Suwon (Galbi Street) ★ 4.4
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).
Jeonju (Bibimbap Capital) is a food day trips in Seoul.
Editorially verified May 29, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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).
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.