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Koreans share the Japanese love of raw tuna, and who better to prepare a feast of this than a former tuna boat captain? Mr Cheong, the ex-skipper, stands in the middle of his no-frills restaurant and, after paying him a mere £10 per head, will ply you with all the raw tuna and swordfish you can eat, fresh from the filleting knife. It’s served with spicy Korean chilli and sesame oil sauces, and the price includes grilled fish and soup.
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A range of traditional and delicate sushi and sashimi dishes and set menus are served in an appropriate atmosphere at Hana. The juicy, briny sea urchin and the heavy, oily monkfish (like eating a slab of sumo wrestler) are recommended. It sits in Seoul’s Japanese expatriate district, Dongbu Ichon-dong, and attracts a lot of Japanese custom.
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An izakaya is a Japanese sake pub that serves side dishes. Jjeukkusi is a gourmet izakaya, basically a sake gastro-pub. This small, convivial place serves a range of hard-to-find delights, from raw strips of horse meat to tofu with fish skins and Japanese-style Chinese seafood stew. The full menu is only available in the evenings.
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