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Nice to meet you, Mr. Kim, who eats three meals a day. This is Mr. Kim, who eats three meals a day.

How to Use This Book for a Fun Old-Fashioned Tour

seoul

Jongno-gu & Seongbuk-gu
If you order sirloin, they'll also give you Hanwoo 1++ sirloin!?
A restaurant that conquered the alley with a single menu item: the divine soup!
A pot lid pork belly restaurant with incredibly delicious aged kimchi
The manager's house is one that never compromises on taste.
A restaurant where you can eat raw meat wrapped in chadolbagi
You can experience restaurants you've only seen in dramas in real life.
If you love seafood, you can't miss this place.
ESSAY_ My main character is an office worker and my secondary character is Kim Sa-won
It's a miracle if you walk out on your own two feet
A Chinese food stall of a style I've never seen before
You can eat bossam, marinated oysters, stir-fried squid, and gamjatang for around 20,000 won!?
A house where young women also make old man sounds
A bowl of kalguksu, the same level as the bowl of noodles eaten after the march
A restaurant that has been around for 34 years with just one menu
Sweet and sour pork, a dish of a lifetime, made by a grandmother and grandfather with 50 years of Chinese cooking experience.
The house that broke the stereotype about omakase

Yongsan-gu & Jung-gu
The starting point of the Bermuda Triangle!
A class of its own, a true top-tier pork restaurant in Seoul.
A classic indoor food stall
If I had to spend my last night in Seoul, I would go to Nadri Foods.
A barbecue lodge in the heart of Seoul! Just sitting there will make you feel intoxicated.
From a hideout for those who trust and eat, now a famous spot in Seoul
Finding the truly hidden menu that isn't even on the menu
A restaurant truly worthy of its name, with an incredibly well-made signboard.
Chobok, Jungbok, Malbok, and the day you visit here are just Boknal
It's a dilapidated house, but it turns out it's actually a luxury Korean beef restaurant!?
A place where you can eat sushi omakase for the price of a whole chicken
ESSAY_ A Journey to Discover Your Taste
A virtually legendary menu item, the most famous restaurant in Seoul for its "fish-flavored eggplant"
A legendary old restaurant in Seoul that wouldn't be surprising if its sign fell down tomorrow.
A unique restaurant with a winter limited course menu
The epitome of Korean-style raw fish restaurants, the Hongseongdae of raw fish restaurants
How can a 47-year-old house be a 6-star Michelin star?
A legendary 54-year-old food truck and its secret second course

Mapo-gu, Eunpyeong-gu, and Seodaemun-gu
A hidden Chinese cuisine expert who is incredibly loved by the locals!
A place where the juices are more abundant than the sweat shed at work
ESSAY_ What made Kim Sa-won start YouTube?
A hidden imokase mecca with crazy courses
When winter comes, I think of bungeoppang, long padding, and sea bream.
The legs are bent! It's expensive, but it's a good value(?) house.
Only one menu! A restaurant that truly sells only bossam.
The legendary mountain of galbitang where 99% of customers leave behind some.
A famous spot from a drama! This is the heart of Seoul!?
This is a place where you can experience restaurants you've only seen in dramas in real life.
A real Chinese restaurant where you'll be overwhelmed by the vibrant flavors
From a house where no one knew about to a hot place!
No other house in Sinchon has survived this long.
This is the total price, not the price per person!?
The Chinese restaurant that Kim Sa-won has visited the most in his life

Dongdaemun-gu, Seongdong-gu, and Gwangjin-gu
If you have the luxury of a half-day afternoon break and a drink alone, this is the place!
This is a house where you will definitely get scolded and leave.
Bossam Kimchi is so fresh and delicious
Steamed abalone for 10,000 won!? A seafood restaurant with unbeatable value.
Blue Ribbon Restaurant 12 King Award, how much does it cost?
A hidden butcher shop with great value for money
A restaurant with great value for money serving 1+, 1++ Korean beef chadolbagi
Enjoy a leisurely drink at the neighborhood supermarket
A place that sells the highest grade Korean beef 1++, sirloin, short rib, and shin rib for 10,000 won per 100g.
Is this Seoul?! This is a top-tier clam grill restaurant.
A restaurant that makes you happy just by sitting down, as the name suggests.
Thick bossam, handmade kalguksu, 3 kinds of kimchi, and even a bowl of rice for just 5,000 won!?
This is a soup restaurant that Chef Baek Jong-won has been a regular at for 16 years.
A great place to have a drink on your inhale and a drink on your exhale
There's a saying that if you don't know what to eat, go to a place with lots of taxi drivers.
A home for beginners in fermenting skate
ESSAY_ Kim Sa-won's filming method
The Battle of Myeongnyang, the Pork World
No, these ingredients at this price!? A place where even the side dishes are ruined.

