What’s for lunch in Sangmu?

Are you looking for awesome restaurants for lunch in Gwangju? In the late morning when you wake up with your growling stomach and tired body, cooking is annoying. In the Sangmu area, there are many places you can please your taste buds during lunch hour with special prices; these restaurants are becoming increasingly popular among Gwangju citizens.

1. Ahn Ahp Ji (안압지) – Duck meat restaurant

In this restaurant, smoked duck meat and two kinds of pork belly are  served as part of the lunch special with some salad, a plate of okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake) and Korean side dishes. They also offer five options to have after the meal: bibimbab, hot-pot rice, scorched rice stew and two kinds of Naengmyun (cold noodles), with spicy sauce or beef broth. What is more surprising is that you can enjoy this special lunch from 11:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m, regardless of day of the week or if it is a holiday, at the price of 8,800 won per person. Moreover, they refill all the side dishes on your table whenever you want and you can get peach iced tea anytime for free.

 2. Oeshik Myeongga 외식명가 – Korean bulgogi restaurant

This restaurant, located on the street of Sangmu’s Starbox Sauna, next to the SK gas station, serves you an amazing amount of bulgogi in a big boiling pot with mushrooms and some vegetables. You can get salad whenever you want more. The price is 7,000 won per person (single person order unavailable).

3. California Roll – Sushi

If you are a movie person, here is the ideal restaurant for you. Be it on weekends or weekdays, with your movie ticket from Sangmu Columbus cinema of the same day, you can be served a plate of fabulous pork cutlet for free in this restaurant. The prices on the menu are around 6,000 – 13,000 won. It’s located opposite Columbus Cinema, on the street of Park Seung Chul’s hair studio. Various lunch set menus are available, the food is fresh, and the kitchen is open to see.

Visiting new restaurants is always pleasing, and there are a lot more fabulous places you can eat in at nice prices, especially during lunch hour in Gwangju. Now, are you ready for your happy lunch? Bon Appetit!