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[Culture-food]
Michelin
Guide in Seoul
by Seo
Seung-woo, Culture Reporter, seo3844@mju.ac.kr
The Michelin Guide is known as the best
food guidebook for the objective assessment of the restaurant experience. In
2016, the Michelin Guide Seoul 2017 was the 28th Michelin Guide published in
the world. In November 2017, its most recent edition, the Michelin Guide Seoul
2018, was published. The Michelin Guide Seoul 2018 includes 175 restaurants,
including two 3-star restaurants, four 2-star restaurants, and eighteen 1-star
restaurants. Although there are many restaurants listed in the Michelin guide
in Seoul, but many people do not know about them. For that reason, MJP will
introduce to you the Michelin Guide restaurants that are in the vicinity of
Myongji University.
The
Michelin Guide is a travel guide issued by Michelin, a French tire company.
Begun in 1900, it was originally a car travel guide distributed free of charge
to customers purchasing tires. In those early days, tire information, road
regulations, car maintenance tips, and locations of gas stations were the main
contents; the introduction of restaurants was incidental. However, as the years
passed, the introduction of restaurants became a popular feature, and they
began to charge for the guide in 1922. Since then, the Michelin Guide has
earned its reputation as a restaurant reference guide, and it has built a
reputation based on the strictness and reliability of its information for 100
years. Today it occupies the position of “the gourmet’s Bible.” The Michelin
Guide still presents both restaurant and travel information, dividing it into
the Red Series, which awards stars according to a restaurant’s rating, and the
Green Series, which provides travel and sightseeing information.
Restaurants in the Michelin Guide are further
divided into starred restaurants (1-3 star), “Bib Gourmand,” and the “Michelin
Plate.” One star means a very good restaurant in its category; two stars means
excellent cooking—worth a detour; and three stars means exceptional
cuisine—worth a special journey. The Bib Gourmand rating recognizes friendly
establishments that serve good food at moderate prices. The Michelin Guide
selects restaurants that offer excellent food within a specific price range for
each city. In Seoul, restaurants that offer delicious food at prices below
35,000 won have been selected. The “Michelin Plate” designation is awarded to
restaurants that serve quality food cooked with fresh ingredients as well as to
restaurants that were introduced into the Michelin Guide of a given year but
that were not awarded stars or designated as “Bib Gourmand.” The “Michelin
Plate” designation original debuted in the Michelin Guide Paris 2016, but it
has been added to the Michelin Guide Seoul 2018.
As
mentioned before, 175 restaurants were included in the Michelin Guide Seoul
2018. Among these, MJP will introduce below a number of reasonably priced
restaurants. The restaurants listed here are within 30 minutes distance by
public transport from Myongji University. In the Seodaemun-gu and Mapo-gu, one
and twelve restaurants were listed in the Michelin Guide respectively.
1. Caden, Michelin Guide designation:
Michelin Plate
Address: 173 Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
Opening Hours: Weekdays, 11:30–15:00,
17:30–22:00; Saturdays, 11:30–21:30; Closed on Sundays
Menu: Japanese food (various types of udon
and fried food, etc.)
Prices in won: udon–6,500~12,000; fried
food–5,000~22,000; maki–9,000~20,000, parboiled octopus–15,000
2. L’Impasse81, Michelin Guide designation:
Michelin Plate
Address: 17-1 Donggyo-ro 30-gil, Mapo-gu,
Seoul
Opening Hours: 12:00–24:00; Break Time:
15:00–18:00
Menu: French food (pasta and steak, etc.)
Prices in won: pasta–16,000, steak–36,000, etc.
3. Jin Jin, Michelin Guide designation:
1-star
Address: 123 Jandori-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Opening Hours: 17:00–24:00
Menu: Chinese food (boiled dumplings, fried
rice, etc.)
Prices in won: boiled dumplings–7,000; XO
fried rice–8,300, etc.
4. Okdongsik, Michelin Guide designation:
Bib Gourmand
Address: 44-10 Yanghwa-ro 7-gil, Mapo-gu,
Seoul
Opening Hours: 11:00~19:30; Break Time:
14:00~16:30; Closed on Sundays.
Menu: gomtang
Prices in won: gomtang–8,000, hanwoo yangji
gomtang–12,000
Many people, especially college students,
hesitate to go to Michelin-starred restaurants because they think it will be
expensive. However, restaurants that are designated as Bib Gourmand or Michelin
Plate might be less expensive than you would think. So, why not try some of the
restaurants in the Michelin Guide, at least once?