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Whether it is Korean food or something international there are many variation of cuisines to choose from. Korean restaurants are cheap and the food is delicious. You will have to get used taking your shoes of at the door and sitting on the floor.

American chains like Outback and TGIs are in most districts in the larger cities. There is also no escaping McDonalds, KFCs, Burger Kings and Pizza Huts. European style delis are springing up around Seoul. In Seoul and Busan and other larger cities there is a great selection of restaurants serving foods from around the world.

Itaewon is Seoul's version of London's Soho and is the only cosmopolitan area in the whole of Korea. It is where Seoul's expatriate community converge on the weekends.  Over the past few years Itaewon has been cleaned up and there are some great authentic foreign food restaurants.