including beef ribs, barbecue pork, rice porridge, fish, oxtail soup, kimchi pizza, traditional desserts and tea. Some Western items are included and the green-themed classy surroundings add to the sense of occasion.
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Hanmiri
Be treated like royalty by hanbok -clad staff in this oasis of old-fashioned service and décor with embroidery on the tables and walls, and indulge in a well-presented royal-cuisine feast fit for a Joseon king.
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Happy Table
The tables and chairs are tiny and squashed together, but this small student restaurant serves up lots of small but inexpensive fusion dishes including chicken salad in a yam basket.
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Hungkuk Food Court
Eat Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Western at this smart but inexpensive food court in the basement of the Hungkuk Bldg next to the Hammering Man statue.
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Noodle X
Despite the name, inventive fusion food of all kinds is served in this dimly-lit modern eatery with red and black décor and music. This is a good place to try jajangmyeon , the classic Korean noodles and black bean dish that originated in China. There's even a baked potato on the menu.
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Noryangjin Fish Market Restaurants
Up on the 2nd floor of the fish market are half a dozen traditional-style restaurants, selling the freshest fish and seafood. They specialise in raw fish, but also serve spicy soups with octopus, blue crab or fish plus steamed crab, grilled prawns or clams, or jeonbokjuk (abalone rice porridge). All come with side dishes such as grilled fish, quail eggs, acorn jelly, beans and tofu. Beware of sannakji , which is live baby octopus.
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Sanchon
This very famous and atmospheric restaurant owned by ex-monk Kim Yun-sik offers genuine vegetarian Buddhist temple food. Relax on floor cushions in a soothing ambience of flute music, candlelight and Buddhist art. Lunch and dinner offer the same set meal of 16 small dishes that include seasonal soups, mountain vegetables, pajeon, wild sesame porridge and medicinal tea. The food is truly unique and traditional dancers put on a show at .
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Sannaedeullae
Hidden away on the 3rd floor (above Pho Hoa), this restaurant serves up royal court cuisine such as sinseollo (steam boat) and gujeolpan (eight tiny snacks wrapped in minipancakes). Although just a starter, gujeolpan comes with sweet pumpkin porridge, soup, a salad bar of healthy greens, rice cakes and tea, and makes a right royal light lunch.
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Temple Cooking Shop
Snack on genuine Buddhist temple food - dried seaweed and lotus root, seed and nut biscuits or potato crisps. It's run by Sanchon restaurant, which is owned by an ex-monk.
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Top Cloud Restaurant & Bar
Up on the top floor of Jongno Tower, this classy French-style restaurant, noted for its steaks, offers knock-out views of the city, especially at night. The black-clad staff are well-trained and speak English. Come here for a special treat. You can just pop in for a drink (beer around ₩9400 , cocktails around ₩15000 , coffee around ₩12000 ) and enjoy the romantic night view and the live jazz (nightly at and , except Monday).
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World Food Court
Fusion food is the theme here, mainly big platters of it, with a wide variety of stalls serving weird and widely-sourced combinations. If you are on a budget and need to get loose, the Hite draught beer corner serves about the cheapest beer in Seoul.
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Yetnalnongjang
Come to this barbecue restaurant with wood beams and traditional murals for the around ₩10000 barbecue beef. The sauces and side dishes are good, the meat chunkier than bulgogi and the place generally has a party atmosphere.
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