Reviewed by Lee

Cuisine: Vegan
Price: $
Reservations: No Reservations
Suggested Items: W12,000 Buffet

With the abundance of samgyeopsal, fast food and fried chicken outlets engaged in a nightly war for patronage with dazzling neon signs, one could be forgiven for thinking Korea is a land so preoccupied with the consumption of animals, that it [...]

Cuisine: Buddhist temple cuisine

Price: $$$

Reservations: Recommended

Suggested Items: Set menu, Ju-Jeon-Boori, Omija-Tangsu

I’ve had Buddhist cuisine a few times but never like this.  In the past it felt like it was weeds and mushrooms, lots of green and gray, like eating the grass clipping bag after mowing the lawn.  Baru takes it somewhere, [...]

Cuisine: Vegetarian, Korean

Price: $$$

Reservations: Optional

Suggested Items: Lunch set

Sanchon is legendary among vegetarians and for good reason.  This restaurant serves Buddhist temple cuisine–what the monks eat.  This means no meat and no artificial do-whatsees.  They do stray from strict Buddhist codes by including garlic and some chili pepper in the dishes, but you can request the [...]