SEOUL Magazine

A LITTLE TASTE OF EVERYTHING
(AROUND GWANGHWAMUN)

Day 2

Breakfast

Bonjuk’s orange-colored pumpkin porridge is an excellent way to get your day started. It is filling and full of vitamins. Plus it tastes like warm pumpkin pie (sans the nutmeg and cinnamon). If you want something a bit more savory, they have beef and mushroom, red bean, and chicken and ginseng porridge, too.

Bonjuk 본죽
FYI> Branches located all over Korea.
Cost: 5,000–20,000 won a person
10am–9pm
www.bonif.co.kr
GO> Insa-dong branch (T. 02- 722-6288):
[ Map 2 A1]

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Lunch

Mijin Maemilguksu is one of the most famous buckwheat noodle shops in Seoul. The noodles here are silky yet have bite. The light soy broth that you flavor with ground turnip, onions, and dried seaweed adds zip to the noodles.

Mijin Maemilguksu 미진 메밀국수
FYI> Cost: 6,000 won per person
10am–10pm
T. 02-732-1954
GO> [ Map 1 C3]
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Dinner

Yongsusan is a high-end, royal court cuisine restaurant that serves colorful cuisine in a sumptuous atmosphere. They offer Kaesong cuisine from the Goryeo Dynasty, so you’ll get a whole table of traditional dishes, such as royal hotpot cooked in brass serving ware, meat and vegetable brochettes, marinated beef, grilled fish, delicate crepes with a variety of garnishes, and finished with tea and rice cake. It’s a feast for the eyes and body.

Yongsusan 용수산
FYI> Cost: 30,000–100,000 won a person
Noon–9:30pm
T. 02-739-5599, www.yongsusan.com
GO> [ Map 3 C1]

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Dessert

Wedding cake maker and spun sugar artist Yun-sun Goo decided she wanted to share their craft with the public so she converted their baking studio into Reminis Cake café. The chocolate creations are exceptional here. The giant wedge of chocolate cake has rich granache over a foundation of chocolate sponge cake with crisp cookie shattering on the bottom.