Incheon (Chinatown and Seafood Port) ★ 4.5
Incheon is the birthplace of Korean jjajangmyeon: the hwagyo community adapted Chinese black bean noodles here in the 1890s. The original restaurants remain.
More food day trips in Seoul
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.
Icheon (Ssalbap Rice and Celadon Ceramics) ★ 4.3
Icheon city in Gyeonggi Province is renowned for producing Icheon ssalbap -- the most prized short-grain rice in Korea, historically offered as royal.
Jeonju (Bibimbap Capital) ★ 4.8
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.