Best Restaurants in South Chungcheong

Inside the traditional market in Yesan-eup, ox-head soup and noodle houses cluster around a recently rebuilt market square with plenty of seating. With Sapgyo tripe nearby, it is the main food market of Yesan.

A coastal stretch of autumn prawn and grilled shellfish restaurants.

On Cheonsu Bay, Namdang Port is known for autumn prawns and winter cockles. The restaurants along the harbour hold seasonal festivals.

At the fish market in Daecheon Port, Boryeong, you buy blue crab, webfoot octopus and pen shell and pay a table fee to eat next door. Next to Daecheon Beach, it is busiest in summer.

A sundae (Korean blood sausage) street next to Cheonan's historic Auraji market, born in the 1960s when a local ham factory spurred pork-offal sundae shops that grew into a nationally famous cluster.

A large traditional market by Onyang Hot Springs in Asan, with a five-day market on 4s and 9s known for ox-head gukbap and mulgalbi.