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For people looking for kalguksu and bossam at Jonggak and Jogyesa.
2026-08-22
Kalguksu near Jonggak Station: What We Put in the Bowl
Leave Jonggak Station Exit 2 and walk three minutes. The kalguksu here is Hanwoo bone and chicken broth, simmered eight hours — not a tourist shortcut bowl.
2026-08-20
Korean Food at Jonggak: Kalguksu, Bossam, Makgeolli
Jonggak has office lunches and temple visitors in the same block. Here is what Sambong Dodam actually serves, and when to come.
2026-08-18
After Gwanghwamun Square: Kalguksu in Jongno
Gwanghwamun Square to Ujeongguk-ro is a short walk. A weekday lunch bowl, or evening bossam after a Jongno meeting.
2026-08-16
Makgeolli at Jonggak: Weekday Lunch, Then Evening Bottles
Weekday lunch has self-serve makgeolli. In the evening we pour Unjeong and Yesan apple. What sits next to kalguksu and bossam.
2026-08-14
Kalguksu from Anguk Station: Exit 6 toward Jogyesa
Anguk Exit 6 is about five minutes on foot. If you are already in Insadong, the kalguksu shop is on the Jogyesa side of the block.
2026-08-12
Kalguksu next to Jogyesa Temple
Jogyesa sits on the same stretch of Ujeongguk-ro. After the temple, a bowl of eight-hour broth — no reservation needed for one or two.
2026-08-10
Mungteongi Bossam at Jonggak: Thick Cuts, Shoulder Meat
The bossam is pork shoulder, cut thick. Small 350g, medium 500g. A 100g tasting plate exists if you came for kalguksu.
2026-08-08
Minari-jeon and the Staff Stew We Put on the Menu
The jeon is the Insa Dodam recipe. The spicy chicken-and-roe stew started as a staff meal. Both sit well next to makgeolli.