Hefei may not be the most metropolitan city in China, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy great international cuisine, especially when it comes to Korean and Japanese restaurants. Not only can you find many real, live Koreans and Japanese people eating at these restaurants, you can also score major discounts by searching for group buying deals beforehand, so authenticity doesn't have to come with a high price tag. Whether you're hankering for barbeque or sushi, you're eventually going to want to try all four of these popular Korean and Japanese restaurants in Hefei.

1) Pankoo Busan RestaurantView In Map
Pankoo is a very popular Korean chain featuring cuisine—most notably barbeque—from Busan, South Korea. If you love meat, definitely get the streaky pork, fatty beef slices, veal, and/or beef bibimbap. Vegetarians and omnivores alike will also appreciate the pumpkin congee, shitake mushrooms, fried rice cakes (topokki), and/or soybean paste soup. For seafood, try the tuna bibimbap, clam and tofu soup and/or seafood pancakes. More adventurous eaters should spring for the ox tongue. Wash it all down with some barley tea to cut the grease.

Add: Pankoo Busan Restaurant, 603 6F Yintai Center, 98 Changjiang Zhong Lu, Luyang District, Hefei
地址：合肥市庐阳区长江中路98号银泰中心6楼603铺, PANKOO釜山料理
Tel: 551 2661 779
Opening hours: 11:00-20:00
Getting there: take bus No. 3 or express No. 5 to Xiaodongmen (小东门站)

2) HanNaShan Barbeque (Wanda Plaza location)View In Map
HanNaShan is another popular chain with all the amenities of a proper Korean barbeque joint, this one with two locations in Hefei, one at Hualian Shopping Center and the other in Wanda Plaza. The fatty beef is higher quality here than most places, as are the chicken drumsticks, and squid. We also recommend the corn salad.

Add: HanNaShan Barbeque, 3F Wanda Plaza indoor shopping street, 130 Ma'anshan Lu, Baohe District, Hefei
地址：合肥市包河区马鞍山路130号万达广场室内步行街3楼, 汉拿山韩式烧烤
Tel: 0551 2891 368
Opening hours: 9:30-21:30
Getting there: take bus No. 145, 226, 235, 902 to Wuhu Lu (芜湖路站)

3) Saikyo (Jingxi) Japanese RestaurantView In Map
Saikyo (called Jingxi in Chinese) can get extremely crowded on weekends and evenings, but for good reason: the service here is impeccable. We recommend the barbeque items, including fried chicken pieces, ginger barbeque pork, as well as garlic barbeque pork. When it comes to sushi, you can't go wrong with eel or a nice thick pad of salmon.

Add: Saikyo Japanese Restaurant, 100 Lujiang Lu (at the intersection with Renmin Lu), Luyang District, Hefei
地址：合肥市庐阳区庐江路100号(人民路口), 西京日本料理
Tel: 551 2679 739
Opening hours: 11:00-14:00, 17:30-22:30
Getting there: take bus No. 1, 122, 126, 133, 162, 166, 701, 901 to Huilongqiao (迴龙桥站)

4) Genroku (Yuanlu) Revolving Sushi RestaurantView In Map
Genroku (Yuanlu in Chinese) has been an established sushi chain in China for quite a long time, and it's a solid option for when crave sushi. Items on the revolving sushi bar are color-coded by price, each one either 3, 6, 9, or 12 RMB per plate. Besides sushi, be sure to also try the squid, eel hand rolls, and steamed egg. Hit the salad and fruit bar for a healthy palate cleanser in between rounds of sushi.

Add: Genroku Revolving Sushi Restaurant, 99 Huaihe Lu pedestrian street, Luyang District, Hefei
地址：合肥市庐阳区淮河路步行街99号, 元禄回转寿司
Tel: 0551 2651 011
Operating hours: 10:00-22:00
Getting there: take bus No. 2, 15, 48, 106, 136, 137, 143, 155 to Xiaoyaojin (逍遥津站)

Dish name in English	Pinyin	Chinese
Streaky Pork	Wuhua Rou	五花肉
Fatty Beef Slices	Fei Niu	肥牛
Bibimbap	Shiguo Banfan	石锅拌饭
Pumpkin Congee	Nangua Zhou	南瓜粥
Shitake Mushrooms	Xianggu	香菇
Fried Rice Cakes (Topokki)	Chao Niangao	炒年糕
Clam and Tofu Soup	Hama Doufu Tang	蛤蟆豆腐汤
Seafood Pancakes	Haixian Bing	海鲜饼
Ox Tongue	Niu She	牛舌
Barley Tea	Damai Cha	大麦茶
Chicken Drumsticks	Ji Tui	鸡腿
Squid	Youyu	鱿鱼
Corn Salad	Yumi Shala	玉米沙拉
Fried Chicken Pieces	Zhaji Kuai	炸鸡块
Ginger Barbeque Pork	Jiangzhi Zhurou Shao	姜汁猪肉烧
Garlic Barbeque Pork	Suanjian Chashao	蒜煎叉烧
Eel	Manyu	鳗鱼
Salmon	Sanwenyu	三文鱼
Chicken Gizzard	Kaoji Zhun	烤鸡肫
Hand Roll	Shoujuan	手卷
Steamed Egg	Zhengdan	蒸蛋

 

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