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Between Orders

I write about meals and restaurant visits in Gangwon. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars

PlaceJungnang, SeoulRestaurants

Dog-friendly Sangbong jjukkumi spot with outdoor tables: Joajukne

Joajukne Jjukkumi (조아죽네쭈꾸미) is a jjukkumi (baby octopus) restaurant in the food alley near Sangbong Station in Jungnang, Seoul, with dog-friendly outdoor tables. On a fine weekend evening the writer sat outside with her dog Cream and ordered a two-serving sungnyung (scorched-rice tea), assorted add-ons and jjuksam (baby octopus with pork belly) set at 18,900 won per serving, plus a puffed-up steamed egg for 6,900 won and rice balls for 3,500 won. Joajukne Jjukkumi Sangbong is a good outdoor spot for spicy jjuksam and soju in the evening breeze with your dog.

Written Oct 6, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJungnang, SeoulRestaurants

Sagajeong eel pub: wild ginseng liquor mixed with soju at Cheonsangae

Cheonsangae Jangeoga Myeonmok Sagajeong Branch (천상애장어가 면목사가정점) is a charcoal-grilled freshwater eel restaurant between Sagajeong and Myeonmok stations in Jungnang, Seoul. The writer ordered the 2-person set (79,000 won) with restorative wild ginseng liquor (15,000 won). While staff grilled the eel, the writer worked through Tongyeong salted oyster wraps, stone-bowl sushi, wood ear mushrooms, charcoal-roasted potato and nurungji sungnyung (scorched rice tea). After finishing the wild ginseng liquor, the writer mixed it with Chamisul soju for two more bottles, which makes Cheonsangae Jangeoga a great Sagajeong eel spot for drinks.

Written Oct 2, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJungnang, SeoulRestaurants

Sangbong jjukkumi restaurant revisit for jjubul hot pot: Joajukne

Joajukne Jjukkumi is a pocha-style Korean restaurant specializing in jjukkumi (baby octopus) in the food alley off Sangbong Station Exit 3 in Jungnang, Seoul. The writer went back to Joajukne Jjukkumi for the same jjubul hot pot (baby octopus and bulgogi hot pot) enjoyed on an earlier visit. It comes with perilla leaves, pickled radish wraps and flying fish roe, and glass noodles and kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) are included as standard, which was plenty to fill two people. Joajukne Jjukkumi is worth saving for when you crave spicy baby octopus near Sangbong Station.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJungnang, SeoulBars

Late-night bar in Sangbong, Seoul: spicy oden soup till 4am at Kkamuri

Kkamuri Sangbong Station Main Branch is a pocha-style (Korean street-tent bar) izakaya at the entrance of Sangbong Food Alley in Jungnang, Seoul. The writer ordered Kkamuri's Owner's Home Run Set for ₩52,000, switched to the spicy oden (fish cake) soup, and added the 2 bottles of Saero plus a Coke Zero for ₩10,000 deal. Open until 4am, Kkamuri is an easy, low-pressure second-round bar near Sangbong Station.

Written Aug 5, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJungnang, SeoulRestaurants

Free-parking Korean BBQ near Sangbong Station: Super Naengsam

Super Naengsam Sangbong Main Branch is a frozen pork belly (naengsam) restaurant in the Sangbong food alley, a 4-minute walk from Exit 3 of Sangbong Station in Jungnang, Seoul. Three servings of frozen pork belly and sundubu jjigae (soft tofu stew) came with a self-serve bar of vegetables for wrapping, and the leftover kimchi and bean sprouts went into fried rice at the end, while the high ceilings kept the room from getting smoky. At 9,900 won per serving with free parking, Super Naengsam is an easy spot for grilled pork and a bottle of soju.

Written Aug 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJungnang, SeoulRestaurants

Amberjack and grouper sashimi platter in Sangbong, Seoul: Hoepanjang

Hoepanjang Sangbong is an aged sashimi restaurant in the Sangbong dining alley in Jungnang, Seoul, a 7-minute walk from Sangbong Station Exit 2. On a second visit the premium sashimi platter (small) cost 64,000 won and came with gray amberjack and longtooth grouper, plus side dishes of silkworm pupa soup, corn, kimchi pancake and sweet potato fritters, along with mussel soup and mulhoe (cold raw fish soup). Corkage is free at Hoepanjang Sangbong, so bringing your own highball to drink with each slice of fish works perfectly.

Written Sep 21, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuRestaurants

Spacious hall Hamdeok Beach restaurant: Jeju Seom Godeungeo Ssambap

Jeju Seom Godeungeo Ssambap is a mackerel ssambap (grilled mackerel with rice and leaves for wrapping) Korean restaurant on Johamhaean-ro near Hamdeok Beach in Jeju. The new building looks clean and the tables sit far enough apart that travelers arriving with rolling suitcases can settle in comfortably, and mackerel ssambap for two costs 36,000 won including the self-serve side dish bar. Mixing rice with the aged kimchi and radish made it a hearty meal right in front of the sea.

Written Sep 19, 2026Sponsored
PlaceJeju, JejuCafés

Jeju Dongmun Market oranda shop: 11 donut flavors as a plane snack

Cheongchuni Oranda Dongmun Market Main Branch Tapdong is a souvenir snack shop inside Dongmun Market in Jeju City that makes its own oranda (soft rice-syrup cookies) and gwajul (crispy rice crackers) on site. A tasting corner offers yuzu and nut oranda plus four gwajul types — white rice, brown rice, buckwheat and steamed rice — before you pick from colorful donut-shaped oranda in flavors like hallabong, green tea and black sesame. Even after a last day filled with Jeju black pork, the donut oranda from Cheongchuni was the snack worth pulling out one by one on the flight home.

Written Sep 16, 2026Sponsored
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