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Sinsikdang

Coordinates: 35°19′18″N 126°58′53″E / 35.3216°N 126.9815°E / 35.3216; 126.9815
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Sinsikdang
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Restaurant information
Established1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Food typeKorean cuisine, tteok-galbi
Street address95 Jungang-ro, Damyang-eup, Damyang County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Coordinates35°19′18″N 126°58′53″E / 35.3216°N 126.9815°E / 35.3216; 126.9815

Sinsikdang (Korean신식당) is a historic Korean restaurant in Damyang County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The restaurant is among the oldest active restaurants in South Korea, having been founded in 1932.[1] The restaurant is the oldest active tteok-galbi restaurant;[1] some suggest that the restaurant coined that term for the dish around the early 1970s,[2][3] although one writer for the Blue Ribbon Survey expressed doubt about that theory.[1] The restaurant is now operated by the fourth generation of the same family.[3]

The progenitor of the restaurant is Nam Gwang-ju (남광주), who began creating tteok-galbi in 1909. She married her husband at age 16, and almost immediately after became reputed in the area for her cooking. By age 19, she was asked to prepare food for a local village festival. In 1932, she started a restaurant at the suggestion of others.[1][3] Nam's daughter-in-law Shin Geum-rye (신금례) inherited the restaurant afterwards, and renamed it Sinsikdang, after her own surname.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "리얼 떡갈비 맛집 in 남도 - 류크와 함께하는 남쪽나라 1박 2일 ③". Blue Ribbon Survey (in Korean). 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ^ "[백년명가②] 떡갈비, 조선시대에는 ‘효갈비’ 라고 불렀다". Ilgan Sports (in Korean). 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  3. ^ a b c 한, 관우; 김, 경미 (2022-10-01). "4대째 113년 역사와 전통 잇는 떡갈비 본가 '담양 신식당'". 홍주일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-08-16.
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