4 Best Restaurants in Side Trips from Busan, South Korea

This award-winning café not only features terrific coffees and desserts, but also spins classic jazz, soul, and other oldies on vinyl. They roast their own beans, and whip up a mean cream latte that may have you coming back for more. 

While ggulbbang (honey bread) can be found all over town, this is probably Tongyeong's most famous (or at least most conspicuous) purveyor of the sweet treat. The building housing the bakery sits next to the main harbor and is done up in the shape of a giant orange sea pineapple, the marine creature that's also a delicacy in these parts.

Serving many styles of dumplings since 1972, this celebrated local joint sets the standard in town. Their house specialty is meat-filled gun mandu (fried dumplings), oil-crisped so thoroughly that the set of ten arrives at your table fused together.

This buzzing bakery and café may just be the hippest place in town, offering top-notch brewed coffee and espresso drinks, along with an array of baked goods created right on the premises. It gets busy on the weekends, but the wait is worth it.