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Budget Eating

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Gwangjang Market Stalls

  • ★ 4.7
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Gwangjang Market Stalls is a stretch of market stalls at 88 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, open daily 09:00-23:00.

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Jeongjitgan

  • ★ 4.5
  • 10,000-12,000 won
  • Dwaeji gukbap
  • Saha-gu
  • Busan

Jeongjitgan keeps its Bib Gourmand dwaeji gukbap near 10,000 won all day and all night in Busan's Sinpyeong, rice and soup that outwork most dinners.

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Hapcheon Gukbapjip

  • ★ 4.5
  • 13,000-15,000 won
  • Ttaro gukbap
  • Nam-gu
  • Busan

Hapcheon Gukbapjip serves its clear-broth ttaro gukbap at everyday prices in Yongho-dong, Busan, a Bib Gourmand bowl that beats most tourist lunches.

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Pyeongsanok

  • ★ 4.5
  • 3,000-10,000 won
  • Suyuk and noodles
  • Busan Station and Choryang
  • Busan

Pyeongsanok sells a 10,000 won suyuk plate and 3,000 won noodles near Busan Station, over a century of cheap, serious cooking in one old room.

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Imun Seolnongtang

  • ★ 4.5
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

At Imun Seolnongtang in Jongno-gu, beef leg bone is simmered for 17 hours in a large cast iron pot, the fat skimmed for a clean, milky seolleongtang broth.

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Halmae Gaya Milmyeon

  • ★ 4.4
  • 8,000-9,000 won
  • Milmyeon
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Halmae Gaya Milmyeon sells Busan's signature cold wheat noodles on Gwangbok-ro, bowls around 8,000 won in the arcade behind the Nampo-dong shopping streets.

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Hadongkwan

  • ★ 4.4
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Hadongkwan is a Myeong-dong eatery serving gomtang with brisket, offal and tripe, with rice warmed in the clear beef broth and topped with chopped scallions.

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1969 Buwondong Kalguksu

  • ★ 4.3
  • 9,000 won
  • Kalguksu
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

1969 Buwondong Kalguksu keeps hand-cut noodle bowls at 9,000 won in Nampo-dong, Busan, milled in-house and only steps from BIFF Square's snack crowds.

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Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu

  • ★ 4.2
  • About 8,000-9,000 won
  • Kalguksu
  • Yeonje-gu
  • Busan

Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu has priced breakfast noodles for Yeonsan-dong locals since 1982, Busan's Michelin Guide answer to a cheap morning meal.

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Pyeongyangjip

  • ★ 4.2
  • 5,000-8,000 won
  • Mandu baekban
  • Buk-gu
  • Busan

Pyeongyangjip's 5,000 won mandu baekban in Deokcheon may be Busan's best Michelin-listed lunch deal, dumplings with rice, soup and sides included.

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Bibijae

  • ★ 4.2
  • 11,500-13,000 won
  • Bibimbap
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

Bibijae turns out Bib Gourmand bibimbap bowls from 11,500 won in Namcheon-dong, Busan, mala or gang-doenjang, each a one-dish argument for lunch.

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Nagahama Mangetsu

  • ★ 4.2
  • 12,000 won
  • Hakata ramen
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

Nagahama Mangetsu prices its Bib Gourmand tonkotsu at 9,500 won on Haeridan-gil, Busan, which makes it the cheapest Michelin-listed slurp in the city.

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Sinchang Toast

  • ★ 4.2
  • 2,000-4,500 won
  • Griddled egg toast
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Sinchang Toast prices a hot Busan breakfast between 2,000 and 4,500 won at the mouth of Gukje Market, butter-griddled and built to order in minutes.

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Myeongdong Kyoja

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Myeongdong Kyoja serves kal-guksu, a noodle soup with fresh flour-dough noodles that are both soft and chewy, in a strong, savory chicken broth.

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Insadong Sujebi

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Insadong Sujebi serves sujebi, hand-pulled noodles boiled in broth in an earthenware bowl, with spicy oyster sujebi and haemul pajeon as specialties.

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Hwangsaengga Kalguksu

  • ★ 3.6
  • Bukchon and Samcheong
  • Seoul

Hwangsaengga Kalguksu, formerly Bukchon Kalguksu, serves big meat dumplings and noodles in beef broth, and the dumplings contain nine types of vegetables.

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Mugyo-dong Bugeo-guk

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Mugyo-dong Bugeo-guk has served bugeo-guk, a dried pollack soup made fresh with firmly-dried pollack, since 1968, with a nutty and light taste.

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Yurimmyeon

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Yurim Myeon, a noodle shop open since 1960 and run by the third generation, ages its noodles in advance for a chewy texture and boils them to order.

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Jony Dumpling

  • ★ 3.6
  • Itaewon and Hannam
  • Seoul

Jony Dumpling in Itaewon serves juicy, homemade dumplings, either fried or steamed, with assorted fillings including meat, shrimp or vegetarian ones.

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Jinju Hoegwan

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Jinju Hoegwan is famous for kongguksu, noodles in cold soybean soup, one of Korea’s favorite summer meals, with dough containing nuts and potato starch.

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Biwon Son Kalguksu

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Biwon Son Kalguksu has served handmade knife-cut noodle soup, made with Korean beef flank and light-tasting, in the Changkyunggung palace area for 30 years.

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Hyehwa Kalguksu

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Hyehwa Kalguksu has been a fixture of Hyehwa-dong for almost 30 years, serving finely-sliced noodles in a four-leg broth simmered with beef brisket.

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Halmeoni Kalguksu

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Halmeoni Kalguksu is famous for kalguksu made with anchovy broth and for low prices, and it adds a little sujebi, hand-torn noodles, to each bowl.

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Sarangbang Kalguksu

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Sarangbang Kalguksu has made kalguksu for 40 years; its classic version is mixed with anchovy broth, and the Chungmuro area film crowd frequents it.

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Chungmu Gimbap

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Chungmu Gimbap serves Halmae gimbap, little seaweed rolls filled only with rice, with radish kimchi and seasoned squid as the only side dishes.

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Gwanghwamun Jip

  • ★ 3.6
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Gwanghwamun Jip is a cozy and welcoming restaurant well known for its kimchi stew, a spicy yet soothing and filling stew of ripe kimchi and pork neck.

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