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Breakfast in Insadong: where Koreans eat in the morning

4 breakfast spots in Insa-dong, from 70 Korean blog posts by people who ate there in the morning. This is a count, not a ranking.

  • 2,316blog posts found
  • 99posts we read
  • 70posts with a real meal
  • 4places listed
01
eolkeun sundubu (spicy soft tofu stew)

Korean

Bukchon Gamasot Sundubu 북촌가마솥순두부 no complaints · recommended

Stew · near Jonggak Stn

About 7 min walk from Jonggak Stn

2 bloggers ate here · 55 posts in this search named it · we read 2

recommended by 2 · complaints 0 · came back 0

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends 1
  • Good for one

Why they liked it

  • Opens at 8 am, serving tofu made fresh every morning, bubbling hot in a stone pot. · 2 bloggers
  • Plenty of mussels, and the fresh kimchi at the self-serve bar is very good. · 1 blogger

short walk 2 · breakfast 2 · fast 1

They ordered eolkeun sundubu (spicy soft tofu stew)

More about Bukchon Gamasot Sundubu (7 posts read) →
Sources (2)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

02
tori paitan ramen (creamy chicken broth ramen)

Noodle houseJapanese

Orenoramen 오레노라멘 인사점 no complaints · recommended

Cocktails and drinks · near Anguk Stn

About 3 min walk from Anguk Stn

1 blogger ate here · 1 posts in this search named it · we read 1

Only one blogger wrote about eating here.

recommended by 1 · complaints 0 · came back 1

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends
  • Good for one

Why they liked it

  • Rich chicken broth ramen, good for a hangover. Extra noodles, broth and rice are free.

expect a line 1 · breakfast 1

They ordered tori paitan ramen (creamy chicken broth ramen)

More about Orenoramen (30 posts read) →
Sources (1)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

03
salt bread (buttery roll with sea salt)

Cafe

SAMUL 사월의물고기 (SAMUL) no complaints · recommended

Bakes and desserts · near Gwanhun-dong

About 4 min walk from Anguk Stn

1 blogger ate here · 1 posts in this search named it · we read 1

Only one blogger wrote about eating here.

recommended by 1 · complaints 0 · came back 1

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends
  • Good for one

Why they liked it

  • Crisp salt butter rolls with a light butter smell, good with coffee.

breakfast 1

They ordered salt bread (buttery roll with sea salt)

More about SAMUL (24 posts read) →
Sources (1)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

04
clear dwaeji gukbap (pork and rice soup, light broth)

Soup and riceKorean

Eomyongbaek Dwaeji Gukbap Jonggak 엄용백 돼지국밥 no complaints · recommended

Soup with rice · near Insa-dong

About 5 min walk from Jonggak Stn

1 blogger ate here · 60 posts in this search named it · we read 1

Only one blogger wrote about eating here.

recommended by 1 · complaints 0 · came back 1

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends 1
  • Good for one 1

Why they liked it

  • Clear pork soup with no off smell and plenty of big pieces of meat.

expect a line 1 · breakfast 1

They ordered clear dwaeji gukbap (pork and rice soup, light broth)

More about Eomyongbaek Dwaeji Gukbap Jonggak (30 posts read) →
Sources (1)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

How we counted

Naver and Daum are Korea’s big web portals. Koreans use them the way much of the world uses Google, and many people post restaurant reviews on blogs there. Those posts are in Korean, so most visitors never see them. We searched there in Korean for “인사동 아침식사” (what you might search in English as “insadong breakfast”) and similar phrases, and had AI read 99 of the posts. We counted only posts where the writer actually ate at the place. One blogger counts once for a place, even with many posts. Sponsored reviews are left out of the order. There is no score.

The dish pictures are drawings made by Gilpost from the posts. They are not photos of the real food.