Yangjae eel grill: lotus root salad dinner with Mom at Jangsuchon

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel near Yangjae Station: a health-food date with Mom

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel (장수촌풍천장어) is an eel specialty shop at 6 Dogok-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It is open daily from 11:00 to 22:00, with a break from 14:30 to 16:30. I went for dinner for a health-food date with my mom. Eel is great for going with your parents, and it looks perfect for company dinners too!? If you're looking for a team dinner or evening spot in Yangjae, give it a try!

The key points of my review of this Yangjae Station dinner spot, Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel:

• The space is roomy, so it's nice for eating and chatting (there's a 2nd floor too)
• Even though it's domestic first-grade eel, it's affordable and good quality (they grill it all for you, ready to eat!)
• The self-serve bar makes it easy to help yourself to side dishes

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel seemed to have separate lunch specials too, like eel and loach soup (jangeo chueotang) and a seasoned eel set meal, so I bet office workers nearby stop by often. After tasting everything from the eel to the side dishes, the rice dishes are bound to be good too!

Is there enough seating at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel for company dinners and gatherings?

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel near Yangjae Station has big tables for 4, 6 and 8 people, so of course it works well for company dinners and group gatherings.

Every table has black raspberry (bokbunja) salt on it. They said it's Gochang black raspberry salt, and maybe that's why it feels even healthier, just a vibe!

What's at the self-serve bar?

The self-serve bar at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel has basics like wrapping greens, salad and scallion kimchi. That's another reason it's good to come with your parents. They set out the basic side dishes first, and if you need more, you can use the self-serve bar. Things that aren't among the basic sides, like angelica leaves (danggwi), are at the self-serve bar, so be sure to stop by.

The 2nd floor and the restroom

The restroom at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel is on the 2nd floor. Since I was heading there anyway, I took a look around upstairs.

The 2nd floor is even bigger than the 1st. It has big tables with a comfortable amount of space between them. If my office were closer, I'd totally have company dinners here all the time... haha

A free pouch of eel juice

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel gives you a pouch of eel juice each. They sell it at 30 pouches for ₩65,000... Anyway, I gratefully downed it as an appetizer. Things that are good for you always taste bitter... haha

How much is the eel at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel?

The eel at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel is ₩59,000 per 1kg, with a separate table setting fee of ₩3,000 per person. The eel is sold sent straight from where it's farmed.

The lotus root salad Mom asked the recipe for

They neatly set out the side dishes. From the lotus root salad (yeongeun muchim) to the regular salad and the seasoned garlic chives (buchu muchim), nothing falls short, everything was delicious, and my mom loved them. She even asked how the lotus root salad is made...

The garlic chive salad is perfect with the eel too. The nutty sesame oil aroma was so good. The salad seems to have ground-up corn kernels in it, and it was sweet and sour, just right as an appetizer.

True to being domestic first grade, the eel was nice and plump. 1kg is easily enough for 2–3 people.

Do they grill the eel for you?

At Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel, a staff member keeps coming around, grills the eel just when it's ready, and snips it into bite-size pieces. Thanks to that, Mom and I chatted away non-stop. You can tell at a glance how plump the eel is!

Best ways to eat the eel: black raspberry salt, garlic chive salad, perilla leaf pickles

The eel at Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel is good dipped in the soy-based sauce, and if you want to maximize the nuttiness, just put a little black raspberry salt on top!

My number one pick is the garlic chive salad! It's much cleaner-tasting, and with this combo I could eat several rounds haha

Mom's favorite was the perilla leaf pickle (kkaennip jangajji) combo! It's the kind of taste that makes you want a whole bowl of rice :)

Free mushrooms and rice cake, plus the spicy eel sauce

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel gave us mushrooms and grilled rice cake (tteok) as a free extra, and the mushrooms were a kicker too. They even grill the mushrooms for you, putting them on right when they say "now." Dipped in sesame oil sauce, they were chewy and full of juice, a totally different kind of delicious from the eel, so good bb

There's also a spicy eel sauce at the self-serve bar, and it's a treat too~ Eaten with the rice cake, it's like a dessert tteokkkochi (rice cake skewer)!

How was Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel as a parents' dinner near Yangjae Station?

Jangsuchon Pungcheon Eel, an eel restaurant near Yangjae Station, was a place Mom liked even more than I did. It's good for taking your parents and works well for company dinners too. It was just one eel, but it was so plump that we both walked out holding our stomachs haha