Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
I am transiting Seoul for perhaps 22-23 hours as a "connection" on an award flight from JFK-ICN-NRT. I get into Seoul around 3:30 and leave the next day at 3:20. I will be staying at the W if the neighborhood matters. The way I see it I will get 1, maybe 2 meals in Seoul (dinner then lunch before flight to NRT). If you could pick only one place to eat in Seoul, where would it be? I prefer the suggestions be Korean cuisine (and at the spicier end of that). Doesn't have to be fancy, can be a cheap hole in the wall as long as the food is good. Thanks!
Kind of like asking for the best place to get Japanese food in Tokyo. I suggest wandering around Samcheong-dong / Insa-dong and choosing a restaurant in a hanok with a set menu you like...
If you'd rather select before you go, check out Dan Gray's (Nov 2010) recommendations on his Seoul Eats blog:
http://www.seouleats.com/2010/11/res...he-g20-summit/
Or go to the ZenKimchi reviews for Korean food:
http://www.zenkimchi.com/dining/cate...uisine/korean/
Dan runs Korean food tours including a night dining + drinking tour which might work well for a jetlagged North American.
Unfortunately the W aka Sheraton Walker Hill is far from the city center(s), atop a hill isolated from anything nearby. Expect to spend a lot of time travelling back and forth by taxi. On your way to the airport you could stop by the Noryangjin fish market for a Korean version of Tsukiji, if you don't have much luggage on you.