Gangnam-gu, Songpa-gu, and Gangdong-gu
The Dangun myth of the Omaka world
The level of a neighborhood noodle restaurant that has been around for over 35 years
A restaurant that serves gamjatang (sweet potato stew), but no one eats it.
The dawn of the restaurant world, 808, the Severance Hospital of shareholders
This is a restaurant where the owner's skills are as deeply honed as the thick aged sashimi.
What's so great about ribs?! A restaurant that sells a whole building in Gangnam with just one menu item.
A place like this in Apgujeong!? A neighborhood gem frequented only by those in the know.
Why is this house here?
For Kim Sa-won, Jamsil is a rose market.
Tsunami House, a place to enjoy alcohol and snacks
Salbal side dish shop
A huge sushi restaurant where people line up to eat even though it's almost empty
A sashimi platter this impressive for just 10,000 won!? A sushi restaurant with unparalleled value.
A house that properly values ​​its signboard
A well-made, aged raw fish restaurant with a great composition

Gwanak-gu, Geumcheon-gu, and Dongjak-gu
If anyone asks about the future of Gwanak, look up and see Makchang Sundae, a true Seoul National University restaurant.
A restaurant that delivers a straight-forward, no-spin, gopchang menu with only gopchang.
There's a house that's closed for a month every year!?
A grilled clam restaurant that goes beyond cost-effectiveness and offers truly exceptional value.
A house where you can't let your chopsticks rest
A street food stall that competes with just one menu
Is this a restaurant?! It's a real restaurant with no sign and no visibility.

Yeongdeungpo-gu, Gangseo-gu, and Yangcheon-gu
The most expensive cut of beef!? A legendary, long-established restaurant with 50 years of experience.
A model of a meat restaurant that will never fail
The house I ran away from after drinking
This is probably the hottest noodle restaurant in Seoul.
A restaurant that gives you boiled pork as a freebie when you order gomtang
Crazy Drinking Snacks! A 40-year-old gourmet restaurant serving up a menu that's perfect for pairing with drinks.
A sushi restaurant with amazing value for money and crazy composition

Gangbuk-gu, Dobong-gu, and Jungnang-gu
A house that leaves a lasting impression and aftertaste, as if you've just watched a movie
No, there's a restaurant like this in the mountains!?
Korean beef is cheaper than tires!?
This is the first time I've ever eaten a meal with a spoon!
A house where aunts give out whatever they want! A breathtaking parade of alcohol and snacks unfolds.
Seoul's representative hangover soup restaurant
A house where you must go hungry

Bonus Ver1.
Local side

electrification
An old restaurant with a long line of customers starting in broad daylight!
A house that gives you a mountain of fish!?
A nationwide favorite! Daejeon's best noodle restaurant attracts visitors from all over the country.

busan
The essence of imokase, which can only be tasted in Busan
The Hermes of the sushi restaurant world
If you go late, you won't be able to eat the suji doenjang jjigae

complement
Pavlov's Kim Sa-won, the spicy stir-fried sea bass that makes my mouth water without me even realizing it
The legend of Yeosu Baekban House
A whole piece of pork belly!? A place that serves steamed pork belly.
A visually stunning galbijjim tower!

Bonus Ver2.
secret place
Kim Sa-won's favorite restaurant that hasn't been featured on YouTube

I only ordered one soybean paste stew, but it came with 15 side dishes?
A house I've been to more than 10 times without exaggerating at all.
A crazy izakaya with extreme value for money
Was it really necessary to hide this deep?

