Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
Japanese and French. Japanese and Italian. All quite lovely, I'm sure. But how about KOREAN? It is Seoul, after all. Kimchi aversion acknowledged, surely we can find some Korean restaurants to recommend for the OP and others.
Honestly I can't remember the names of these places unfortunately. But I bet if you ask the people at the hotel, they can recommend some nice places.
In general I've found some really good places to eat everywhere, but I would specifically ask about the following:
Traditional (old style) Korean food (jung shik) - you should take a trip to In-sa-dong.
Korean BBQ places - Myeong-dong or nearby or if you want more of an "American" feel, I would try some places in Itaewon or Yongsan (near the US Army Base). I would recommend trying some Korean BBQ: gal-bi (beef short ribs), sam-gyeop-sal (pork belly), bul-go-gi (marinated beef), etc.
If you want to be a bit more brave, i.e. less english, try some places in Shinchon or south of the Han river.
Good luck and happy travels.
BTW almost every korean place serves kimchi - it's usually only a side dish and you don't have to eat it (or any other side dishes as a matter of fact).