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웨이팅we·i·ting
The queue outside a restaurant, and the app you joined it with. From the English word waiting.
것The deal
From the English word waiting: the queue outside a restaurant, and the app you joined it with. Tabling says you queue from the app before you get to the restaurant; CatchTable runs the other big one. Most places also have a tablet on the pavement. You type your phone number and how many of you there are, then wander off until the message arrives.
하는 법How to
If the tablet is only in Korean, the big button is 대기 등록, register to wait, and two people is 2명. Stay close enough to get back fast. Miss your call and the table goes to the next party.
말Lines
Say this
두 명이요. 웨이팅 등록할게요.
Two people. I would like to join the waiting list.
You will hear
전화번호 입력해 주세요.
Please enter your phone number.
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먹을것 Food and drink · 맛라멘스테디 Steadyra·menJapanese-style ramen as Seoul makes it: tonkotsu, a ticket machine, a counter, a line outside.
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먹을것 Food and drink · 맛칼국수KalguksuNoodle soup made from wheat dough rolled out and cut with a knife, boiled in a chicken, anchovy or clam broth. The name is knife (kal) plus noodles (guksu).오늘 올라옴 up today
장소 Places · 맛명동교자Myeongdong KyojaMyeongdong's kalguksu restaurant since 1966, now by Myeongdong station exit 8, where the noodle soup comes in a thick chicken broth with dumplings dropped in.오늘 올라옴 up today
동네 Neighborhoods · 길연남동Yeonnam-dongThe neighbourhood north of Hongik University station, built along the old railway line that became a park. Low-rise alleys of cafés, small shops and restaurants.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛오레노라멘Oreno RamenA chicken-broth ramen counter in Hapjeong with a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide and a line outside most days. Two bowls on the menu, 13,000 won each.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛하카타분코Hakata BunkoA tonkotsu ramen shop in Sangsu-dong that opened in 2004 and serves until half past two in the morning. The heavy bowl is the 인라멘, 11,000 won.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛성수족발Seongsu JokbalA pig's-trotter restaurant from 1983 that sells one dish, sliced warm at an open kitchen by the door. The queue forms before the evening service.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛소문난성수감자탕Somunnan Seongsu GamjatangA pork-bone stew house on Yeonmujang-gil, forty years in the same spot, open 24 hours. No queue tickets; you wait by the door and the whole party must be there.오늘 올라옴 up today
동네 Neighborhoods · 길홍대HongdaeThe streets around Hongik University in Mapo-gu, west of the river. Busking, clubs, photo booths and shops, with three rail lines meeting under one station.
동네 Neighborhoods · 길성수동Seongsu-dongThe old shoe-factory district east of the river, now the place brands open first and close fast. Seongsu station on line 2 for the shops, Seoul Forest station for the park.먹을것 Food and drink · 맛칼국수KalguksuNoodle soup made from wheat dough rolled out and cut with a knife, boiled in a chicken, anchovy or clam broth. The name is knife (kal) plus noodles (guksu).오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛명동교자Myeongdong KyojaMyeongdong's kalguksu restaurant since 1966, now by Myeongdong station exit 8, where the noodle soup comes in a thick chicken broth with dumplings dropped in.오늘 올라옴 up today동네 Neighborhoods · 길연남동Yeonnam-dongThe neighbourhood north of Hongik University station, built along the old railway line that became a park. Low-rise alleys of cafés, small shops and restaurants.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛오레노라멘Oreno RamenA chicken-broth ramen counter in Hapjeong with a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide and a line outside most days. Two bowls on the menu, 13,000 won each.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛하카타분코Hakata BunkoA tonkotsu ramen shop in Sangsu-dong that opened in 2004 and serves until half past two in the morning. The heavy bowl is the 인라멘, 11,000 won.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛성수족발Seongsu JokbalA pig's-trotter restaurant from 1983 that sells one dish, sliced warm at an open kitchen by the door. The queue forms before the evening service.오늘 올라옴 up today장소 Places · 맛소문난성수감자탕Somunnan Seongsu GamjatangA pork-bone stew house on Yeonmujang-gil, forty years in the same spot, open 24 hours. No queue tickets; you wait by the door and the whole party must be there.오늘 올라옴 up today동네 Neighborhoods · 길홍대HongdaeThe streets around Hongik University in Mapo-gu, west of the river. Busking, clubs, photo booths and shops, with three rail lines meeting under one station.
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