As we enter mid-July, a full-scale heat wave is beginning. These days, when your energy is weak due to sweating, and your body is damp and sagging even when you don't do anything, it's time for health supplements. Since ancient times, Korea has regained energy by eating health food or enjoying a cool swim in the water in Sambok, where the hottest weather of the year is at its peak. From chogye-tang with a sour soup that makes your mouth feel good when you greet chobok, to mizutaki made from local chicken and served at the same time as ordering, and a bowl of Seolleungtang that captures all the flavor of beef! Here are 5 of the best Chobok health food restaurants that have been famous for over 30 years and are responsible for their reliability.
1. 'Chorigol Chogye-tang' in Beopheon-ri, Paju, a sour soup that revives the taste buds that have disappeared in the heat
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âChorigol Chogye-tangâ has maintained a 120-year tradition by continuing the family business for 4 generations in one place. From the entrance to the restaurant, the landscape has been nicely decorated, with statues, fountains, and trees, so you can enjoy a walk before and after a meal. If you soothe the inside with savory noodles, the chewy boiled chicken wings and crispy soba noodles come out as a service to enhance the taste. The signature menu, âChogye-tang,â is a special broth made from chicken, seasoned with vinegar and mustard, and served with chicken, vegetables, and noodles. The sour soup blends the chicken, which has been boiled once to remove the fat and lightness, bringing out the rich flavor to the fullest. Please note that they offer all-you-can-eat soba noodles, including meat, vegetables, broth, and noodles from Chogye-tang.
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â²Location: 110 Chorigol-gil, Beopwon-eup, Paju, Gyeonggi
â²Business hours: 11:00 â 17:00 every day
â²Price: Chogye-tang (2 people) 36,000 won, makguksu 7,000 won
â²Testimonial (Iced tea with ice cream): I don't want to eat anything, but this place is so delicious that it makes one bowl cringe! It contains plenty of ingredients, so it's not a shortage, but it's really nice to be able to refill it. If you put in a noodle sari at the end, tear off the soba noodles, wrap them, and eat them together, it's a combination of honey.
2. âGasun Restaurantâ in Gasun-ri, Yeongdong, a rich soup that relaxes the inside
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âGasun Restaurantâ offers a variety of dishes using freshwater fish, such as porridge, spicy soup, and tempura. It has been shown several times on famous restaurant programs, and the popularity of local residents as well as tourists continues steadily. The signature menu is âfish porridge,â made from freshwater fish caught in Gumgang and Dongjae, which is deep-flavored with broth for about 9 to 10 hours from 9 in the morning to 7 in the evening. After crushing the fish meat that had been boiled so thoroughly that the bones were easily crushed, spicy seasoning, kishimen noodles, and rice noodles were added and boiled quickly to complete the thick soup. The rich ingredients are mixed with the soup that really wraps around the tongue to fill the stomach. âDori Bang Bang,â which is made by frying the squid in a frying pan and then applying condiments to cook it one more time, is also popular. The combination of the crunchy texture and the savory flavor that spreads as you chew is excellent.
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â²Location: 760, Geumgang-ro, Yangsan-myeon, Yeongdong-gun, Chungbuk
â²Opening hours: 09:30 â 19:00 every day
â²Price: Dori Bang Bang 7,000 won, Dori Bang Bang 10,000 won
â²Testimonial (Midori Shikigami): There are a lot of places that are really fishy if you eat the wrong thing, but it's nice that they don't have any fishy smell here. The soup also had a slightly spicy flavor, so I ate it the day after drinking, and I felt like I felt refreshed the moment I took a bite. hahahahaha
3. 'Mapo Seolnongtang' in Ingye-dong, Suwon, captures the deep flavor of domestic beef
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âMapo Seol Nongtangâ is located next to the KBS Drama Center and often appears as a filming location for broadcasts. The signature menu is âSeolleungtang,â where customers receive plenty of noodles and brisket in a broth made from domestic beef that has been carefully prepared for a long time. You can enjoy adding green onions, salt, and pepper to the soup that is simmering in an earthenware pot to your liking. When I scoop out the immaculate soup and taste it, I feel like the rich soup runs hot down my throat and warms my whole body. The slightly flavored broth adds moisture to the meat and noodles, making it smooth. Please note that all menus, including kimchi, can be packaged.
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â²Location: 11, Ingye-ro 101beon-gil, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi
â²Opening hours: 08:00 â 22:00 every day, closed on the 2nd and 4th Sunday
â²Price: Seolleungtang 10,000 won, Mapotang 17,000 won
â²Testimonial (Seolleungtang contains so much meat): Seolleungtang contains so much meat that I am fully hungry even if I eat just one bowl. LOL, and the mixed bag and cabbage kimchi were both delicious, so I think I kept eating them every time I took a bite. Next time I'm really hungry, I should order a special one hehe
4. Chilgok Gudeok-ri's 'safe restaurant', where the chewiness of local chicken comes alive
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âAnshim Dinerâ is a great place to spend a relaxing time watching the valley water flowing from Palgongsan Valley. Two to three times a week, you can find health food made from free-range chicken brought from the farm, herbs, and vegetables grown directly on the farm. The signature menu, âNeungi Mizutaki,â is served at the same time as ordering, and prepared to make it easy to eat by picking up chicken, adding Neungi mushrooms, goji pon, and rowan. If you bite off the flesh of a free-range chicken that is of an extraordinary size, the richness that fills your mouth and its chewy texture make it fun to chew. If you order mizutaki, you can choose between the porridge made by putting rice in the soup and cooking it yourself, and the red rice and broth served separately. In addition to rice, dishes using âlacquer chicken,â âmother tree,â and âmagamokâ are also prepared.
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â²Location: 101, Songlim-gil, Dongmyeong-myeon, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk
â²Business hours: 11:00 â 21:00 every day
â²Price: Neungi mizutaki (large) 56,000 won, doritang (large) 46,000 won
â²Testimonial (I'm a cute girl): You can eat chicken, duck, and other dishes at the entrance of Songlimsa Temple, so it's a place I definitely go with my family in the summer. If you sit down and eat on a regular basis, there's no real feeling of freshness. Using free-range chicken, the chicken itself is so big that once you eat it, it feels like you're completely covered. hehe
5. Geochang Sanglim-ri âGungokâ combines the rich flavors of chicken and seafood
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âGunaccountâ is a place where the beautiful trees surrounding the store and a cool stream add a sense of style. It is designated as the No. 1 local restaurant in Geochang-gun and has maintained its position since 1979. The signature menu, âSeafood Steamed Chicken,â is a recipe from the first representative that had a spicy yet fresh flavor, and the second representative added seafood to add a rich flavor. Steamed chicken, which contains more than 10 ingredients such as mussels, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, octopus, and blue crab, has a mouth-watering and addictive flavor. Starting with the chewy chicken, it's fun to choose and eat a variety of seafood and vegetables. âFried rice,â which is a savory stir-fry made by adding seaweed powder and rice to the leftover soup, is also a must-try delicacy.
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â²Location: 1173-21, Gean-ro, Geochang-eup, Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam
â²Opening hours: 11:00 â 21:00 every day, closed on Mondays
â²Price: Steamed seafood chicken 46,000 won, local chicken mizutaki 46,000 won
â²Testimonial (Shikigami Weying): My father has been a regular at this place for a long time, but when I go here, the atmosphere is very nice, as if I had entered another world. There's also a promenade, and it's a place where you fall in love with the scenery even before entering! I really enjoyed the steamed seafood chicken because it had a lot of volume, the seasoning itself was delicious, and the seafood was plump!
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