Hangover Soup to Ease Your Woozy Head

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Pork back Hangover Soup

Got a hangover? Well, the best way to cure it is with a bowl full of piping hot soup full of pork-back bones, potatoes, and wild sesame seeds. Trust me. Much better than a plate full of eggs, sausages, and toast. Wondang Gamjatang isn’t the best place for this hangover stew, but it’s a pretty reliable bet- plus you can find them all around the country. The kicker for this place is the ground wild sesame seed on top of the soup with the fresh green onions. They add a very herby-nutty flair to this dish. The broth is great as well- nice and porky.

Rice also does a great job of sopping up any leftover alcohol in your belly as well.

(If you are not hungover, it is just as good. I was not actually hungover when I had it.)

I have fond memories of this dish for it was my first breakfast when I came to Korea 6 years ago. These restaurants typically stay open 24 hours, so you can get it anytime you’d like.

Cheers,

Dan

Wondang Kamjatang
Locations around the country.
This one is located in Insadong down the street from the McDonalds.

Pork back Hangover Soup at Wondang Kamjatang

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.