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Balwoo Gongyang

Balwoo Gongyang

발우공양

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About

Michelin-starred temple food. Vegan Korean cuisine elevated to art.

Balwoo Gongyang is temple cuisine at its Michelin-starred summit: Buddhist cooking — fully vegan, excluding the five pungent spices (garlic and scallion included) per monastic practice — elevated through fermentation depth and seasonal precision into courses that redefine what plant-based Korean means. The name invokes the monks' formal alms-bowl meal, and the kitchen honors it: umami built from jang and time rather than animal stock, plating at fine-dining register, private rooms serving the formal-dinner constituency. Booking runs 1-3 days ahead by course level, lunch slots (11:30 and 1:30 seatings) easier than dinner; Mondays dark. Anguk orbit, overlooking Jogyesa's precincts. For the meal that explains Korean Buddhism through the tongue: the bowl, offered starred.

Menu

  • Won Meal원식₩45,000
  • Maum Meal마음식₩65,000
  • Hee Meal희식₩95,000
  • Beop Meal법식₩150,000
  • Cold Noodles
  • Seon Meal선식₩30,000
  • Soybean Paste Stew
  • Korean Dumplings
  • Lotus Leaf Rice연잎밥
  • Shiitake Mushroom Cold Noodles표고버섯냉면
  • Grilled Tofu두부구이
  • Temple Dumplings사찰만두
  • Soybean Paste Stew된장찌개

Local tips

  • Michelin 1-star temple cuisine — book 1-3 days ahead depending on course level.
  • All dishes exclude garlic, scallion, and other 'five pungent spices' per Buddhist practice.
  • Fully vegan; fermentation and seasonal ingredients create deep umami without animal products.
  • Private rooms available; ideal for formal business dinners or family gatherings.
  • Lunch slots (11:30-13:20, 13:30-15:00) easier to book than dinner (18:00-21:30).

Details

Nearest station
안국역

Opening hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
11:30–15:00
Tuesday
11:30–15:00
Wednesday
11:30–15:00
Thursday
11:30–15:00
Friday
11:30–15:00
Saturday
11:30–15:00

Lunch Part 1: 11:30-13:20, Lunch Part 2: 13:30-15:00, Dinner: 18:00-21:30 (Last order 20:00), Closed Mondays

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