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In South Korea, a Craft Soju Boom Preserves the Past

Matty Yangwoo Kim. Matty Yangwoo Kim This piece originally appeared in SAVEUR’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue. See more stories from Issue 204. Walk into any restaurant in South Korea on any night of the week and you’ll see them—rows of electric green bottles…

Gogalbi (Spicy Grilled Mackerel)

Matty Yangwoo Kim. Matty Yangwoo Kim This richly sauced, flame-kissed fish is a highlight of chef Jae-eun Shin’s anju, or drinking food, menu at Dihirang. The restaurant in Seoul’s Gangnam District is known for its exquisite homemade kimchis, seasonal seafood…

Boiled Pork With Aged Kimchi

Matty Yangwoo Kim. Matty Yangwoo Kim At 7.8 Makgeolli, a back-alley bar in Seoul’s hip Euljiro neighborhood, owner Ju-won Lee makes the classic drinking snack suyuk (or “water meat”) with hangjeongsal—a meltingly tender cut of pork jowl—then serves it with the…

Jeju Negroni

Matty Yangwoo Kim. Matty Yangwoo Kim Bar Cham owner Byung-jin Lim reimagines the classic Negroni with soju, infusing Korea’s national spirit with two other local ingredients: aromatic, pleasantly bitter dried mandarin peel and nutty, toasty Solomon’s seal root. You can…

Menge Mule

Matty Yangwoo Kim. Matty Yangwoo Kim An ode to South Korea’s Menge Village, the rural location where the grain-to-glass wheat soju Jinmaek is distilled, this Moscow mule riff swaps out the traditional vodka and ginger beer for soju and ginger…