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[jsp1001]

Last June, our tour bus driver took us to a haejanggook place that I could not forget, and today, I rode my bike around SE Seoul and finally found it: Il-shim Haejanggook in Geoyodong (next to Macheon). It's not the usual haejanggook with gelatinized cows blood, but it's actually beef rib haejanggook. They give you lotds of beef ribs in the soup, and all you can eat kimchi from a large earthen pot on each table. Simple: ribs soup, kimchi, rice, and 100won for coffee. Compared to the meager little 6kw meals in the Gangnam food courts, this is a feast for 5kw. I plan to visit once every couple of weeks to load up on protein. I noticed that the place is full of taxi and bus drivers--a good sign.

Anyway, if anyone's interested, it's about two blocks off exit 6 from Geoyo station. The sign has Il-Shim in chinese characters (one-heart) plus 해장국.

And no, I'm not related to or friends with the owner.

Does anyone have suggestions for other great restaurants which are cheap and fill you up?

[Cohiba]

Wow, you had me sold on the all-you-can-eat kimchi, but
bus and taxi drivers to? I'm so down for that. Really, thanks
a lot, soup is such a rarity in Korea.

Sorry - Couldn't resist

[caniff]

Yes, but is it 'famous'? Not well-known, or scrum-diddly-umptous, but 'famous'?

Any Korean will tell you that unless it's 'famous', it's crap.

[jsp1001]

Yeah, you got me. Problem with internet communication is that understatement just doesn't work.

Well, one cold drizzly day, when you're sick of 7-11 triangular gimbab, you very well may search for this thread : )

[caniff]

[jsp1001]

They don't seem to want to be famous. There seem to be about four or five branches in other areas of Seoul, but they didn't even have a business card listing those locations.

At least they didn't have "Well Bing" all over the place. I think the taxi/bus drivers would have burned the place down if they did.

[caniff]

[saw6436]

In general I have found that (in any country) if any restaurant that has a high concentration of taxi/bus/truck drivers as customers then it usually is well worth the stop.

I used to eat lunch everyday at a Baek-Ban place in Suncheon. 4,000kw and dead on good! Every time I am back in the area I always go there. Sometimes it is hard to find parking because of all the taxis and trucks but well worth the trouble.

[jajdude]

Funny.

Was it near a PC or Norae bong perchance?

I might know it if thus werest so.

[jajdude]

yes, but who's up for that? hmmm. not sure

[djsmnc]

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