Cuisine: Korean

Price: $

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Boribap, Chicken Barbecue, Pajeon, Makkeoli

This was Anyang’s best kept secret until recently.  Now it looks like people are flocking here.  Fortunately, it hasn’t diminished the quality of its dishes, even with its recent expansion.  San Ma-eul is a folksy traditional country restaurant at the foot of Gwanak Mountain that originally [...]

Cuisine: Korean

Price: $

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Samgyetang (it’s all they have)

This Anyang restaurant specializes in Samgyetang and nothing else.  It serves nothing else.  You just go in and tell them how many bowls, and they come out with bubbling bowls filled with whole small chickens stuffed with rice, jujubes and medicinal herbs and bark, which actually [...]

Cuisine: Cafe

Price: $

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Waffle Plate

American Plate is a small cozy cafe in the Bisan area of Anyang.  The service is slow, but they serve an adequate American style “brunch,” including blueberry pancakes, waffles and French toast.  No one has told them that they should heat up their syrup before serving, but baby steps [...]

Cuisine: Korean

Price: $

Reservations: No

Suggested Items: Omogary Kimchi Jjigae, Hand-made Jjajangmyeon Noodles

This is a fastly growing chain of restaurants that have stores from Busan to Seoul.  They specialize in “omogari” kimchi, which is heavily aged kimchi.  The flavors are rich, sharp and hearty.  The kimchi jjigae is the star of the show, with succulent chunks of [...]