The best restaurants Chungcheong-Do 충청도

As its name suggests, it specializes in chonggugjang, the fermented soybean soup. A real delight for amateurs (who can even leave with 1 kg of the basic mixture. The menu of this restaurant is not limited to this dish, and a chonggugjang-bossam menu (boiled pork, cut into strips and eaten in salad leaves) is notably available! Many traditional alcohols are also served to accompany these rustic dishes. The welcome and the clientele are very warm: a good time in perspective..

Here you can taste one of the greatest classics of Korean gastronomy, but which is also one of the specialties of Daejeon city: the tasty samgyetang. It is a ginseng broth in the middle of which an appetizing chicken (whole, so don't eat before) proudly sits. The latter contains a lot of delicious surprises, as it is filled with rice, jujubes, ginger, garlic... It is an indescribable flavour that surprises many western palates. Koreans enjoy it a lot in the summer because it is an energizing dish.

Restaurant that offers a very popular cuisine in the country and with really low prices. On the table are two noodle dishes, of Chinese inspiration but revisited with a Korean sauce; the jjajangmyeon (짜장면) and the jjambong (짬봉). For the first course, the noodles are served with an ebony black sauce made from fermented soybean paste. Succulent but unhealthy... For the second course the noodles are served in a spicy seafood soup. All you have to do is make your choice!

This modern restaurant specialises in donkaseu (돈까스), cousins of the cordon bleu and made of breaded pork. Here, they're dripping with cheese. You can order them on their own or with a maeun galbi jjim (매운갈비찜), a dish of beef and potato starch noodles accompanied by a spicy caramelized soy and sesame sauce. You can choose the quantity as well as the degree of spice (5 levels). An excellent address far from being dietetic but so greedy and tasty.

Poultry lovers, this place will delight you because it gives a special place to chicken. You can opt for a classic of Korean cuisine, samgyetang (삼계탕) which is a whole chicken stuffed with rice, garlic, ginger, jujubes and served in a ginseng flavoured broth. Or you can go for a (less diet) tongdak (통닭), which is a crispy fried chicken that is wonderfully crunchy. It's like licking your fingers. You also have the option of ordering only half of them. These two dishes go very well with a beer.

Very good restaurant without fuss, specializing in cold noodles. Two versions are particularly good here, the mulmakguksu (물막국수) which are buckwheat noodles (soba type) served in a very fragrant cold broth. And they are also found without the broth but with kim, pear, radish shoots and gochujang. The second of the alternatives is the spiciest but certainly the tastiest. To accompany all this, the house also offers a delicious fried chicken. Simple, cheap and efficient address!

That's all we like in a Korean restaurant: simple, traditional and efficient cuisine and really low prices! On the menu here, spicy stews, noodles, bibimbaps... all full of flavor and very invigorating! This small establishment may not look like much, but you won't be disappointed with the meal you'll have here. Simplicity is good sometimes! We focus on the essentials. The only thing we regret a little here is that the restaurant is a little out of the way, which makes it not necessarily easy to access.

Of course, you have to wait in line before getting your table, but it's worth it. The locals will tell you that they eat some of the best kalguksu with clams (homemade noodle soup). Through a window you can even admire the cook preparing and cutting his noodles. We agree with word of mouth because the dish is really delicious (and perfect for cold winter days)! For the most discerning palates, add a little chilli pepper to spice up the dish. In addition, the atmosphere of the establishment is pleasantly local.

The star dish that can be enjoyed in this establishment is jjukkumi/쭈꾸미. This is a very spicy pan of small octopus. It is a real treat in terms of both colour and flavour. We like the fact that in this restaurant various menus/sets are offered. To make it simpler, with your jjukkumi dish, you can choose noodles, salad, peacock (Korean pancake) or pizza... They are all very mild to counterbalance the chilli pepper of the main course. Very good address at very reasonable prices, highly recommended.

This sign is really popular all over the country, and there's good reason for that, because the fried chicken that you can taste there is simply divine. Crunchy and crispy, the pieces of meat are covered with a choice of soy sauce, honey, garlic or simply plain. On the side, to accompany this good chicken, cheese coated fries and other small snacks are offered. You have the possibility to taste all this on the spot or to ask to take away. Still quite a lot of people are expected here, so a little waiting too.

Here, one of the city's specialities is deliciously declined. You will discover and appreciate the flavour of muk (gelatine made from acorns). It can be eaten with rice, in a hot soup with seaweed and pork or in a cold broth flavoured with soya and sesame. A little extra of the establishment, the kitchen in the middle of the building is open to the guests' eyes. So you can salivate while watching the preparation of the dishes that will be (quickly) served to you. A good address, surprising and at a low price.

This restaurant is a real local celebrity where people flock in large numbers to enjoy a tasty boribap (보리밥). First cousin of the bibimbap, it is composed like him of many vegetables and gochujang (chilli paste) but with the particularity of containing barley. It's healthy, it satisfies and it's good! With that, we can count on the presence of the banchan, always faithful to the post, but also on a doenjangjjigae, a fermented soy stew. Excellent address that should be tested if you are in this city.