Eat Where the Taxi Drivers Eat: Kamjatang Edition

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Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae

Taxi Drivers have their pick of the land in Korea and where they eat the food is often as authentic Korean as you’ll find. You won’t find Taxi Drivers parked outside of faux Italian restaurants carrying their ultra-made-up girlfriends drinking overpriced pumpkin lattes. Nope, you’ll see them in real Korean restaurants eating soups and stews and meat- that’s why the cabs smell so delicious (not really) when you get inside. Anyway another great place is Song Gane Kamjatang (potato and pork stew) and Bossam restaurant in Mapo-gu. It’s not that far from Hongik University Station (Line 2). I highly recommend their Kamjatang- the broth is rich and porky and potatoes are delicious.

The Bossam is great as well, especially with fresh oysters.

If you have problems finding the place- ask a taxi driver, they all know where it’s at.

Directions: Go out Hongdae Station Exit 3 and go straight. Turn right on
the first main road. 02-3141-6557.

Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae

Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae: Hangover Soup

Potatoe Soup Leftovers at Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae

Bossam at Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae

Friends at Song Gane Kamjatang and Bossam Restaurant in Hongdae

About the Author

Daniel

Daniel Gray is a Korean adoptee that returned to Korean in 2005 because he wanted to try and find his birth mother and to learn about Korean culture. He started a restaurant review blog in 2007, www.seouleats.com, that became a local and international hit. He and his blog has been featured in the New York Times, Monocle Magazine, The Kimchi Chronicles, Bizarre Foods, Rudy Maxa, Olive Magazine, Euronews and much more. He now is a partner at O’ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), which is a culinary tourism and consulting company that offers Korean cooking classes and restaurant tours to travelers. Their food tours and cooking classes are ranked as one of the top attractions in Seoul according to tripadvisor.