# Fried eggplant and shrimp at a Dongnae Station bar: Lounge Mokhwa - By Gaon (https://superchart.com/en/@busan-harbor-lunches/) - Written Sep 15, 2026 - Local places › Bars › Dongnae, Busan - Sponsored: This post was written after a sponsored store visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@busan-harbor-lunches/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@busan-harbor-lunches/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/index.md) ## In short Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae Branch is a Chinese-food bar tucked into an alley in front of Dongnae Station in Busan. On a Monday evening visit, the fried eggplant arrived piled on a mapo tofu-flavored sauce and the fried shrimp were packed with plump meat, served with a highball. Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae Branch is strongest on its fried dishes and sauces, making it a place worth working through the whole menu. ## Good to know - **Location**: 1st floor, 37 Myeongnyun-ro 129beon-da-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan (alley in front of Dongnae Station) - **Hours**: 17:00–01:00 - **What we ordered**: Fried eggplant, fried shrimp, highball - **Add-ons**: Kkotppang (steamed flower buns) +5,000 won, cilantro available on request - **Set menus**: Baijiu set, highball set, beer set (e.g. yurinki chicken and sweet-chili shrimp with beer) - **How drinks work**: Take bottles from the fridge yourself and pay on the way out - **Price reference**: ₩5,000 ≈ $3.7 (2026-09-15) *as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026* ![Visit photo of Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae, a bar near Dongnae Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-01-mxh95-900.webp) A hidden gem in Dongnae, Lounge Mokhwa. Honestly "tasty" doesn't cover it — this place is stupidly good, T_T (I'm thirty and don't love using words like that, but this is exactly the place that makes you). If anyone asks me for a Chinese-food bar recommendation in Dongnae, Lounge Mokhwa is my full recommendation!! Every single menu item here is good, haha. ## Where is Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae Branch, and what is the mood like? ![Exterior of Lounge Mokhwa tucked in an alley near Dongnae Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-02-3yc5m-900.webp) Lounge Mokhwa is right in front of Dongnae Station, but it's tucked a bit into a corner. Being in that corner just adds to the atmospheric, hideaway vibe, haha!! ![Interior of Lounge Mokhwa with customers on a Monday evening](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-03-9ruef-m-900.webp) It was a Monday night and there were still a lot of older gentlemen customers. That's basically a sign of a good place! Everyone had ordered 4–5 side dishes each and there were plenty of soju bottles on the tables, haha — that's the sign of a good restaurant, right!? ![Hong Kong-style ambience inside Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-04-1429m-900.webp) ![Seating area at Lounge Mokhwa with a China travel-trip feel](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-05-1s6g9-900.webp) The atmosphere is really something. It feels like a night in Hong Kong or somewhere in China — a proper travel-trip mood! Being tucked into an alley corner in Dongnae adds to that. ![Basic snack side dish at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-06-1tnr1-900.webp) The basic side snacks. I'd just come from working out, but even the crackers were tasty. ## Set menus at Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae Branch and how to order ![Lounge Mokhwa menu board listing Chinese liquor, highball, and beer sets](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-07-qm88h-900.webp) Lounge Mokhwa has a variety of set menus. There's a Chinese liquor set, a highball set, and a beer set. There's also a set pairing yurinki (crispy fried chicken) and chili shrimp with beer. ![List of food menu items at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-08-cnfv2-900.webp) I've tried three or four things on the menu here and everything was good!! I focused mostly on the fried dishes and all of them were great — super crispy, and the sauces are out of this world 💗💗. The yurinki is great, the chili shrimp is genuinely delicious too. Honestly, the owner is really skilled with fried food! That crispy texture!! The sauce is sweet and bold in a way that's exactly my style 💗 Today I ordered the fried eggplant. ![Order screen for fried eggplant with cilantro add-on and instant rice option](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-09-1gwi9-900.webp) Turns out you can add cilantro too! There was instant rice on the menu and I wondered why — but the moment I tasted the fried eggplant sauce, I got it immediately, haha. The sauce tastes exactly like mapo tofu, the kind of flavor that makes you want to mix it into rice!! (Lounge Mokhwa is also great for a first stop where you eat and drink together.) ![Fridge at Lounge Mokhwa where guests grab their own drinks](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-10-1y075-900.webp) For drinks, you just grab whatever you want straight from the fridge. You pay for it when you leave!! ![Bottles inside the drink fridge at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-11-1pmqj-900.webp) ### The highball When you order the highball, the owner makes it for you. It's strong and sweet — recommended if you like a sweeter drink! ![Highball made by the owner at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-12-1nv39-900.webp) ## Fried eggplant: the mapo tofu-flavored sauce is the point Lounge Mokhwa's fried eggplant comes freshly fried, and it's different from any fried eggplant I've had before. Rather than just drizzling a bit of sauce on top, they pile the freshly fried eggplant over a generous pool of mapo tofu-style sauce!! ![Fried eggplant served over mapo tofu-style sauce at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-13-1o19h-1200.webp) ![Plate piled high with freshly fried eggplant](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-14-136np-900.webp) You can taste the juiciness of the eggplant straight through — so good, T_T!! When ordering, you could also add flower bread (kkotppang, +₩5,000), and I think the sauce would pair beautifully with it too!! ![Taking a bite of the fried eggplant](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-15-4glod-900.webp) If you like fried eggplant, this is a recommendation ⭐⭐ Next time I want to come with a group and order one of every dish, T_T. ![Side dishes and drinks laid out on the table at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-16-1czk3-900.webp) ## Fried shrimp: crisp outside, packed with plump meat I ordered the fried shrimp at Lounge Mokhwa and wow, it was genuinely so good. As soon as it arrived, I finished it right away, haha. ![Crispy fried shrimp served at Lounge Mokhwa](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-17-16q15-900.webp) The outside is completely crispy, and the inside is packed full of shrimp meat! ![Shrimp meat dipped in chili sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry-18-rwjk1-900.webp) Crispy on the outside with shrimp meat packed inside — dipped in chili sauce, it's incredible! Gotta hand it to the owner, they really know how to fry~~~!! ## Why Lounge Mokhwa is worth it as a Dongnae Station bar If you're looking for a great bar in Dongnae, Lounge Mokhwa is my recommendation! Everything I've had here so far has been delicious! I think I need to work through the rest of the menu one dish at a time, haha. The chili shrimp I had last time had an amazing sauce alongside the fried pieces, and today's fried eggplant had that mapo tofu-style sauce underneath — it felt like eating two different dishes at once :) Business hours: 17:00–01:00 ## Where it is - Lounge Mokhwa Dongnae Branch (라운지목화 동래관) - 37 Myeongnyun-ro 129beon-gil, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea - 부산광역시 동래구 명륜로129번다길 37 1층 라운지목화 - 35.2069788, 129.0793199 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9A%B4%EC%A7%80%EB%AA%A9%ED%99%94%20%EB%8F%99%EB%9E%98%EA%B4%80/@35.2069788,129.0793199,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@busan-harbor-lunches/dongnae-lounge-mokhwa-eggplant-shrimp-fry/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt