Chinese restaurant near E-mart in Cheonan: Bultina cockle jjamppong

I really wanted to try this cockle jjamppong spot, so I finally went to Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong Sinbang Branch! 🤧 It's not far from E-mart Ssangyong in Cheonan, so I'd strongly recommend swinging by here once you get hungry after shopping 👍🏻

Where is Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong Sinbang Branch, and what are its hours?

Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong Sinbang Branch is at 285 Seobu-daero, Ilsong Building, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do (Sinbang-dong 1-7). It's closed every Monday and open Tue–Sat 11:00–20:30, with last order at 20:00. Parking is available at ground level and down to basement level 3.

• Baby chairs and baby dishware available
• Kids' menu available (kids' jjajangmyeon)
• Wheelchair and stroller accessible

Two entrances, with one straight from the basement parking lot

Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong has two entrances total: the front door facing the main street, and a back door that leads straight in from the parking lot!

Going in through the front door, you see the register right away. There's a tablet for 2 hours of free parking, plus floss, toothpicks, and hair ties set out. Let's check out the back door too—

We parked in the basement lot and headed up to the 1st floor where the restaurant is!

You see the restaurant right as you step off the elevator, so it's not hard to find at all.

What is the seating like inside Bultina?

The inside of Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong is pretty spacious! There are sofa seats and regular seats, and the gaps between tables are wide, so you can eat comfortably.

There's also seating near the back door entrance. If you're coming in a group or with kids, this area looked like a comfortable spot to eat.

Make sure to put on the apron since you don't want jjamppong broth splashing on your clothes 🤧

Self-serve corner and baby dishware at Bultina

The self-serve corner has scissors, pickled radish, and more, and they'll bring baby dishware if you ask :) Both the baby dishware and baby chair were nice and clean—I really appreciated that.

There are food photos on the wall. Just looking at them made my mouth water haha, let me introduce the menu.

Bultina menu and the four cockle jjamppong spice levels

This is the menu board at Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong. Since cockle jjamppong is the main dish, there's both cockle jjamppong and cockle jjamppong rice, adjustable from level 1 to level 4 in spice. Besides that there's jjajangmyeon and a smaller-portion kids' jjajangmyeon. Sweet-and-sour pork comes in small, medium, and large, and there are fried dumplings too ♡

Leave a Naver receipt review and you can get 4 fried dumplings or a drink as a freebie, so don't forget to check the review event!

What the family ordered at Bultina and what it cost

Here's what we ordered—large jjamppong (level 2) ₩13,000, jjajangmyeon ₩8,000, kids' jjajangmyeon ₩4,000, medium sweet-and-sour pork ₩22,000, rice ₩1,000, cola ₩2,000.

All four dishes we ordered came out—they looked exactly like the photos and so appetizing..🐷 We ordered jjajangmyeon separately for adults and kids, and the size difference was obvious just by looking!

How does the large level-2 cockle jjamppong taste?

Here's the cockle jjamppong—we went with spice level 2 and the large portion. One sip of the broth and it was so rich and delicious! We slurped down all the noodles and then thoroughly mixed rice into the leftover broth...

There were plenty of toppings, and having cockles in it made it even tastier. Piling the vegetables and cockles on top of the noodles for each bite was the best.. eating a bite and then spooning up more broth over and over haha

Jjajangmyeon vs kids' jjajangmyeon: how big are the portions?

The jjajangmyeon also had lots of toppings and looked really appetizing.

Let's compare the size of the regular jjajangmyeon and the kids' jjajangmyeon. On the left is the regular size, and on the right is the kids' version. The bowl size is clearly different and the portion is about half, maybe two-thirds—a perfect size for kids to eat.

When we split the kids' jjajangmyeon onto two small plates, this is about how much each got. A perfectly good amount for kids to eat.

Our 3- and 5-year-old boys shared one kids' jjajangmyeon between them, and since they also ate a lot of the sweet-and-sour pork, there was a little of the kids' jjajangmyeon left over! If you're planning to order the kids' jjajangmyeon for your children, check the photo for reference on the portion 🤧✨

Medium sweet-and-sour pork, served with the sauce poured on

Here's the medium sweet-and-sour pork. It came piled high with julienned onions on top, which I loved!! One thing that was a bit disappointing was that the sauce came poured on top instead of on the side.. 🥹 I usually ask for the sauce separately but forgot this time, so it ended up sauce-on-top. Still, the sauce was so tasty that it's exactly my style of sweet-and-sour pork haha, so whether it's sauce-on or dip-style, we all ate it happily! The kids seemed to love the sauce so much they dipped their pork right into it 🐷

Even after getting home, I kept craving that sweet-and-sour pork again 🥹 It's been a while since I found a real sweet-and-sour pork gem... 💗 The cockle jjamppong was so, so good, and both the jjajangmyeon and sweet-and-sour pork were top-notch at this Sinbang-dong, Cheonan spot, Bultina Kkomak Jjamppong! Definitely go check it out 👍🏻