INDEX 1.
Subway route map and old store map
INDEX 2.
Find stores by menu

Kim Sa-won's Meal, which has 420,000 subscribers
The list of delicious restaurants is finally available in a book!
A trustworthy restaurant with no restaurant advertising
Crazy dripping power with vivid voice support and a descriptive power that goes back and forth between eccentricity and genius

Kim Sa-won, who eats three meals a day, secretly wrote a secret notebook of delicious restaurants! This book carefully selects 115 restaurants in Korea, including those featured on Kim Sa-won's YouTube channel, which has 420,000 subscribers, as well as Kim Sa-won's favorites that aren't featured on YouTube.
We are introducing a list of restaurants that never fail, filled with the know-how accumulated over four years of searching for delicious restaurants, including must-try menus for middle-aged men, restaurants with great value for money, dishes not on the menu, restaurants for half-day meals, and restaurants for annual leave.

With 2.87 million subscribers, the YouTube channel that Pishik University parodies and that Park Na-rae of 'I Live Alone' watches every time she eats, the YouTube channel Kim Sa-won's Three Meals with 420,000 subscribers! The reason he is so popular is not only because of his curating ability to uncover hidden restaurants, but also because of his witty comments that make you giggle every time you watch it, and his crazy sense of humor that exquisitely crosses between silliness and genius that evokes the sympathy of K-office workers.
Above all, he never accepts restaurant advertisements, so the restaurants he introduces are 100% authentic, hidden gems that you can trust.


In this book, you can see not only the unique writing of Kim Sa-won, who finds delicious restaurants with a seasoned eye and writes them with a sense of humor armed with dad jokes, but also provides maps of each subway line and an index of each menu to make it easy to find, making it a faithful travel guide and restaurant guide.

This book is written as an introduction to delicious restaurants,
In fact, it is the epitome of dad jokes!

“If you’ve come to the pinnacle of refreshment, this is the destination.” “Gisa Restaurant is a Korean fast food restaurant that even McDonald’s can beat.” “A bowl of kalguksu that’s as good as the bowl of noodles you rinsed after eating.” “A master of rice thieves, and among them, this is a menu that’s practically a life sentence.
“Soy sauce marinated crab.” “

His unique, savory voice and witty comments that alternate between dad jokes and quirky humor continue in the book.
Each of his words, grafted into a sentence, is so vivid that it almost feels like a voice.
The descriptive power that makes you feel like you've tried it even without trying it has a devilish charm that makes you want to visit and try even the menu you don't like.
Moreover, the Kim Sa-won's NOTE attached to each restaurant is so full of sense that you will find yourself chuckling as you read it.
For example, the 'Baekje Butcher Shop' section has this note added.
“From now on, I will call the owner of this house King Geunchogo.”
When his words are added to a restaurant's reputation, a more delicious language is born.


A spectrum that goes beyond the MZ generation, starting with the manager!
A way to find happiness in a space called Nopo

The book provides two tips for finding a good restaurant.
“If you just go to the restaurants bustling with middle-aged men in Seoul’s representative office districts, you can find a restaurant that’s sure to be a hit.
These people don't waste their precious time sitting anywhere after work." "If you see old men wearing fedoras eating a lot at a table, in my experience, there's a high probability that it's a good restaurant." This is a passage that lets you know that a place frequented by people of a certain age is an old restaurant.
However, these days, this old store is not just a place visited by older people, but has become a trendy place visited by MZ generation people along with the retro craze.

A place with a lively atmosphere where even stories that never existed can come to life, a place with a price-to-performance ratio that is at the level of a downpour, a place with a shabby exterior without even a sign, but a place where you leave with a smile of satisfaction.
This long-established restaurant, with its comfortable atmosphere, simple prices, and menu that anyone can easily find, has quickly become a favorite hangout for K-office workers after work.
You can also see this in the book.
“When you open the door and enter the restaurant, the atmosphere is different from what you get from the outside, and it is full of people, from young couples to managers who have just finished work.
“It’s a true Jongno scene where hipsters and middle-aged men coexist.” “Inside the restaurant, the ‘keu’ sounds of young female customers can be heard from all directions.
“I thought I was seeing my father, who had downed a bowl of makgeolli after hiking.”

A long-established restaurant boasting a magical spectrum that has won the hearts of not only managers but also MZ generation.
Old stores are hidden, so they are difficult to find in searches and don't appear on Naver maps.
So, we compiled a map of old stores into a book so that anyone, regardless of age or gender, can easily find them.
I highly recommend this book to anyone wondering what to eat after work, anyone looking to revitalize their life, or anyone looking to travel somewhere.
The easiest way to find happiness is to savor the pleasures of everyday life while enjoying a drink in a long-established restaurant with a long history and memories.