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Daepunggwan (대풍관)

2025-01-22

29 Haesongjeong 2-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do

This restaurant serves seafood dishes made with fresh seafood in season. In spring, it serves sea squirt, abalone, and cutlassfish as mulhoe (cold raw fish soup), jeon (pan-fried battered dishes), sotbap (hot pot rice), and bibimbap. In fall and winter, oyster dishes take the fore. The restaurant is quite sizable, so it is ideal for group visits.

Jeogok Sikdang (저곡식당)

2024-12-03

충청남도 금산군 제원면 금강로 286
041-752-7350

This restaurant is located at the entrance to Geumsan Insam Eojuk Village. It serves eojuk (fish porridge), a local dish in areas along the Geumgang River, served with Geumsan’s specialty, ginseng, which creates a unique dish with a unique flavor. The restaurant also serves deep-fried ginseng and doribaengbaengi (spicy braised freshwater sprats), another specialty of the Geumgang River area, as well as minmul maeuntang (spicy freshwater fish stew).

Buheung Jaecheop Sikdang (부흥재첩식당)

2025-01-22

98 Gyeongseo-daero, Hadong-eup, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
055-884-3903

Like many other restaurants in Hadong, this restaurant serves freshwater marsh clam dishes. The restaurant is most famous for jaecheophoe (raw freshwater marsh clam). This dish is served on a bed of pear, carrot, cabbage, cucumber, and other vegetables tossed with sweet and sour red chili paste. Another popular menu is the Modum Jeongsik (assorted freshwater marsh clam set menu), which has jaecheopguk, jaecheopjeon, and jaecheophoe.

Yeoyeo Sikdang (여여식당)

2025-01-22

92 Gyeongseo-daero, Hadong-eup, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
055-884-0080

If you want to get the basics of jaecheop (Freshwater Marsh Clam) dishes in the Hadong-eup center area, head to Yeoyeo Sikdang. This restaurant serves a rich bowl of jaecheop-guk with a good selection of side dishes and a bowl of steamed rice.

Playball IN Tongyeong (플레이볼인통영)

2025-01-23

104 Misuhaean-ro, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do

This place serves “Stella Maris,” a triploid oyster produced in Tongyeong, all year round. The ambiance is reminiscent of a Western “sports pub” or “oyster bar,” where you can enjoy various sports broadcasts while drinking. It has received certifications for “Guinness Master Quality” and “Heineken Star Serve Pouring Master” for strict quality control of draft beer.

Tongyeong GulMadang (통영굴마당)

2025-01-22

257-81 Donam-ro, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
055-642-2600

It's rare to find a restaurant in Tongyeong that serves oysters all year round. However, Tongyeong GulMadang offers oysters all year round. Its most popular menu is the set menu, which includes gul bossam (napa wraps with pork and oyster), guljeon (oyster pancakes), and gul yeongyang dolsotbap (nutritious oyster hot stone pot rice), and other oyster dishes.

Hanmaeum Sikdang (한마음식당)

2025-01-21

6 Haesongjeong 1-gil, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
055-645-0971

This restaurant limits its offering to 100 tables per day to ensure the freshness of its dishes. Its signature dish is the gul samhap (oyster, kimchi, and pork belly combo). It also offers guljeon (oyster pancakes), gul tangsuyuk (deep-fried oyster with sweet and sour sauce), gul eomuk (oyster and fishcake soup), and other oyster dishes.

Daesae Ramyeon (대새라면)

2024-12-27

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This restaurant specializes in ramyeon simmered with snow crab, shrimp, and other ingredients to create a rich umami flavor. They also offer ramyeon with red snow crab or octopus and during the season, you can order daegejjim (steamed snow crab).

Samsong Chobap (삼송초밥)

2025-01-23

13 Gwangbok-ro 55beon-gil, Jung-gu, Busan

This is a Japanese restaurant that began in the early 1960s in Nampo-dong. While it is well-known for its Japanese-style gimbap called “gimchobap,” regular patrons consistently order its pufferfish dishes. The bokjiri (malgeuntang) is noted for its rich flavor, achieved by combining seasonal vegetables and pufferfish. The boksashimi (sliced raw pufferfish) menu offers a variety of options, including outer skin, inner skin, and shabu-shabu.

Geumsubokguk Haeundae Main Branch (금수복국 해운대본점)

2024-12-27

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The restaurant was featured in the Michelin Guide Seoul and Busan 2024 as a "Michelin Selected Restaurant" (a restaurant offering outstanding cooking). Established in 1970, it has over 50 years of history. You can choose one of four types of pufferfish to order bokguk, with each type offering slightly different flavors and textures.

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