Eating Alone in Korea (Honbap): Is It Weird? A Foreigner's Honest Guide
Worried that eating alone in Korea will get you strange looks? Here’s the honest answer: not anymore. Honbap (혼밥) — from honja (혼자, “alone”) and bap (밥, “a meal”) — has gone from mild social taboo to one of the most ordinary things you can do in Seoul. And there’s a whole cultural story behind that shift, plus one dish that fits solo dining better than any other. The short version Eating alone in…















