This restaurant serves Damyang's signature dish: daetongbap (대통밥) – rice and nuts cooked inside a bamboo stem – plus bamboo-shoot doenjang (fermented soybean paste) and a dozen side dishes, alongside free bamboo-leaf tea. The side rooms have glorious views over rice fields.
Bakmulgwan Apjip
Jeollanam-do
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