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서울 음식
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서울 음식

Seoul’s table

Court leftovers, migrant regions, and late-night delivery as one city.

A capital blender

Seoul eats everyone’s regional food plus global franchises. “Seoul flavor” in older cookbooks was milder court-adjacent seasoning. Tonight it might be jjangmyeon at 1 a.m. Use the city as a tasting menu of the peninsula, then cook the regional pages when you get home.