산너머 남촌, Duck Restaurant near Sanbon Station

The name of this restaurant translates to NamChon (name of the town) over the mountain. I visited here for a teacher's dinner. The food was delicious and the presentation beautiful. The main entree consists of roasted squash cut open to look like the petals of a flower. They place a mound of rice with pine nuts and Korean jujubes in the center and then pile a heaping mound of roasted duck meat on top. Everyone gets honey mustard for dipping. One of these platters will feed 3 or 4 people with healthy appetites (sorry couples and singles, they don't offer anything smaller). Not bad for 55,000 won plus you get a sweet squash soup to start, side dishes and sujaebi.




There are several more of these restaurants in the Seoul area as well. Enter the name into naver maps to find the closest location.

Directions: From Sanbon Station leave the main entrance/exit (exit number 3). Walk all the way across the plaza and turn left when you hit the road after E-mart. Walk straight. You will pass a Lotte grocery store and continue up into a more residential area that runs along the side of the mountain. Eventually you will see the restaurant in a plaza on the right side of the road. It's about a 15 minute walk from the station or a short bus ride on the number 2 (the bus stop is outside exit 3 as well). If you take the bus get off at the stop you see in the picture above. The restaurant is behind this bus stop.

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All-U-Can-Eat Mussels in Geumjeong, Gunpo-si!

Mussels. Who doesn't like mussels? Well, if you don't, then this post is not for you.
In Gunpo, there is a seafood restaurant called 홍합의 전설, which translates to The Legend of Sea Mussels. You can get unlimited mussels for 15,000 won. The waitress will keep bringing a huge pot full of mussels to your table as long as your stomach can take it. And amazingly, you don' t get charged twice for two people - for two people it's still only 15,000 won!

The only downside is that there tends to be some delay between when the waitress takes your finished pot and brings you a new one. But hey, I found an all-you-can-eat mussel restaurant. I'm not complaining!

Directions: Go to Geumjeong Station, way down where Line 4 crosses Line 1. Get out at Exit 4 and turn right the first time you can. You'll head back into an area filled with various Korean restaurants. Turn right again and then turn left. Here's a google map to help out, though note that the KFC on the map is no longer there:

View Legend of Sea Mussels Map in a larger map

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