[korea travel] Food from all over the world in one place! All the restaurants in Itaewon are gathered~ Itaewon’s delicious road

 In the Itaewon Special Tourist Zone, which connects Itaewon and Hannam-dong,
It is said that there are a total of 1,000 restaurants from 34 countries.
Today, you can taste food from all over the world.
Shall we go on a trip to Korea’s ‘delicious road’?

# A delicious street in Itaewon!

The 'Itaewon Special Tourist Zone' connects Itaewon and Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. There are over 1000 restaurants there. In Itaewon, you can take a day trip or a 2-day overseas trip past midnight for only tens of thousands of won on a transportation card. That's why it's a place often visited by students without money or foreigners visiting Korea.

The Yongsan-gu Office selects about 300 restaurants in the Itaewon Special Tourist Zone and introduces them on the ‘Itaewon Foreign Food Map’. Among them, we picked a few restaurants worth traveling along the central road leading from Noksapyeong Station to Itaewon Station to Hangangjin Station on Subway Line 6. Your legs may hurt a little. However, a smile that spread all over the tongue that became fun. No regrets. Shall we tie up our sneakers and go to Itaewon to eat foreign food?

Looking at the map, there are 120 European food establishments that handle pizza and pasta, the most. It is followed by Asia (92 places), America (69 places), Oceania (3 places), and Africa (1 place). By country, a total of 34 restaurants are open, with 59 being Italian restaurants. Surprisingly, the United States (50 places) follows. After liberation, the place where US troops were stationed has transformed into a multinational cultural space in recent years. It is followed by Japanese (37) and Turkish (17) restaurants, as well as lesser-known foreign restaurants such as Norway and Bulgaria. Around the Muslim Seoul Central Mosque, there are also halal restaurants where you can get a glimpse of the food world of Muslims.

# Bartos

This is a Mexican restaurant whose signature menu is 'tacos' wrapped in corn crackers. It is a place that young people in Itaewon choose as a 'hot place'. The representative menu is Kimchi Carnitas Fries (12,500 won). It's the taste and aroma of Mexico sprinkled over French fries topped with kimchi. Some complain that it is addictive, making you keep reaching for it until you can see the bottom. There is also a bar in a bustling atmosphere, so it is good to hang out alone.

# Sujis

This is a hamburger restaurant in New York, USA. Eggs Benedict, called the 'King of Brunch', is a popular menu item. Homemade English muffins, Canadian bacon or smoked salmon, and soft-boiled poached egg are topped with hollandaise sauce (one of the five parent sauces of French cuisine). Served with salad and French fries as a side.

# Bichaena

Bichaena is said to mean 'to empty, to fill, to share'. From the interior decorated with silk, hemp, and ramie wallpaper, it is full of luxury. Most of the menus are modern reinterpretations of Korean food. Gwangjuyo’s leek and shrimp dumplings on a white porcelain spoon, grilled live mackerel on top of a bowl of rice, etc. Each menu item along the course serves as an exclamation point and even a chatterbox that clears up blocked conversations.

# Johnny Dumplings

It looks very shabby on the outside, but it is a Chinese dumpling restaurant that has opened three stores only in Itaewon. It was also ranked as the 13th most popular restaurant in the Seoul edition of the international restaurant guidebook 'Jagat' (2012). There are many drinking customers in the evening, but during the day, most of the customers are small gatherings focused on meals. There are voices of dissatisfaction that it has become unkind since it was aired on a TV mukbang program, but I can't help but go to the delicious food.

# Salam bakery

It is not easy to meet Arab food while living in Seoul. Moreover, it is even more difficult to come into contact with their dessert world. 'Baklava' is a pastry-type dessert with almonds and walnuts. You can feel the crispy sweetness in the bite size. 10,000 won per pack. Lokum is so on point that just putting it in your mouth makes all your nerves stand on edge and your mind alert. It is a dessert that fits the expression 'Hell's sweetness'.
 

# Linus BBQ

Along with pork and beef grilled on a barbecue, potato salad, cole slaw, and mini burgers are served on a plate. Then, you can enjoy each flavor separately, and you can make your own burger by filling the mini burger with barbecue meat. 31,000 won for a plate for two. The amount is large enough for both of us to eat, probably because the amount was set according to the American standards.

# Muntaro

A yakitori restaurant where you can experience the taste of yakitori from mainland Japan. When you enter the room with a strong Japanese scent, the owner greets you loudly while grilling skewers in the middle. It is pleasant to see them assigning seats and taking orders. Instead of frozen products, they serve grilled skewers prepared daily. Special cuts such as chicken skin and aorta are also popular. You can choose between salt-grilled and seasoned-grilled.