Sushi set near Cheonan City Hall with udon and croquette: Ganghan

Not sure what to eat in Sinbuldang? Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch

Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch (강한초밥 천안불당점) is a sushi restaurant where you can get a hearty meal of fresh sushi in the Sinbuldang area of Cheonan. Sinbuldang has plenty of famous restaurants and chains, but because it is such a dense commercial area, all that choice can actually leave you confused about what to eat. When that happens, a filling meal of sushi, where freshness is everything, is exactly what this place offers.

No need to agonize. If you're craving sushi, head to Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch, which is rising as a Sinheung favorite in the Sinbuldang district.

What's on the Ganghan Sushi menu?

The menu is split into set meals built around sushi, rice bowls, pork cutlets and so on. The sushi that comes in the sets, including sauce-torched sushi and gunkan (seaweed-wrapped) sushi, can also be ordered separately in 2-piece units.

Side dishes include mini udon, mini cold udon, soba (buckwheat noodles), takoyaki (octopus balls) and shrimp tempura. The sushi sets start with the basic Ganghan Sushi and go up to Ganghan Special Sushi, Omakase Sushi, Superior Fresh Salmon Sushi, Extra-Large Flatfish Sushi and Bluefin Tuna Sushi. Each set has a different sushi lineup, so pick by taste.

• Sushi sets: Ganghan Sushi, Ganghan Special Sushi, Omakase Sushi, Superior Fresh Salmon Sushi, Extra-Large Flatfish Sushi, Bluefin Tuna Sushi
• Meals: rice bowls (donburi), pork cutlet (donkatsu)
• Sides: mini udon, mini cold udon, soba, takoyaki, shrimp tempura
• Sushi ordered separately in 2-piece units (including sauce-torched and gunkan sushi)

How do you order at Ganghan Sushi, and what's on the table?

You pick your food and even pay on the tablet on the table. On the table you'll find soy sauce, rakkyo (pickled scallions) and pickled ginger, so set out your sides however you like.

Chopsticks, spoons, small sauce dishes, paper cups, tissues and the like are in the storage space under the table, so help yourself.

What comes in the Ganghan Sushi set?

The Ganghan Sushi set comes with 12 pieces of sushi, mini udon, a croquette and miso soup. The sushi is a nice variety, including fried tofu pouch sushi, egg sushi, soy-marinated shrimp sushi and salmon sushi.

Mini udon and croquette: how big are the portions?

The udon served with the set has "mini" in its name, but the portion is bigger than you'd expect, so it's filling. Together with the miso soup, it warms you up after the cold sushi.

The croquette is crispy too, and it goes nicely with the lettuce underneath.

Stir-fried white kimchi as the side dish

To suit Korean tastes, stir-fried white kimchi (baek-kimchi) comes as a side dish, so just eat it alongside the sushi.

Want more sushi? The ₩500 review event and 2-piece add-ons

With the receipt review event, anyone who orders a set meal can get 4 pieces of egg sushi or fried tofu pouch sushi for ₩500. Worth joining if the set alone leaves you wanting more sushi.

The set lets you taste a variety of sushi, but halfway through you always start craving one particular kind. That's when you can order just what you want in 2-piece portions. Prices differ by ingredient, but there are lots of choices.

• Salmon, bluefin tuna, freshwater eel, abalone, sweet shrimp
• Raw spear squid, scallop, fried tofu pouch, flatfish, flatfish belly
• Shrimp with gamtae (seaweed), gamtae beef tartare, swordfish belly
• Sea urchin (uni), monkfish liver (ankimo), egg, flying fish roe, shrimp

Depending on the ingredient, some come as sauce-torched sushi or gunkan sushi, so pick and add what you like.

With restaurant prices climbing along with everything else these days, Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch near Cheonan City Hall in Sinbuldang lets you enjoy sushi, udon, a croquette and miso soup in one go without breaking the bank. If you're stuck on lunch around Buldang-dong or Baekseok-dong, stop by for a happy meal.

Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch hours and closing day

• Open: Tuesday to Sunday
• Closed: every Monday
• Hours: 11 AM–10 PM
• Last order: 9:30 PM

How to get to Ganghan Sushi Cheonan Buldang Branch and where to park

The restaurant is in the Sinbuldang district of Buldang-dong, Cheonan, and it's fairly easy to reach. By city bus, take No. 10, 21, 830, 840, 860 or 990 and get off at Buldang Commercial District Entrance. If you take No. 3 or 90, get off at Cheonan City Hall intersection and walk about 5 minutes.

If you drive, you can use the building's basement garage, with free parking for up to 3 hours when you show your receipt. If the basement is full, use the public lot in front of Bongseo Hall at Cheonan City Hall, a 5-minute walk away.