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Taste Jeonbuk<br />
A Chef's Journey In Jeonju<br />
Words by Daniel Kilduff<br />
If you ever find yourself in Jeonju and you are<br />
craving some international cuisine, something<br />
with a little bit of spice and a little bit of zest,<br />
then do yourself a favour and make your way over<br />
to Charles Crown Pub & Restaurant on Wedding<br />
Street for some of Jeonju's finest Mexican food.<br />
Like most foreign cuisines, Mexican food is a<br />
fairly recent phenomenon in Jeonju, yet there are<br />
currently at least four or five restaurants in the city.<br />
The first place to open its doors was a little shop<br />
in Nambu market called Casa del Taco. At the time,<br />
this one man operation was a godsend for those<br />
craving a decent burrito. Despite the small venue,<br />
and somewhat out of the way location,<br />
the tiny shop was a huge hit amongst<br />
locals and tourists alike, due largely to<br />
the dedication of its owner, Charles.<br />
Charles first fell in love with Mexican<br />
cuisine while working as a chef at the<br />
Hyatt Hotel in Texas almost 10 years<br />
ago. Having previously spent 5 years<br />
cooking Italian food in Korea, he found Mexican food<br />
to be an exciting new culinary experience with an<br />
abundance of new ingredients and flavours. After 18<br />
months of working at the Hyatt, Charles returned to<br />
Korea, got married, and decided to settle down in his<br />
wife's hometown of Jeonju. He quickly recognized<br />
the lack of Mexican food in the city and opened<br />
Casa del Taco in 2012. It didn't take long for the<br />
word to spread, and he soon developed a solid base<br />
of regulars. As time went by however, he noticed<br />
his clientele consisting of more and more tourists,<br />
which was affecting his local customers who would<br />
often decide to forego the long lines. This led to his<br />
decision to relocate in 2018 to a larger space under<br />
a new name, Charles Crown.<br />
Charles Crown Pub & Restaurant is much bigger<br />
than its predecessor with a cool, inviting vibe. The<br />
new location is ideal as it caters to mainly locals<br />
and is part of a friendly community of small local<br />
business owners. The space is able to accommodate
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