“Former hotel chef opens eccentric, menu-less restaurant in Seoul's poorest neighborhood, cooking with seasonal ingredients.”
Special Restaurant
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Former hotel chef opens eccentric, menu-less restaurant in Seoul's poorest neighborhood, cooking with seasonal ingredients.
Han Byeol, who was on a winning streak as the youngest team leader at a five-star hotel, resigns and opens a small restaurant. That small restaurant is located in Bubu-dong, the poorest neighborhood in Seoul, where there is no commercial district. Also, the menu he made is eccentric. Because there is no menu. but the chef cooks with seasonal ingredients, that's what makes it a special one! (Source: Naver, translated)
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 123 ch ch × vol
- Total read 16h 24m approx
- Published Feb 2023 – Jul 2025
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M84688 catalog