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Sanchon

Description: Vegetarian Restaurant (Korean Style) Tel: 735-0312. Exit 6 of line 3 Anguk Station, Seoul.

Newest Review: ... directing you to Sanchon. Follow the alley down and to the left, past Arirang-which is basically Sanchon for carnivores-and you'll see the ornate looking entrance with a copy of a New York Times review posted outside. The interior of Sanchon is extremely impressive. You enter into a little courtyard(take off your shoes here) and are then taken into the main dining area which is ... more

... decorated with carved wooden beams, paintings, calligraphy and traditional Korean musical instruments. There are approximately twenty-five low tables with cushions(Koreans traditionally sit on the floor to eat) surrounding a small central stage where performan...more

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Sanchon: Culinary Karma (630 words)
by michaelhudson - written on 20.08.01 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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Sanchon is an amazing restaurant which justly deserves its great reputation. Owned by Mr Kim Yon-shik, who lived as a Buddhist monk for eighteen years, and famous for its vegetarian temple cuisine, Sanchon(which literally translates as "Mountain Village") should definitely be on any travellers itinerary when visiting Korea. The restaurant is located in an alley just off Insa-dong in central Seoul. Insa-dong itself is a lively street with an array of antique shops, art galleries and old-fashioned Korean tea houses, although the writing may well be on the wall for what has been, up until now, one of the best preserved cultural areas in Seoul as a ...

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