Robert Koehler
Gonghwachun, Incheon Chinatown
From the Icheon Chinatown restaurant:
Opened in 1905, Gonghwa-chun was the first Chinese restaurant in Korea. It launched jajangmyeon, which became an all-time favorite dish of the Korean people for the next hundred years. A sacred site for Korea's jajangmyeon lovers, the Gonghwa-chun building is also a noteworthy monument architecturally. It is the oldest existing Chinese restaurant building, and a beautiful example of Chinese structural style.
This high-profile gastronomic venue, which once attracted endless crowds of Chinese merchants and Korean gourmets from all over the country, and now long since closed, stands amid the relics of its past prestige, bearing witness to the tumultuous history of Chinese immigrants in Korea.
Gonghwachun, Incheon Chinatown
From the Icheon Chinatown restaurant:
Opened in 1905, Gonghwa-chun was the first Chinese restaurant in Korea. It launched jajangmyeon, which became an all-time favorite dish of the Korean people for the next hundred years. A sacred site for Korea's jajangmyeon lovers, the Gonghwa-chun building is also a noteworthy monument architecturally. It is the oldest existing Chinese restaurant building, and a beautiful example of Chinese structural style.
This high-profile gastronomic venue, which once attracted endless crowds of Chinese merchants and Korean gourmets from all over the country, and now long since closed, stands amid the relics of its past prestige, bearing witness to the tumultuous history of Chinese immigrants in Korea.