Probably the most popular ginseng chicken restaurant in Seoul, Tosokchon is best visited in the morning before the lunch crowd descends.

Steeped in milky broth, the chicken is fall-off-the-bone tender; its flesh breaks apart with the gentle prod of chopsticks to reveal a hearth of glutinous rice and ginseng stuffed within. It’s absolutely comforting in the cold of winter, but you’ll find the locals flocking to samgyetang eateries on the hottest summer days, too – ginseng is believed to help expel heat from within the body.

Tosokchon is set in a hanok with several different dining rooms, some of which see customers cross-legged on the floor, hunched over low tables. It doesn’t get homelier than this!