Monkfish braise restaurant near Jaundae, Daejeon: spicy Seommaeul

Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum, Daejeon

Where is Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum? On the Jaundae intersection corner

Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum is a monkfish and seafood braise restaurant located at 1163 Yuseong-daero, on the corner of the Jaunndae intersection in Yuseong, Daejeon. Hours are 11:00–21:00, with a break from 15:00–17:00, last order at 20:30, and it's closed every Sunday.

• 📌 1163 Yuseong-daero, 1F Seommaeul, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon / 25-11 Jaun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
• 🕙 Hours 11:00–21:00, break 15:00–17:00, last order 20:30
• Closed every Sunday
• 🅿️ Located on the corner facing Jaunndae, at the Jaunndae intersection / Lot 1 in front-right of the restaurant (6 spots) / Lot 2 via the alley on the left, turn left 30m in (10 spots)
• Baby chairs / takeout / group reservations available

A visit report on Seommaeul Agujjim in Jaun-dong, Yuseong, Daejeon — Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum. You'll need to take your shoes off before entering!

Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum sits right at the entrance near Jaunndae in Yuseong, on the corner where Sinseong-dong and Jaun-dong split off at the Jaunndae intersection. If you often pass through here — between Sinseong-dong and Gung-dong, near Aekyung Research Institute and Jaunndae — you've probably seen it right at the intersection light.

Facing the restaurant, there's parking in front, and there's also a dedicated lot if you go into the alley behind and follow the signs up. Seommaeul is a well-known agujjim spot, so seats fill up completely during lunch. Naver reservations are available, and rooms can be booked for groups of 5 or more.

Seommaeul's menu and four spice levels: ordering agujjim spicy

Seommaeul's agujjim comes in three sizes — ₩32,000 / ₩44,000 / ₩56,000 — and you can choose the heat level: mild, regular (about Shin Ramyun level), spicy (buldak level), or very spicy. I ordered the agujjim at spicy!

• Agujjim ₩32,000 / ₩44,000 / ₩56,000
• Agu-munjjim (monkfish & octopus) ₩36,000 / ₩48,000 / ₩60,000
• Seafood braise / abalone-octopus braise ₩40,000 / ₩55,000 / ₩69,000
• Bone braise ₩31,000 / ₩42,000 / ₩53,000
• Nakjibokkeum (2+ people) ₩14,000
• Abalone galbitang ₩15,000
• Bone haejangguk ₩10,000
• Spice level adjustable — mild / regular (about Shin Ramyun level) / spicy (buldak level) / very spicy
• Add fried rice / ramyeon, somyeon, kalguksu noodles / steamed egg

They brought out the basic side dishes first, then a piping hot ttukbaegi (stone pot) steamed egg.

The agujjim came out faster than I expected, which was nice. Meanwhile the tables on the other side of the room were already fully booked — bustling with people.

What does Seommaeul's spicy agujjim taste like? Sharp, clean sauce

Seommaeul's agujjim sauce isn't heavy with starch or overly thick — it leans sharp and clean. My friend Chacha, who came with me, gave it high praise as the number one agujjim in Daejeon.

If you don't like a starchy, heavy, or overly thick sauce on your agujjim or seafood braise and prefer something sharp and clean, this Jaun-dong spot, Seommaeul Agujjim & Nakjibokkeum, will definitely suit your taste.

Besides agujjim, plenty of people come in during lunch for nakjibokkeum (stir-fried octopus) and galbitang too. After tasting the sauce on the agujjim, I got really curious about the nakjibokkeum!!!

Normally with agujjim I only really eat the meaty parts, but Seommaeul's monkfish had plump, tender flesh, and it was great eating it crunchy with the sauce, bean sprouts, and minari (water dropwort).

The whole time we ate, we kept saying how delicious the sauce was, getting more and more excited for the fried rice.

Finishing with fried rice: no gim flakes, gimjaban on top instead

Seommaeul's fried rice is stir-fried separately and brought to the table — they scoop the leftover agujjim into another bowl and make the fried rice right in the bowl the agujjim was served in. They warned us it was very hot to be careful. Sizzling, the smell of savory fried rice filled the air along with the fragrant scent of minari.

They added extra chives to the fried rice, giving it an even better texture :-) Since the agujjim sauce was already so good, the fried rice was obviously delicious too.

When I ordered the fried rice I asked in advance — if the fried rice normally comes with gim (dried seaweed flakes), please leave it out!! Why? Because there was gimjaban (seasoned seaweed side dish) among the side dishes, and I wanted to top the fried rice with that instead haha. Even nuttier and sweet-salty, so good. I ended up scraping the bowl completely clean.

Worth a return trip for agujjim near Jaundae and Sinseong-dong?

Seommaeul's agujjim was more delicious than I expected — definitely a place I'd want to bring my parents back to. If you're looking for a good agujjim or seafood braise restaurant around Yuseong, Jaunndae, or Sinseong-dong, I'd recommend it!