Mong-Gone

Mongone is an upscale Italian restaurant in a side alley next to Hanyang Town in Apgujeong Rodeo Street, serving vongole and bottarga pasta. The vongole comes in a thick, sweet sauce, and the bottarga pasta is finished creamy with sea urchin mashed in at the end. Dinner reservations run in two seatings, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and from 8 to 10 p.m. The dining room is small.