# Yongsan tteokbokki spot, level 9 to 4 heat control: Hyeonseonine - By Bomi (https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-evening-tray/) - Written Sep 15, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yongsan, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written as a sponsored visit to the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-evening-tray/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@daejeon-evening-tray/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/index.md) ## In short Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is an instant tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cake) restaurant on Yongridan-gil near Sinyongsan Station in Yongsan, Seoul. Over a weekday lunch with a friend, two servings of medium-spice instant tteokbokki simmered on the induction table at 11,000 won per serving, the rice cakes were dipped in fried batter bits from the self-serve bar, and fried rice for 1,500 won closed the meal. Boiling at level 9 and dropping to level 4 keeps the pan warm to the last bite. ## Good to know - **Instant tteokbokki price**: 11,000 won per serving (minimum order of 2 servings) - **Fried rice add-on**: 1,500 won - **Included in the base order**: Rice cake, fish cake, cabbage, egg, jjolmyeon noodles - **Spice choice**: Medium is slightly hotter than Shin Ramyun and is marked as the most popular level - **Hours**: Daily 11:00–24:00, last order 22:40 - **Break time**: Monday 14:30–16:00 - **Location**: Within a 10-minute walk of Yongsan Station (2-13 Hangang-daero 39-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul) - **Wait**: Usually 30 minutes to 1 hour, no app — line up in front of the restaurant - **Seating**: Instant tteokbokki is served only at tables with induction burners - **Price reference**: ₩11,000 ≈ $8.2 · ₩1,500 ≈ $1.1 (2026-09-15) *as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026* ## Where is Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch and how do you get there? Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch is an instant tteokbokki place within a 10-minute walk of Yongsan Station. There's a very tall chimney with "Hyeonseonine" written on it, so you can spot the restaurant from far away. ![Exterior of Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-01-1yu0y-900.webp) ![Tall chimney with the Hyeonseonine sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-02-1j4rd-900.webp) They're open daily 11:00–24:00 with last order at 22:40. On Mondays there's a break time from 14:30 to 16:00. ![Menu board at Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-03-18m72-775.webp) ## How much is instant tteokbokki, and how spicy is medium? Hyeonseonine's instant tteokbokki is ₩11,000 per serving, and you can only order from 2 servings up. Honestly I came to try the Hyeonseon set, but it turned out this place does instant tteokbokki! My friend and I looked at the menu together and decided to order that instead. We went with the medium spice, which is a little spicier than Shin Ramyun. It was listed as the most preferred option. Some tables have induction burners and some don't — if you want instant tteokbokki, you have to sit at a table with induction! ![Self-serve bar with pickled radish and aprons](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-04-19kis-832.webp) ## What is the fried batter at Hyeonseonine's self-serve bar? Hyeonseonine's self-serve bar has everything you need — salt, pickled radish, plates, ladles, tongs, even aprons! But the thing I found most unusual was this fried batter. ![Crispy fried batter bits ready at the self-serve bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-05-1i08r-900.webp) It was just crispy fried batter bits sitting there, and I was curious what it was for, so I scooped some onto my plate. Other tables were definitely grabbing it too. ![Fried batter scooped onto a plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-06-1kcwj-900.webp) ## How long is the wait, and what comes in the base order? Since instant tteokbokki is cooked at the table, the prepped ingredients came out fast even with the place packed! Hyeonseonine's tteokbokki is a well-known Yongsan spot, so there's often a wait — usually 30 minutes to an hour, I heard. They don't use CatchTable or any app, so you line up in front of the restaurant. Rice cake, fish cake, cabbage, egg, jjolmyeon noodles — the base toppings were really generous. ![Instant tteokbokki ingredients with rice cake, fish cake, cabbage, egg, and noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-07-wdctd-900.webp) Add fried rice plus yakki-mandu (pan-fried dumplings) to the mix and it's just pure love♡ ![Yakki-mandu and fried rice ingredients beside the tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-08-nvx8p-844.webp) ## How to control the induction heat, from level 9 to level 4 > Instant tteokbokki tip > Boil at level 9, drop to level 4 once it's rolling, and once the ingredients are cooked switch to the H (warm) setting — that way you can eat it hot for a long time. > > * The key is stirring it regularly! ![Instant tteokbokki starting to boil on the induction table](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-09-1il9e-900.webp) It's boiling within just a few minutes — that's the key part! It was a weekday lunch, but since this is a favorite among Yongsan office workers, the place was packed — and there was a clear reason the table turnover was still so fast. ![Steaming pot of medium-spice instant tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-10-ud63k-900.webp) Steam kept rising and the smell was so good that I debated eating before it was fully cooked, ended up just grabbing a yakki-mandu instead lol. ![Rice cake and fish cake submerged in the sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-11-bcw3k-900.webp) ![Chewy rice cake picked up with chopsticks](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-12-7y6ti-900.webp) The bouncy, chewy rice cakes cling to your mouth so nicely — this is exactly the taste of instant tteokbokki~ ![Full shot of the bubbling instant tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-13-hxuhu-900.webp) Once it had been bubbling for a while and everything looked cooked through, I turned off the power. (Turning it off automatically switches it to warm mode.) ![Instant tteokbokki left on the warm setting](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-14-1rjc1-900.webp) ![Sauce-soaked rice cake and jjolmyeon noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-15-70gn2-900.webp) ## What do rice cakes dipped in fried batter taste like? And then the fried batter I brought from the self-serve bar!! I dipped a piece right away. ![Tteokbokki rice cake dipped in fried batter](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-16-1wchs-900.webp) ![Close-up of rice cake coated in fried batter](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-17-on0ch-900.webp) Dipping the crispy batter bits reminded me of ⭐️the dip-style tteokbokki chain! But this one uses fried breadcrumbs, so it was twice as crispy. ![A bite of instant tteokbokki with fried batter](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-18-1d8i1-900.webp) ## Finishing with two eggs and fried rice One great thing about Hyeonseonine's instant tteokbokki — of course there's a boiled egg with instant tteokbokki~ I'm not sure if it's one egg per serving, but there were two in there. ![Two boiled eggs included with the instant tteokbokki](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-19-14v3t-900.webp) ![Boiled egg cut in half next to the tteokbokki sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-20-6etlm-692.webp) Add just ₩1,500 for fried rice and it's a truly complete, filling meal! If you're looking for a Yongsan spot, I recommend Hyeonseonine's tteokbokki! Next time I want to try the regular tteokbokki set with a variety of options too. ![Full spread of instant tteokbokki at Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar-21-1sgbp-1200.webp) ## Where it is - Hyeonseonine Yongsan Main Branch (현선이네 용산본점) - 2-13 Hangang-daero 39-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 용산구 한강대로39길 2-13 - 37.5311551, 126.9692251 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%98%84%EC%84%A0%EC%9D%B4%EB%84%A4%20%EC%9A%A9%EC%82%B0%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@37.5311551,126.9692251,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-evening-tray/hyunsunine-yongsan-instant-tteokbokki-selfbar/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt