In this article, we will learn about famous highway rest area restaurants and representative food meals (rest area EX-FOOD) at each rest area.
I think our country is a country with very developed transportation.
I haven’t been to many foreign countries, but it seems that there are many countries where transportation is much more difficult than ours.
It seems that our country’s transportation facilities are continuously developing.
In particular, road construction is ongoing, making it possible to get to wherever you want quickly.
Our country is not a very large land area.
Still, roads are well built throughout Korea.
Among them, the highways seem to be in really good condition.
The only time you can feel that our country’s highways are well-maintained is when you go on a trip.
When you look for ways to travel by car, you realize that highways are connected everywhere in our country.
Of course, there are some areas on the southernmost island that do not yet have highways, but there are well-established national highways and there are not many vehicles, so it is possible to travel as fast as the highway.
So, when you travel in our country, you can feel that you can really go anywhere faster than you think.
I think the biggest factor that allows us to go that fast is the highway.
Our country seems to have a lot of highways compared to its small size.
It seems to fit the characteristics of Korean people who like to do things very quickly.
In the past, when I was young, the roads that came to mind when I thought of highways were the Gyeongbu Expressway, Gyeongin Expressway, Honam Expressway, Yeongdong Expressway, and Jungbu Expressway.
ah! Highway 88 also comes to mind.
Compared to that, the current highways are really well built.
There are many highways with unfamiliar names.
It seems like the highways are being built as densely as a spider’s web.
The highway is a very comfortable road for drivers.
Driving is easy.
And although the speed is fast, it feels safer than country roads or city roads.
However, one traffic jam sometimes causes problems.
As long as there is no traffic congestion, the highway is a very convenient route.
Once you enter these highways, you cannot exit until you exit the destination IC.
Of course, you can go out if you want, but it would be foolish to leave without even arriving at your destination.
Since you cannot leave the highway, you must take breaks while driving on the highway.
That’s a highway rest stop.
Highway rest areas always give me an exciting feeling.
Although there is not a variety of food, there are delicious foods, snacks, and appetizers.
Most of the food sold at highway rest areas is similar, but sometimes the rest area may have its own menu.
So, as I was curious about the delicious food sold at each of these rest areas, I looked at the Korea Expressway Corporation website and found similar information, which I would like to share in this article.
To be more precise, I would like to provide information about famous highway rest area restaurants and representative food meals at each rest area (rest area EX-FOOD).
The source of the information in this article is the rest area and gas station menu on the Korea Expressway Corporation website. (Go here)
Based on the information obtained from the above website, we will inform you about the famous highway rest area restaurants and representative food meals (rest area EX-FOOD) at each rest area one by one.
Expressway Rest Area Restaurants Representative Foods at Each Rest Area Meal Rest Area EX-FOOD1
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<What is EX-FOOD, a highway rest area restaurant?>
-In order to improve the quality of rest area food, after evaluation by citizens and food experts, EX-FOOD was selected as the representative food of rest areas with reasonable price and high quality.
-External evaluators such as rest area customers, culinary arts professors, and food industry experts participate in a variety of ways, such as meal service and competitions, for the representative foods of rest areas to closely evaluate not only the taste of the food, but also the use of local specialties and customer reactions. After going through the process, the final 24 EX-FOOD were selected.
<Ex-FOOD, a representative food restaurant at Guri Rest Area on the 1st Ring Expressway in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (Ilsan direction)>
-Menu name: Chodang seafood soft tofu
-Price: 8,000 won
-Food introduction: A menu with excellent umami flavor made with mineral-rich Gangneung Chodang tofu and various seafood
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Gyeongbu Expressway Jukjeon Rest Area (Seoul direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Beef bone pollack hangover soup set meal
-Price: 9,000 won
-Food introduction: A light and refreshing menu made by boiling pollack meat soaked in water, bone broth, bean sprouts, tofu, etc.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Jungbu Expressway Icheon Rest Area (Hanam direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Dolsot Bibimbap
-Price: 9,000 won
-Food introduction: A menu that can suit the tastes of all age groups and features scorched rice made with slightly burned rice.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Donghae Expressway Okgye Rest Area (Sokchok direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Sea Fragrance Water Makguksu
-Price: 8,000 won
-Food introduction: Gangwon-do’s traditional food that can be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of gender or age, using the combination of refreshing broth and buckwheat noodles, light noodles, and homemade special sauce
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Seoul Yangyang Expressway Hongcheon Rest Area (Yangyang direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Hongcheon grilled chicken ribs
-Price: 12,000 won
-Food introduction: A hearty meal that is comparable to commercial Korean traditional menus
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Yeongdong Expressway Pyeongchang Rest Area (Gangneung direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Pyeongchang Korean Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap
-Price: 9,900 won
-Food introduction: Bibimbap set meal using clean Daegwallyeong Korean beef and fresh vegetables such as buckwheat sprouts, shiitake mushrooms, and ferns
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Jungbu Inland Expressway Chungju Rest Area (Changwon direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Chungju Apple Homemade Pork Cutlet
-Price: 11,000 won
-Food introduction: Pork cutlet made with fried domestic refrigerated pork loin aged with Chungju apples and served with sweet and sour special apple sauce
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Pyeongtaek Jecheon Expressway Geumwang Rest Area (Jecheon direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Geumwang Ginseng Pot Bibimbap
-Price: 9,800 won
-Food introduction: Local specialty menu developed to allow people to taste and enjoy the taste of ginseng and minced beef, which are local agricultural products in Geumwang.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Jungbu Expressway Eumseong Rest Area (Nami direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Ugeoji Byeolnan Gukbap
-Price: 8,000 won
-Food introduction: A spicy soup dish made by boiling beef bones and brisket in a rich soup and adding beef legumes and brisket to the soup.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Gyeongbu Expressway Manghyang Rest Area (Busan direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Korean beef soup
-Price: 11,000 won
-Food introduction: A menu that uses “Neungsu Korean beef,” a type of Korean beef from the Cheonan region, as the main ingredient, allowing you to fully enjoy the chewy yet soft texture.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Gyeongbu Expressway Cheonan Walnut Rest Area (Busan direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Aunae Byeongcheon Sundae Gukbap Set Meal
-Price: 11,000 won
-Food introduction: A representative menu featuring domestically produced Byeongcheon sundae, a specialty of the Byeongcheon area, and pork parts meat cooked in pork bone broth and served in abundance.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Gyeongbu Expressway Jugam Rest Area (Busan direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Jukam Handmade Mukbap
-Price: 8,500 won
-Food introduction: Low-calorie diet food containing various nutrients such as aconic acid and potassium
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway Geumsan Ginseng Land Rest Area (Daejeon direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Ginseng Galbitang
-Price: 9,800 won
-Food introduction: A health food made by boiling ribs for more than 2 hours and adding ginseng, a specialty product of Geumsan-gun, to the broth.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Honam Expressway Iseo Rest Area (Cheonan direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOOD>
-Menu name: Jeonbuk Premium Zucchini Soup and Rice
-Price: 8,500 won
-Food introduction: Namdo-style pork soup with a generous amount of healthy zucchini from Jeollabuk-do, and adding umami by adding domestic pork and shiitake mushrooms.
-Food photography
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Source: Korea Expressway Corporation website
<Honam Expressway Yeosan Rest Area (Cheonan direction) representative food restaurant EX-FOO