Root exterior

Root

Itaewon & Yongsan-gu


It didn't take Itaewon long to get on the food-bowl trend. Step up Root, serving zesty salad and poke bowls with a Korean twist from its sunny 2nd-floor dining room, along with things on toast, soups and 'salad sushi' – veggies, avo and rice rolled and served in gimbap (Korean sesame-oil flavoured rice wrapped in seaweed) form.


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