Haejangguk & Gukbap: Korean Soup Restaurants in Angeles City

Around Angeles City's Koreatown on Fil-Am Friendship Highway there are several Korean-run soup restaurants. Each one makes its broth differently, so it is easiest to pick by what you feel like eating that day.

For haejangguk, the classic Korean hangover soup with blood sausage and offal, there are Yangpyeong Haejangguk and Jeju Joon Haejangguk. Yangpyeong also serves beef head soup, offal soup and grilled beef intestines, so people go there for drinks as well as meals. Jeju Joon is known for a clear, clean Jeju-style broth and has options without blood. For sundae-guk (Korean sausage soup) there is Miss Jin Sundae, for pork gukbap there is Ilmi Gukbab, and for a clear beef broth there is Naju Gomtang.

Yangpyeong Haejangguk and Ilmi Gukbab are open 24 hours, which helps late at night or after a round of golf. Naju Gomtang is closed on Sundays, and many reviews say Miss Jin gets busy at lunch and dinner. Hours and prices can change, so check each restaurant's page before you go.