Chuncheon (Dakgalbi Spicy Stir-Fry) ★ 4.5
Chuncheon, the Gangwon province capital northeast of Seoul, is the home city of dakgalbi -- spicy stir-fried chicken in gochujang sauce, cooked on a flat.
Incheon (Chinatown and Seafood Port) is a food day trips in Seoul.
Incheon is the birthplace of Korean jjajangmyeon: the hwagyo community adapted Chinese black bean noodles here in the 1890s. The original restaurants remain.
Chuncheon, the Gangwon province capital northeast of Seoul, is the home city of dakgalbi -- spicy stir-fried chicken in gochujang sauce, cooked on a flat.
Icheon city in Gyeonggi Province is renowned for producing Icheon ssalbap -- the most prized short-grain rice in Korea, historically offered as royal.
Jeonju is the essential Korean culinary day trip from Seoul: bibimbap here uses soy-bean sprouts, raw beef and a distinctive local gochujang in a stone bowl.
Suwon is best known as the location of Hwaseong Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage), but the city's food identity is built around galbi (beef short ribs).