Dining & Drinks
Places to enjoy food and drinks.
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Low Carb and KETO In Pyeongtaek
Trying to eat KETO or low-carb in Pyeongtaek or across South Korea? We have some solutions for you! If you eat a ketogenic or low-carb diet, you may be wondering how on earth you can possibly survive in Asia. Isn’t there going to be rice or noodles with every meal? How can I avoid going off plan and still enjoy going out with friends and really experiencing Korean food? In Korea, staying true to low carb can be surprisingly easy with all of the cook-at-your-table BBQ restaurant options. Depending on…
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Taste the World in Pyeongtaek
As our international population expands, the international food scene in Pyeongtaek has come alive. The arrival of Samsung, an increased number of factories, and the expansion of the US Military have meant more opportunity for foreign residents to open up shop. Every week something new and interesting arrives. Recently we realized we never even go to Seoul anymore. There isn’t a need. Much of what we have is far better than we would get there. When you add how much time and money it takes to go there and back, it…
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Eating Halal in the Korean Countryside
As the Muslim population in rural areas of South Korea continues to grow, information about – and access to – Halal has becoming a bigger issue. This has become very important to some of us at South of Seoul due to the fact we have watched friends struggle with this in the past and now we are watching many of our classmates at Namseoul University struggle with it as well. Since the university is located one subway stop south of Pyeongtaek in northern Cheonan, we feel it is high time…
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Rules & Laws: Coffee Shops & To Go Cups
Have you been to a coffee shop lately and been told you can’t stay in the coffee shop with your to-go cup? Feeling angry because it all seems so foolish that you can’t just sit in the coffee shop with your paper or plastic cup? Well, if it makes you feel any better, they aren’t singling you out or trying to be jerks. It’s the law in Korea. Like many of the worlds leading countries, Korea is taking a look at what it can do to reduce waste. One of…
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WingFest Round 1 Winners
As new restaurants open up across Pyeongtaek, we are getting more and more places to chow down on our favorite foods. We now have the privilege of having a favorite place for burgers or burritos, instead of the ONLY place for a burger or burritos. Which is where the idea of WingFest 2018 was born. We are in love with having options decided to dig deeper into the wing-splosion that’s been happening in the area by gathering together a group of avid wing lovers to sample a cornucopia of wings.…
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5 NOT Spicy Korean Soups for Winter
Are you craving a delicious NOT spicy Korean soup? Look no further, here is our list of 5 NOT spicy Korean soups for you to enjoy this winter or year-round! Korean Soups Are Not All Spicy Although the spicy soups get a lot of attention, there are NOT spicy Korean soups to be found. In fact, not all the food in South Korea has the spice cranked up to 11. The truth is, there are many Korean dishes and restaurants where the only spicy food on the table is kimchi.…
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5 Japanese Ramen Restaurants in Pyeongtaek
For those in the know, there is a big difference between Japanese and Korean ramen/ramyeon. They are like night and day. In the South of Seoul app we refer to Japanese style as ramen and Korean style as ramyeon. This refers to the slightly different pronunciation between the languages. You can read more about it here. For a very long time Pyeongtaek was nearly void of viable Japanese style ramen. However, like with everything else in the area, that’s no longer true. New places are popping up every few months.…
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Pyeongtaek Best of 2017: Years Top Rated Places
The South of Seoul app turns one this month and we are celebrating by sharing what you voted as the best of the best this year. Choices were made based on four factors: 1. Star Rating 2. Number of Reviews Posted 3. Content of Written Reviews Posted 4. Facebook Polls When Needed It’s been an amazing year and we are quite impressed with the number of reviews people have left this year. It’s hundreds. This information is extremely valuable to both the businesses you visit and the new people moving…
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Soy and Noodle Soup 밥보다 국시
Recently a very dear Canadian friend returned to Korea to visit and she was missing kongguksu (콩국수) like crazy so we took her out into the countryside for some of the best 콩국수 around. It’s a little silly to be blogging about this in the winter since it’s actually hard to find right now, but there are times this is what we are desperate to eat and this particular restaurant has it year round. If you are vegetarian or don’t eat spicy food, then you need to know about this…
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Bangkok Rice Noodles
South of Seoul Directory: Cheonan – Cheonan Station Name: Bangkok Thai Noodles We didn’t even know that we needed more Thai food in our lives. We thought we were doing just fine. That was until we found a random blog about a Thai rice noodle restaurant in Cheonan and decided that we needed to check it out for “research” purposes. For this little adventure we took the subway from Songtan Station to Cheonan Station, then walked about 10 minutes to the restaurant, which is located near a big Cheonan traditional…
