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Museum Kimchikan (뮤지엄 김치간)

Museum Kimchikan (뮤지엄 김치간)

1.4Km    2025-06-19

(4-6th floor, Maru Art Center), 35-4 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Museum Kimchikan is a museum dedicated to kimchi in Insa-dong’s Maru Art Center. The exhibition details the culture, history, trajectory, and efficacy of kimchi and teaches the visitors how to make kimchi through videos. Visitors can also sample different types of kimchi. The museum offers both individual and group experience programs.

Sisamdal (시샘달)

Sisamdal (시샘달)

1.4Km    2021-03-18

2, Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-310-9116

This is a cafe located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. A store selling Korea’s representative summer dishes. The representative menu is shaved ice with red bean topping.

Neulmajung (늘마중)

Neulmajung (늘마중)

1.4Km    2024-01-12

11-5 Insadong 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Makgeolli is a traditional liquor made from rice or wheat as a main ingredient and with yeast and various other ingredients. Its uniqueness lies in the main ingredient or yeast used, thus a variety of makgeolli made with local specialties can be found throughout Korea. Neulmajung is a pub restaurant that serves 34 types of makgeolli from all over the country, as well as many foods that go well with them. In addition, its soft wooden interior creates a comfortable atmosphere. Its representative dish is haemul pajeon (seafood and green onion pancake), made with plenty of ingredients. They also serve crispy pan-fried gamja jeon (potato pancake)  and memil jeonbyeong (buckwheat crepe), rich in both flavor and taste as it is made with buckwheat from Bongpyeong, Gangwon-do, all of which are a perfect paring to makgeolli.

Metro Hotel (메트로호텔)

Metro Hotel (메트로호텔)

1.4Km    2021-05-11

14, Myeongdong 9ga-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-752-1112

Metro Hotel is located in the heart of Seoul situated in the middle of Myeongdong. The hotel has a title of being the first tourist hotel in Korea and boasts over 50 years of tradition.

Chicken678 Myeongdong(치킨678 명동)

Chicken678 Myeongdong(치킨678 명동)

1.4Km    2020-10-30

21, Myeongdong, 7st, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3789-6780

A chicken specialty restaurant located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. The most famous menu is crispy fried chicken. A Korean fusion-style chicken restaurant.

OPPADAK Myeongdong(오븐에빠진닭 명동)

1.4Km    2020-10-30

1F, Myeongdong, Art, Noubeau, Centum, 21, Myeongdong, 7-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3789-5892

A chicken specialty restaurant located in Myeong-dong, Seoul. A restaurant that serves grilled chicken dishes. The most famous menu is crispy baked chicken.

Wonjo namsan Wangdonkkaseu - Myeongdong Branch (원조남산왕돈까스 명동)

Wonjo namsan Wangdonkkaseu - Myeongdong Branch (원조남산왕돈까스 명동)

1.4Km    2021-03-22

21, Myeongdong, 7-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-319-0120

A place that sells pork cutlet, one of the must-have dishes, after visiting N Seoul Tower in Seoul. The best menu at this restaurant is jumbo sized pork cutlet. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Jung-gu, Seoul.