Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Busan actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Busan actually eats.
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Order The ravioli, then the bisque pasta; the short menu changes with the market.
Cor Pasta Bar seats about ten at an open kitchen counter up a Jeonpo alley in Busan, a Bib Gourmand pasta room with a compact, seasonal card.
Order A classic bao at 5,000 won with the fish-fragrant fried aubergine.
Bao Haus steams Taiwanese bao in a Jeonpo back street in Busan, a Bib Gourmand counter the Michelin Guide marks as one of the queues worth joining.
Order The full skewer course at 33,000 won, grilled over binchotan charcoal.
Yakitori Onjung grills Korean chicken over binchotan in Busan's Jeonpo nightlife blocks, a Bib Gourmand skewer bar with two course lengths and a lively hall.
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Order The native-chicken yakitori omakase, 59,000 won from neck to tail.
Yakitori Haegong runs a native-chicken skewer omakase in a pink Millak-dong building in Busan, a Michelin Guide bar where you watch the grill work.
Order Mala bibimbap if you want heat, gang-doenjang bibimbap if you want depth.
Bibijae earned a Bib Gourmand on bibimbap alone in Busan's Namcheon-dong, running mala, gang-doenjang and yukjeon bowls from a small open kitchen.
Order Mandu baekban, 5,000 won of northern-style dumplings with rice and soup.
Pyeongyangjip folds North Korean-style mandu and fries nokdujeon in Deokcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand lunch room that shuts by mid-afternoon.
Order Hongshao beef noodle soup, 11,900 won under a big yellow signboard.
Niurou Mian Guanzi ladles Taiwanese hongshao beef noodles in Namcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand shop that sells through around 150 bowls on a normal day.
Order The hitsumabushi at 39,000 won; the kaisendon is the seafood alternative.
Haemok grills eel behind a blue fence two streets from Haeundae Beach in Busan, a Bib Gourmand Japanese kitchen with queues that start before noon.
Order The Hakata-style tonkotsu with an order of gyoza; noodles come thin and firm.
Nagahama Mangetsu cooks Hakata-lineage tonkotsu ramen on Busan's Haeridan-gil, a Bib Gourmand counter that is the shop's first outpost in Korea.
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Order Tomato ramen and dandan noodles, both 10,000 won, with an egg toast to share.
Good Morning Hongkong recreates a cha chaan teng diner in Busan's Jeonpo, a Michelin Guide room of tomato ramen, dandan noodles, milk tea and egg toast.
Order The octopus tostada and a shrimp taco; tortillas come off the plancha warm.
Zandunga folds tacos in an industrial-styled Jeonpo alley room in Busan, a Michelin Guide Mexican kitchen run by a chef who cooks the food he loves.
Order Beef noodle soup with a side of Taiwanese pickles; portions run generous.
Yongkangzzie plates Taiwanese beef noodle soup a street back from Gwangalli Beach in Busan, a Michelin Guide room styled like a Taipei corner shop.
Order The signature pastas that survived the rebrand, with a bottle from the short list.
Outro by Vito moved its pasta kitchen near Gwangalli Beach in Busan and kept its Michelin Guide place, pairing European plates with wine into the night.
Order The day's fish plate, hanchi when they have it, with the jokbal for the table.
Ultra Bite runs a late bistro at the end of a Gwangalli alley in Busan, a Michelin Guide dining bar from young chefs trained in Australia and Seoul.
Order Buwon kalguksu, 9,000 won, with the juicy gyoza mandu on the side.
1969 Buwondong Kalguksu has hand-cut its own noodles since 1969 in Busan's Nampo-dong, a Michelin Guide shop selling only kalguksu and mandu.
Order The plain kalguksu: anchovy broth and soft noodles with nothing hidden.
Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu has served morning kalguksu in Yeonsan-dong, Busan since 1982, a third-generation noodle house now in the Michelin Guide.
Order Mul milmyeon with the broth kept icy; add mandu for 4,000 won.
Halmae Gaya Milmyeon ladles Busan's wheat-noodle milmyeon on Gwangbok-ro, a busy Nampo-dong hall where the queue moves as fast as the kitchen.
Order Bibim milmyeon under its peanut dust, 7,000 won the small bowl.
Choryang Milmyeon keeps the old Choryang style alive near Busan Station, its milmyeon bowls from 7,000 won closing out rail journeys the local way.
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