Buckwheat noodles, seafood and coffee along the east coast: Gangneung, Sokcho and beyond.
GangwonVisited October 2021
A red-seasoned iron pan, milky soup and a spread of small plates: what an October 2021 visit and reviews from 2020 to 2026 show about Miga Hwangtaeyori.
GangwonVisited October 2021
A Yangyang baeksuk house that lists its chicken and duck as farm-direct. One reviewer warns that map apps show two places with the same name.
GangwonVisited October 2021
Hoin Sushi in Sokcho's Yeongnang-dong serves a chef's-choice sushi course. Here is how the plates looked in October 2021 and what reviews say about booking.
GangwonVisited November 2019
A fried-seafood stall inside Sokcho Jungang Market. Here is what its counter looked like in November 2019 and what the sources say about prices, hours and queues.
GangwonVisited November 2019
Soft white fish in a red broth: my November 2019 bowl of gomchi-guk at Chunseonne, the Sokcho restaurant Elle Korea singled out for it.
GangwonVisited October 2021
A café behind gray walls near Cheonggan Beach in Goseong. Here is what I photographed in October 2021, and what the sources say about prices, financiers and hours.
GangwonVisited October 2021
A dark brick café with a long glass wall on Seoraksan-ro in Sokcho. Here is what I photographed in October 2021 and what the sources say now.
GangwonVisited October 2021
A halved sandwich in a clear box with a red band and a gold sticker, plus an iced drink: my October 2021 stop at Sokcho 751 Sandwich.
GangwonVisited October 2022
The noodles come dry. The broth comes in its own earthenware pot, cold enough to bead the outside, and you pour it yourself.
GangwonVisited June 2020
A hanwoo restaurant in Wonju's Ganhyeon area, photographed in June 2020 with marbled raw cuts on a plate and strips of beef over glowing charcoal.