Daedo Google Maps Our final meal in Busan was at Daedo, a Korean BBQ restaurant specializing in non marinated meat. It was the most tourist and English friendly spot during our entire trip. It’s location at The Bay 101, a hip and trendy shopping/eating destination and yacht club, is more of a tourist hot spot than…
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Ba Da Ma Eul
The best foods can be found at Michelin starred restaurants, but can also be found at little shacks like Ba Da Ma Eul. The name refers to the general area comprised of a bunch of seafood stalls/tents, each individually owned and operated. The specialty is fresh live seafood. You literally pick out what you want and…
Bake Cheese Tart
Hokkaido seems to be synonymous with delicious and high quality food/ingredients. The island of Hokkaido in the northern part of Japan boasts a renowned reputation for its seafood and dairy products. Croquant Chou Zaku Zaku in Japan uses dairy products from Hokkaido farms, and if you remember I was totally smitten by the sweet cream filled treats…
Offal BBQ
Area Codes mentioned going to an offal BBQ place a few times. To be polite, I would smile and give a half hearted “suuuure.” Secretly, I would hope he would pick up on my lack of enthusiasm or forget about the suggestion altogether. I’m pretty open to trying more foods than your average person. I’ll even…
Jagalchi & Gukje Markets and Other Random Busan Eats
Busan is known for 2 things, seafood and their yearly film festival. Naturally, my interest is in the former. We spent the morning visiting the Jagalchi Fish Market, which is an incredibly smaller version of Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market. Not only is the scope of the market much smaller, it’s not packed with throngs of people. In…
Dungul Anago
My food journey through Busan involved a lot of firsts and new discoveries. While grilling pork or beef is old hat, salt water eel is a whole new ballpark for me. Area Codes really wanted us to try the best of what Busan has to offer. Seafood is the specialty of Busan, which I experienced…
Mapobonga
I do love Korean BBQ and I do love Korean cold noodles, or naengmyun. Mapobonga serves some of the best of this side by side. It’s a pretty unassuming joint with no frills and maybe no more than 10-15 tables. We sat on the ground yet again, which can be uncomfortable even for me after 15…
Wonjo Unyang Bulgogi
After a post breakfast stroll taking in the gray morning mist of Haeundae Beach… …we headed over to Gwangalli Beach where we were treated to a stunning view of the Gwangandaegyo Bridge or “Diamond Bridge.” The bridge may seem a little underwhelming here, but it is beautiful at nighttime.
Wonjo Jeonbokjook
We started off day 2 with a drive back to Haeundae Beach for a taste of Busan’s tastiest abalone porridge. Chinese and Koreans are really big on abalone. Koreans seem to like making it into porridge. I’ve seen abalone flavored instant porridge and ramen at the Korean supermarkets, but never really had any fresh versions…
Shigol Hanwoo
I haven’t been to many places which specialize in samgyeopsal, or pork belly. Beef always seems to reign supreme when it comes to Korean BBQ. The most recent samgyeopsal place I visited was Eight, which isn’t exactly traditional, but nonetheless very delicious. The offering at Shigol Hanwoo, is straight up pork belly without any bells…
Hamyangjip Bibimbap
Area Codes was the most generous host during our visit to his hometown. On top of providing us top notch accommodations at his waterfront condo in the heart of Busan, he took time away from his busy work schedule to cart us around the city. We ate only the best Busan had to offer. If…
Sam Sam Hwe Jip
I’ve always considered myself to be fairly experienced when it comes to Korean cuisine, considering I am not Korean nor do I have many Korean influences in my life (i.e. Korean friends, etc). My trip to South Korea proved me to be quite the noob. I tried so many different Korean dishes I never even…
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