ilsang — Restaurant in Seoul

This small restaurant is popular in the area as it serves healthy, traditional Korean food for an affordable price!

The "small" meal consists of more than 6 side dishes, rice and soup for 8000 KRW. The special lunch meal features more side dishes and costs 10.000 KRW. In addition to that, extra dishes like acorn jelly (도토리묵) and pancakes are available. For pre-ordered reservations, they also offer a course menu featuring soy meat, glass noodles and salad (25000KRW).

The taste of the food is nice. The cooked rice varies daily and the side dishes change regularly.

They include the description "Temple food plus" in their logo, but serve their own concept of natural cooking. The food doesn't truly fit the criteria of classic Korean temple cuisine, since they use Allium vegetables (오신채: garlic, onion, scallion, garlic chives etc.) and one of the side dishes is a hard-boiled egg. ‼️ If you don't eat eggs, it's better to tell them when ordering so they don't serve it to you. 🚫🥚

The location is small and busy. The interior is colorful and decorated with random items ranging from Korean folk art to...

I chanced upon this restaurant by accident - was planning to head to loving hut which was closed and I desperately wanted to have some vegetarian Korean food. Boy was I glad that I came here instead..!

This is a really popular restaurant - you will need a reservation to get a seat. This wasn’t something I did as I wasn’t planning on coming here initially. However, upon hearing that I only needed a table for one and that I’ll be leaving Korea tomorrow, the owner kindly offered me a meal.

I thoroughly enjoyed my meal - it was prepared without alliums (I had to confirm this as one of the reviews mentioned that it included alliums). I could tell that a lot of thought and effort was put in to prepare the meal and am so appreciative of the kind hearted owner. Thank you again for making my...

사찰음식전문점. [일상]은 1층이고 같은건물 지하1층에 역시 사찰음식전문점 [도반]이 위치한다. [도반]이 보다 본격적인 사찰음식으로 호불호가 갈릴 수 있지만 [일상]은 누구나 맛있게 즐길 수 있는 정갈한 백산 한 상이 나온다.

"밥이 맛있다"고 할 만큼 잘 지어진 밥에 자극적이지 않고 깔끔한 반찬이 일품이다. 홀이 넓지는 않아 식사시간엔 자리가 없기 일쑤이고 두 분이서 모든 일을 하므로 치우고 상을 차리는 속도가 더뎌 긴 시간 기다려야 한다.

그럼에도 불구하고 만족스럽고 깔끔한 식사와 속편한 경험으로 다시 가고싶어지는...