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Mahina Vegan Table

  • ★ 4.6
  • Gangnam and Cheongdam
  • Seoul

Mahina Vegan Table is a vegan restaurant in Garosu-gil serving vegan pasta, burgers, pizza, wine and seasonal plates in a contemporary art-filled space.

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Cor Pasta Bar

  • ★ 4.4
  • ₩₩
  • Italian
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

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.

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ARP

  • ★ 4.4
  • ₩
  • Vegan
  • Yeongdo
  • Busan

ARP cooks an all-vegan menu on Yeongdo in Busan and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for it, proof that plant cooking can anchor a proper island lunch out.

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Halmae Gaya Milmyeon

  • ★ 4.4
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

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.

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Woo Lae Oak

  • ★ 4.4
  • ₩
  • Naengmyeon
  • Jung-gu
  • Seoul

Woo Lae Oak has kept its traditions since opening in 1946, serving Pyongyang naengmyeon in a Hanwoo foreshank broth seasoned with only salt and soy sauce.

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Imun Seolnongtang

  • ★ 4.4
  • ₩
  • Seolleongtang
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

The first restaurant officially registered in Seoul, Imun Seolnongtang is known for one bowl of seolleongtang made from beef leg bone simmered for 17 hours.

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Bao Haus

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩
  • Taiwanese
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

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.

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Yakitori Onjung

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩₩
  • Japanese
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

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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Haemok

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩₩
  • Japanese
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

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.

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1969 Buwondong Kalguksu

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

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.

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Choryang Milmyeon

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Busan Station and Choryang
  • Busan

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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Tosokchon Samgyetang

  • ★ 4.3
  • Bukchon and Samcheong
  • Seoul

Tosokchon Samgyetang is a restaurant at 5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, open daily 10:00-22:00.

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Hadongkwan

  • ★ 4.3
  • ₩
  • Gomtang
  • Jung-gu and Myeongdong
  • Seoul

Established in 1939, Hadongkwan is a Myeong-dong institution whose signature gomtang has a clean yet deeply savoury broth with brisket, offal and tripe.

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Vegan Insa

  • ★ 4.3
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Vegan Insa is a restaurant at 12-4 Samil-daero 32ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

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Yakitori Haegong

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩₩
  • Japanese
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

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.

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Bibijae

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

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.

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PILI PILI

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Thai
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

PILI PILI cooks Thai food with fresh-pounded aromatics in Suyeong, Busan, a Bib Gourmand shophouse whose pad thai stays close to the Bangkok original.

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Pyeongyangjip

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Buk-gu
  • Busan

Pyeongyangjip folds North Korean-style mandu and fries nokdujeon in Deokcheon, Busan, a Bib Gourmand lunch room that shuts by mid-afternoon.

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Niurou Mian Guanzi

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Taiwanese
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

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.

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Nagahama Mangetsu

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Ramen
  • Haeundae
  • Busan

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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Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu

  • ★ 4.2
  • ₩
  • Korean
  • Yeonje-gu
  • Busan

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.

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Maple Tree House Itaewon

Maple Tree House Itaewon is a restaurant at 26 Itaewon-ro 27ga-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, open weekdays 11:30-15:00 and 17:00-22:00, weekends 11:30-22:00.

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Good Morning Hongkong

  • ★ 4.1
  • ₩
  • Chinese
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

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.

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Zandunga

  • ★ 4.1
  • ₩
  • Mexican
  • Seomyeon and Jeonpo
  • Busan

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.

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Yongkangzzie

  • ★ 4.1
  • ₩
  • Taiwanese
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

Yongkangzzie plates Taiwanese beef noodle soup a street back from Gwangalli Beach in Busan, a Michelin Guide room styled like a Taipei corner shop.

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Outro by Vito

  • ★ 4.1
  • ₩₩
  • Italian
  • Gwangalli
  • Busan

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.

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