Korean Restaurants

Garosoo-gil (가로수길), or Café Street in Changwon : Yongji-ro 239 beon-gil. Garosoo-gil in Korean (가로수길) means a tree-lined street. The most famous avenue with this moniker is in the ritzy Sinsa-dong in Seoul, but Changwon has its own Garosoo-gil in Yongji-dong, near Yongji Lake. The official name of the street …

So you’ve stumbled across the sleepy little Naesseo-Eup/Jung-ri/Hogye/Samgye area a little outside of Masan, either because you wanted to see what lay beyond the NC Dino’s Stadium or you’ve just started a new job and been placed out here. It’s easy to feel a little removed from the hustle and …

Bansong-dong is located just northwest of downtown Changwon (Sangnam-dong). It is a wonderful place and I think most people don’t know where it is or even what is even there. It’s not really a party area like Sangnam-dong and there aren’t a lot of bars, but there are quite a …

  Teacher Jeong is a chain restaurant and bar combo known for its flavored makgeolli. Inside it is traditionally decorated and it sort of looks like a tree house or bunk bed tables which definitely makes for a cool atmosphere. Now, I have personally only been to two of the chains, …

Not too far from the market, there is a restaurant named Chungchoon Kitchen. The windows are painted in random English words which definitely stands out and probably is what drew us in! The restaurant style is Western and every meal on the menu is meant to be shared. The menu …

Better know a dong: Sanho dong, Masan By Neil Barnum.   Sanho dong (산호동) is at the north end of Masan Bay. It is not the place to go for entertainment unless you like baseball (GO DINOS) but it is the place to go shopping and buy things you need. …

Garosoo-gil in Korean (가로수길) means a tree-lined street. The most famous avenue with this moniker is in the ritzy Sinsa-dong in Seoul, but Changwon has its own Garosoo-gil in Yongji-dong, near Yongji Lake. The official name of the street is 용지로239번길 (Yongji-ro 239 beon-gil), but it’s more commonly known to …

Jjajangmyeon (짜장면), or noodles in black bean sauce, is Korea’s answer to General Tso’s Chicken or sweet and sour pork, in that the dish in its current iteration is what most Koreans think of when you say, “Chinese food” even though it’s anything but authentic. As far as Koreanized Chinese …

Palyong-dong (팔용동, sometimes spelled 팔룡동), is a large, boot-shaped neighborhood located at the northernmost end of Changwon. At its heel are the main bus terminal, Homeplus, and Changwon Stream, which is currently being developed into a beautiful park. Most of the boot’s shaft, running up Changwon-daero (창원대로), is comprised of …

It may be the middle of winter, but that isn’t stopping people from getting their fix of traditional Korean shaved ice at Sulbing. Every branch of this cafe chain is always packed, and with two locations in Changwon, you’ve got to see (and taste) what all the hype is about. …

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Here is an approximate menu for any generic gimbap restaurant, mimicking the black and white menu pads generally used. The items are organized by genre when possible, and each item has the hangul spelling, romanized appoximation, and a brief description. We attempted to feature a wide variety of normal items, …