That's for real. Also, if you've been there, I'm talking about the bakery, not the restaurant. They have really good bread and some interesting sandwiches. The one I usually get is a raw salmon/cream cheese one with onions and tomatoes too. It's pretty-good sized for only 4,000. They also have a huge cold cut sub for 6,000.

Anyway, if you don't already know, the Hoshimchong is in fact NOT in the Hoshimchong hotel, but is in fact in the Nongshim hotel. The Hoshimchong is the huge public bath upstairs that that hotel is famous for. If you get in a taxi in Oncheonjeong, just say you want to go to Hoshimcheong and the driver will know where to take you. If you have time, get a sandwich and hit up the public bath afterward or vice versa. I don't have a lot of time, so lately I've been there just for the sandwiches and it's well worth it.

They have some others I forgot to mention. Just thought I'd add that.

God damnit, that's just too close to Kebabistan to justify going all the way there and eating a sandwich (unless it's a lamb sandwich from Kebabistan).

Anyway, what else do they have?

Actually the Nongshim Hotel, the Hoshimchong (or Hurschimchung) Spa, and the place Blackcloud is talking about, are three different buildings. The spa, or baths, is/are in a plain building northwest of, and adjacent to, the Nongshim Hotel. (There are several good eel restaurants on the street behind the spa and hotel, further west.) The place Blackcloud is talking about is in the building that occupies a whole city block just across the street to the north, and which is connected by a skyway to the hotel. The bakery is on the 1st floor, along with the Hurschimchung Brewery (Oktoberfest!) and a Japanese restaurant. On the 2nd floor are several wedding halls, no doubt operating at full speed in October, the only month of really good weather and thus the prime time for weddings and other social gatherings, with brides lined up like 747's taxiing for takeoff at SFO.

Oscar: is Kebabistan really that good? What do you order there? ("Lamb sandwich"?) It's unclear from their signs outside whether or not they have gyros aka shawarma; but if they have real gyros with lamb, well then I'm there dude.

They have your normal fare including gyros. As well as sit down dishes such as sheesh and adana kebab. I go to PNU about 3 times a year and try and make a point of visiting when I am there.

They don't have "gyros" per se, but they do have really good lamb sandwiches and wraps.

Nomenclature nerd here. Kebapistan serves doner kebabs. This refers to the Turkish preparation of meat (usually beef, lamb or chicken) cooked on a vertical rotisserie. Kebabs may be served as is, in a bun, or in pita bread. To my knowledge, Kebapistan serves the first two, while the wrapped one is done not with pita but with tortilla. Gyros refers to the similar preparation of Greek origin. It's the same in that the meat is cooked on a vertical rotisserie, but different in that the meat is usually pork (so Wikipedia tells me), and served with tzatziki in a thick, Greek pita. There's a place somewhere in Hongdae in Seoul that serves up a pretty decent one.

Though Kebapistan is good, and a nice change from local fare, I wouldn't go so far as to label it 'delicious'. I'll eat it if I'm in PNU but generally not worth a special trip. Certainly not compared to the shawarma I used to get back home. That would be the Lebanese equivalent of a wrapped kebab or gyros (for those that have not had the pleasure of tucking into one late at night after many rounds of beers....yummmmmm).