Hwajeong sushi restaurant tempura platter lunch: Min Cook Dasima
In short
Min Cook Dasima is a Blue Ribbon and Hundred-Year Store certified Japanese restaurant on Hwasin-ro 260beon-gil near Hwajeong Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi. Arriving just after the weekday lunch rush meant no wait for the 25,000 won sushi set lunch special, and the onion sauce salad and the assorted tempura of sweet pumpkin and shrimp were the highlights. For anyone near the office looking for a sushi restaurant that gets the rice right, Min Cook Dasima is the answer.
Good to know
- Hours
- Mon–Sun 11:00–21:00
- Closed
- 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month
- Break time
- 15:20–16:50
- Last order
- 14:50, 20:30
- Lunch discount
- Until 14:30
- Parking
- 1 hour free at Hwajeong E-mart
- Sushi set lunch special
- 25,000 won (salad, braised fish, chawanmushi, assorted tempura, 10 pieces of sushi, miso soup)
- Payment
- Goyang Pay accepted
- Price reference
- ₩25,000 ≈ $18 (2026-09-19)
as written by the visitor on Sep 18, 2026
This place is right near where I work, and I kept telling myself I'd go, but lunchtime restaurants aren't free so I held off. This time I finally made it >.< Sooo good — let's get into the review~~!
Min Cook Dasima hours and parking near Hwajeong Station
Min Cook Dasima is a Japanese restaurant on Hwasin-ro 260beon-gil in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, open Mon–Sun 11:00–21:00. You can get 1 hour free parking at Hwajeong E-mart.
- Hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–21:00
- Closed: 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month
- Break time: 15:20–16:50
- Last order: 14:50, 20:30
- Lunch discount: until 14:30
- Parking: 1 hour free at Hwajeong E-mart
The three rice principles at the door and the Hundred-Year Store certification
At the entrance of Min Cook Dasima there's a sign with three rules for rice. I could tell this place takes rice seriously, and seeing it made me think, ah, the rice is going to be good. Honestly with sushi the fish matters, but the rice really matters just as much, right??!
Out front there were waiting seats and a waitlist sheet! Since this is a long-running spot in Hwajeong, I imagine there can be a wait on weekends and such...! We went just a bit past the weekday lunch rush, so there was no wait at all!!
There was a Hundred-Year Store certification posted out front. Since 2001, so it's not that many years apart from me, probably???lol. The Hundred-Year Store mark, besides Blue Ribbon, is another trustworthy sign of a good restaurant!!!!
What is on the Min Cook Dasima menu in Hwajeong
This is the regular menu, and
this is the lunch special menu! It showed sold out because we were past the special hours~!
Solo seats, the self-service corner and dining with kids
The dining hall at Min Cook Dasima is spacious, so it felt open and comfortable. The chairs were comfy too. These days I just can't do places with uncomfortable chairs lol.
The good natural light made me even happier... the weather was nice too~~!~! And they had solo seats..?? which seem great for eating alone!! You kind of feel awkward hogging a table alone sometimes, but here eating solo works confidently.
There was a self-service corner with tableware and a microwave? It seems like it's there so you can warm up baby food if you bring your little one! No high chairs, but the seats are roomy so a stroller fits fine next to a table — looks doable for bringing kids.
Ordering sushi without wasabi and paying with Goyang Pay
When ordering at Min Cook Dasima, you could choose to skip the wasabi! (For anyone who can't handle wasabi,,,that's me!!ha)
Oh, we didn't know so we called a staff member over, but it turns out you just select 'review written' on the QR code like this!!
We paid upfront for a review event! Goyang Pay was accepted~~! Interestingly, there's even a separate KakaoTalk chatroom for Min Cook regulars' discounts, which I found so surprising!!lol
What comes with the 25,000 won sushi set lunch special
First an egg porridge comes out, and it's so good. You know that thing where it's nothing fancy but it's just delicious.
The sushi set lunch special is ₩25,000. It comes with salad, braised fish, chawanmushi, assorted tempura, 10 pieces of sushi, and miso soup! At first I was eating the salad — I don't usually eat salad, you know...? But that sauce was so good. My friend and I were like what is this, what is this, so we asked the staff and it turned out to be onion sauce. It was tangy and delicious, so I emptied the whole salad myself,,,,
I'm not really a fan of fish. But lately why do I keep eating it lol. Maybe because it's fresh — no fishy taste at all, I ate it happily!
The chawanmushi was silky~~ with shrimp and mushroom inside!! So good...
The tempura platter is the highlight: sweet pumpkin vs shrimp
But honestly the real kicker was the tempura. This place is a tempura restaurant, turns out. If it weren't lunch break during work I would've ordered a beer with it;;; lol. Thanks to the review event we got extra shrimp tempura. My companion said the shrimp tempura was the best, but I'm team sweet pumpkin tempura!!!!
The braised fish was seasoned just right, and there wasn't a single bone. And of course the braised radish needs no explanation!!!
I took this shot to show how much rice there is — can you see how glossy it looks?lol
Stuffed and happy lol lol lol. Ate well again today~!
Where it is
37 Hwasin-ro 260beon-gil, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea경기도 고양시 덕양구 화신로260번길 37
