Samgyetang

For people who are new in Korea, you must be wondering what Samgyetang means since we could see many posters with Samgyetang everywhere in Seoul. In the word 'Samgyetang', 'Sam' means ginseng, 'gye' means chicken and 'tang' means broth and it is a small whole chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, red dates, garlic and ginseng and boiled in broth. This dish is commonly eaten in summer, often accompanied by ginseng wine as people believe that this dish helps to reduce our body heat and replenish our body water after all the sweating.

This restaurant 'To Sok Chon Sam Gye Tang' is pretty famous in Seoul and it is often visited by even the locals. One recommendation is to come here before or after lunch hour as there are always line-ups during this period. Since this is a traditional Korean house, you could eat and immerse yourself in traditional Korean atmosphere.

This restaurant also offers 'Otgyetang' which is wood boiled with the chicken broth and 'Okorgye' which is black chicken broth and both of them are also considered good for health and delicious.

This is Samgyetang with milky-white broth and it is usually served with seasalt so that you could add the amount of salt as you like. The broth is usually boiled without any additional seasoning so that you could enjoy the authentic taste of the chicken and ginseng. Check this restaurant out if you are near Gwanghuamun or Gyeongbokgung.

Direction: Get off at Gyeongbokgung station and exit from #2. Walk straight for 10 mins till you reach a convenience store (GS25) and turn left.