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Koreans eat "chikin" with beer (chimaek), usually ordered as half fried, half sauced (ban-ban). Delivery to Han River parks is a summer ritual.
Korea's classic electric-rotisserie chicken (jeongi-gui tongdak) since 1960, plus samgyetang. Listed 10:30–22:30, closed on major holidays.
Order chicken via an app or from flyers handed out at the park entrance, set a pickup point, and eat by the river at sunset.
The national chains are everywhere and reliable — Kyochon for soy-garlic, BBQ for golden-fried, bhc for seasoned powder styles. Most have English menus or picture menus.
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