ContentsView article sectionsAbout Vegan Travel Information Sokcho and GoseongVegan Trip Travel VariablesOur Vegan in Korea HistoryDay 1: Vegan Dinner in SokchoDay 2: Goseong CU Mart BreakfastDay 2: Cafe Break 1Day 2: Goseong Korean Vegan LunchDay 2: Adventure Park and Cafe Break 2Day 2: Drive Toward North Korea and Cafe Break 3Day 2: Sokcho Vegan Pizza DinnerDay 3: Goseong BreakfastDay 3: Sokcho Vegan Tofu LunchDay 3: Cafe BreakDay 3: Seoraksan Vegan DinnerSokcho and Goseong Vegan Trip Take-AwaysPlan a Vegan Trip to GangwondoJoin Vegan and Vegetarian PyeongtaekWondering where to travel as a vegan in Korea? We have a great weekend trip recommendation, SOKCHO and GOSEONG! About Vegan Travel Information Sokcho and Goseong If you go online there is very little about vegan trips to the east coast of Gangwondo in South Korea. The East Coast experienced a great deal of development for the 2018 Winter Olympics but still doesn’t offer a great deal of English information for English-speaking international residents. This means folks often don’t realize it can be a perfect vacation spot for all kinds of folks, including vegans and vegetarians if you know how to plan your trip. Since we happen to be traveling with our favorite vegan formerly living in Korea, we thought we would share what our vegan trips to Sokcho look like. Vegan Trip Travel Variables Our vegan trip to Sokcho, Gangwon-do occurred over Chuseok and we traveled mostly by car. It’s always important to know what factors to consider when seeing if you can have a similar experience. Additionally, our favorite vegan bestie used to live in South Korea as a vegan over a decade ago so she LOVES vegan Korean food and came to eat local. Our Vegan in Korea History Lisa and I met Steph in rural Korea over 12 years ago. Steph moved to South Korea in 2008 and became a vegan in Korea in around 2009. At the time, she was the only vegan or vegetarian in our small international community. We all made it work and learned to support her dietary choices while living, working, and traveling together. Lisa used to take vegan trips with Steph in Korea and abroad. Since Steph became vegan during one of the most complicated times for an international vegan in Korea, she returned excited to try all the vegan things. She wanted to try what she loved before and all the new things available now. We were also interested to see how it would be traveling as a vegan in an area of Korea that hasn’t experienced as much of a plant-based revolution as other areas of the country. As for Lisa and I, we love plant-based food and support plant-based lifestyles. Especially Lisa, who would probably eat mostly plant-based if given the chance and loves to take vegan-focused trips to Korea. However, neither of us chose a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle like Steph. We simply choose to support our friends and the general plant-based community. We will talk openly about the non-vegan items that ended up on our table so that vegans can navigate the surprises better. So here is what our eating adventure looked like: Day 1: Vegan Dinner in Sokcho Steph and Lisa arrived in Sokcho via the express bus from Suwon and I picked them up in a car. Since they arrived in the evening on Saturday we went straight to dinner. I had found a vegan meal recommendation at a cafe on Sokcho that looked very delicious. It seemed like the perfect start to our vegan foodie-focused trip! When we arrived the restaurant was too cute! The restaurant offers a small menu with one vegan option clearly labeled in English. The rice bowl is served in a cast iron skillet that toasts the bottom of the rice perfectly. We did a happy dance in our chairs when we saw the menu label because we didn’t even need to double-check the ingredients. Additionally, the meal comes with some nice vegan side dishes. Each item is shockingly full of flavor. We would eat at Zeze’s all the time if we lived in Sokcho. We wish we could go back already. If you are taking a vegan trip across Korea make sure to stop here. After dinner, we headed to our minbok which also has a kitchen just in case we have trouble finding vegan options during the trip to Gangwon-do, Korea. A minbok comes with a small kitchen which makes minbaks the perfect option for those traveling with dietary restrictions. You can bring your food from home or go shopping locally and cook for yourself. In addition to the kitchen, most minbaks have an outdoor eating and grilling area. This one had a spot on the roof. Minbaks like this and pensions with kitchens make it easier for vegan families to travel together and stay on their regular eating routine if they so choose. Day 2: Goseong CU Mart Breakfast We woke up early the next morning and headed to CU Mart for a vegan breakfast in Goseong. This is quite common for us on vacation. We often eat breakfast at CU marts even if we aren’t doing a vegan-inspired trip, so we stuck with what we knew. We chose a sizeable CU Mart near a beach and found: For our breakfast, we went with mandu, granola, seaweed snacks, kim, and oat milk. We ate until we were rolling away from the table. The mandu was excellent. Steph felt incredibly happy with her vegan options and we all loved hanging out together at a CU like old times. The following mandu was excellent. (Please ignore the eggs and meat-based mandu package that we got for my husband.) Day 2: Cafe Break 1 Of course, it’s not a day in Korea without a cafe stop. Although our first cafe didn’t have vegan food, they did have a nice selection of tea or juice. All we needed while we sat back and took in the view. We sat outside here for a few … Continue reading A Vegan Weekend Trip to Gangwondo, Korea