Tosokchon Samgyetang

Tosokchon has been serving ginseng chicken soup in the Seochon lanes west of Gyeongbokgung since the early 1980s, and it now fills a cluster of connected hanok buildings. The signature samgyetang is a whole young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice, garlic, jujube and ginseng, cooked in a thick, nutty broth made creamy with ground seeds and grains. Each bowl comes with a small glass of ginseng liquor, plus house-made kimchi and radish kimchi. Black-boned chicken and cultured wild ginseng versions cost a little more, and the rotisserie chicken and seafood pancake are popular for sharing. Menus are available in English, Japanese and Chinese, and the rooms are large, so even when there is a line at lunch it tends to move. In June 2026 Jensen Huang came for dinner with seven family members, and a photo from that night now hangs on the wall. The tiled entrance gate and the bubbling stone bowl are the usual photo moments.