Giheung kalguksu restaurant with a baby-food microwave: Jangwongap

Lotte Outlet Yongin Giheung restaurant, Yongin Giheung kalguksu restaurant, Yongin Gomae-dong restaurant.

A Yongin Giheung kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) spot I loved so much last time that I brought my husband this time. He wasn't really into kalguksu before, but he fell for Jangwongap Kalguksu's special flavor and walked out saying, "Wow, this is genuinely delicious!" A Yongin Gomae-dong restaurant that made me think, so kalguksu can taste this good?

Where is Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch? Hours and parking

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch is at 90 Gomae-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, open daily from 10:30 to 21:00. Break time runs from 15:00 to 17:00.

There's plenty of parking right in front of the building, so it's an easy Yongin Gomae-dong restaurant to get to! Maybe that's why it's popular for family outings on weekends and as a meeting spot for weekday lunches too.

Why Jangwongap works with a baby: high chairs and a microwave

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch has plenty of baby chairs and a microwave, so it's a great restaurant to dine at with a baby. There can be a wait, so I'd recommend going a little early — haha, we went with our baby.

There's a break time and a last order time, so it's good to check before you go~

How does the wait work? Catch Table waitlist at Jangwongap

If there's a wait, they take the list through Catch Table — you go in and enter your contact info. We visited when there was no wait, but by the time we were eating, the place was already full. Last time it was full for weekday lunch too, and on weekend evenings it fills up fast.

The staff were all quick and kind, which I loved about Jangwongap Kalguksu. As a proper Giheung-gu kalguksu restaurant, everything was well set up, making the meal comfortable.

What we ordered: chadol minari-wrap shabu kalguksu for two, live abalone and whole-shrimp seafood pancake

The menu board and table-order tablet! You can order comfortably right at your seat, and we ordered two of the signature chadol minari-wrap shabu kalguksu, two live abalone add-ons, and a whole shrimp seafood pancake! One menu per person is required~ Perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice and baby rice come free haha.

Warming baby food at the self-serve bar and packing leftover pancake yourself

Jangwongap Kalguksu's self-serve bar is set up hygienically, and there's a microwave at the bottom that made warming baby food easy. Honestly, asking a restaurant to warm baby food can feel a bit awkward sometimes, but here you just warm it yourself at the self-serve bar!!

The whole shrimp seafood pancake portion is really generous, so there's even a self-packing corner for taking home leftovers. The consideration for customers really stood out at this Giheung-gu kalguksu restaurant.

How to eat chadol minari-wrap shabu kalguksu the right way

With chadol minari-wrap shabu kalguksu, everything comes out at once when it's ready, and there's a proper way to enjoy it — staff kindly explain it to first-time visitors. If you want to taste Jangwongap Kalguksu's special flavor, follow the eating method they suggest!

The sesame oil here is genuinely high quality, which makes everything taste even better — extra sesame oil is a paid add-on!!! The chadol (beef brisket) quality was quite good too, and eating raw minari (water dropwort) as a wrap was memorable.

The Uiseong garlic kimchi and raw kalguksu noodles come on a separate tray — they said the noodles stretch like cheese, which made me even more excited! Jangwongap Kalguksu is sometimes called the omakase of kalguksu for how many textures it offers.

Choosing your broth and adding live abalone at Jangwongap

For the shabu broth loaded with mushrooms and minari, I chose the spicy version. There was also a clear broth and a mala broth — choosing mala adds ₩1,000~

We ordered live abalone as an extra and dropped it in once the broth was boiling! It takes a little while for the broth to come to a boil, so wait, then cook the chadol and abalone in it haha.

Is the whole-shrimp seafood pancake too big for two?

Next came the whole shrimp seafood pancake. This one was also packed with seafood, and my husband was amazed. If two people order two servings of chadol minari shabu kalguksu plus this pancake, you will genuinely be stuffed!!

The whole shrimp seafood pancake had great texture thanks to all the shrimp and squid packed in. It was on the larger side too, fried up nice and crispy — we enjoyed it so much.

Chadol beef, minari, salted hairtail guts and sesame oil dip

To eat chadol minari shabu kalguksu the best way: wrap the chadol brisket with minari, top it with salted hairtail guts (galchi-sokjeot), and dip it in the mill-pressed sesame oil sauce! It's seriously such a delicacy. It makes you go, where's this sesame oil from? My husband kept repeating, wow, I didn't know it could taste this good.

Three noodle textures depending on how long you cook the kalguksu

Once you've enjoyed the shabu, drop in the kalguksu noodles!! Depending on how long you cook them, you can enjoy them almost like an omakase course — chewy at first, then springy, then soft at the end. The noodle dough stretching like cheese was so fascinating.

The kalguksu noodles are also a delicacy dipped in the mill-pressed sesame oil... You might think, kalguksu in sesame oil? But because the sesame oil is so good, it's genuinely different...

Finishing with the free perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice

The staff kindly explain the best way to eat when they serve, and it's also written on the tag, so just follow along!! We finished all the noodles and then added the fried rice. Last time I was too full to try the perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice, so this time I packed the pancake to go, determined to finally have it haha.

The perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice was really nutty and savory — so delicious. I scraped the pan clean to the very end. It was even better paired with the signature Uiseong garlic kimchi. A Giheung-gu kalguksu restaurant that satisfied from the first bite to the very last.

Dessert corner: misugaru (roasted grain powder) slushie and baby rice puffs

The dessert corner had misugaru (roasted grain powder) slushies and snacks too, which was nice. And if you forgot to bring baby rice puffs... they'll give your baby rice ppeongtwigi here and mine ate it right up haha. Genuinely great to visit with a baby, this Lotte Outlet Yongin Giheung restaurant. We're already planning to go again and again!