Myeongdong jokbal restaurant to bring your parents to: Miss Jokbal

Where is Miss Jokbal Seoul Myeongdong Branch, and what are the hours?

Miss Jokbal Seoul Myeongdong Branch is a jokbal restaurant at 21 Myeongdong 3-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, open daily from 11:00 to 03:00 the next day, with last order at 02:00. Did you know there's a jokbal spot everyone raves about near Myeongdong Station?? I'm usually over in Gangnam so I rarely make it out here, but I finally had a reason to visit!

• About 7–10 minutes' walk from Lotte Department Store (Shinsegae Department Store)
• About 4–8 minutes' walk from Myeongdong Cathedral (Myeongdong Station)
• About 3 minutes' walk from Euljiro 1(il)-ga Station Exits 5 and 6
• About 8–10 minutes' walk from Euljiro 3-ga Station
• A great spot for lunch or dinner if you're already out and about in Euljiro
• If you're driving, just search 'Miss Jokbal Seoul Myeongdong Branch' on Naver Maps

It's close to both Myeongdong Station and Euljiro 1-ga Station, so accessibility is very very good~~~

Wow, the lunch menu prices are so reasonable and the spread is honestly insane.. Myeongdong office workers are so lucky..

Emperor Jokbal at 58,000 won: what comes with it and how to eat it

We ordered the famous Emperor Jokbal!!! (58,000 won) The reviews were so impressive that I was super excited!!

First, how to enjoy Miss Jokbal the right way~~

• Cool your mouth down first with kimchi kalguksu (kimchi noodle soup)
• Try the jokbal plain first, no sauce, to taste it as it is
• Dip it in ssamjang (soybean paste), salted shrimp, or mala sauce
• Pair it with salad or makguksu (buckwheat noodles) to cut the richness

That's what they say~~!~!~!~!

Kimchi kalguksu, the first dish to arrive

The kimchi kalguksu arrived first!

They gave a pretty generous amount of noodles too~~ Apparently kalguksu comes with every menu.. so you get to enjoy it with the broth, which sounded so good and spicy hahaha

And here are the salted shrimp, ssamjang, and mala sauce!!!

Eating Emperor Jokbal with my parents: springy collagen, tender meat

The Emperor Jokbal finally arrived, and I went with my parents — everyone was amazed by how it looked haha

And the portion was honestly huge.. The collagen part was so chewy and the meat part so tender, my dad said it was nothing like the jokbal he bought and brought home last time haha

Kimchi refills and the side dishes at Miss Jokbal

They refill the kimchi, pickled radish, muk (jelly) and more — you can ask for extra.

Dubu kimchi (tofu with stir-fried kimchi), salad, lettuce, napa cabbage, perilla leaves, japchae (glass noodle stir-fry).. you could fill up on the side dishes alone..

Oh, there was even gimbap (seaweed rice roll) haha. With all these different traditional Korean dishes, it seems like a great spot for foreign visitors to try a bit of everything. No wonder there were so many foreign tourists there..!!!

For the first bite, wrap it in lettuce with radish.

When it starts to feel a bit rich, the kimchi kalguksu clears it right out. The noodles are so chewy too, so good!!!

Write a Naver review, get a jumeokbap rice ball coupon

And everyone!! If you write a Naver review, they give you a rice ball (jumeokbap) coupon too!!! It's a decent portion and nutty, so definitely order it😆😆

We were too lazy to make it into rice balls ourselves though..haha The pickled radish went great with it too, so tasty!!

We had a bite with napa cabbage too~~ My parents were so satisfied in the end, which made me really proud.. You know a restaurant is truly good when your parents say so, right???

Finished to the bones: a Myeongdong jokbal restaurant open until 3am

We cleared everything but the bones~~~ Collagen intake: complete.. The place was already full when we walked in, and people kept coming in the whole time!!! Since they're open until 3am, it's a great option even for a late visit.. Officially a Myeongdong jokbal favorite.. want to go back!!!💗💗💗