# Cheonan Korean restaurant weekday lunch: self-bar bibimbap, tteokbokki - By Jaeon (https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-lunch-bell/) - Written Sep 16, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Cheonan, Chungnam - Sponsored: This visit was hosted, with the meal provided by the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-lunch-bell/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@daejeon-lunch-bell/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/index.md) ## In short Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch is a wood-fired grilled fish restaurant on Handeul 2-ro in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam. On an early weekday lunch with her mom, the writer ordered the boyang set for two at 43,000 won, which brought braised pomfret, grilled eel, flounder and mackerel alongside self-bar bibimbap and noodle tteokbokki. The mackerel was mild rather than salty, just right for her salt-averse mom, and the spread was more than two people could finish. ## Good to know - **Address**: 46-5 Handeul 2-ro, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do - **Hours**: Daily 11:00 - 21:30 - **Break time**: Weekdays 15:30 - 16:50 - **Last order**: Weekdays 14:50 / 20:50, weekends 20:50 - **Parking**: Restaurant parking lot - **Boyang set for two**: 43,000 won - **Rice choice**: Brown rice / white rice - **Self bar**: Side dishes, bibimbap vegetables, tteokbokki, nurungji (scorched rice) and more - **Price reference**: ₩43,000 ≈ $31.5 (2026-09-16) *as written by the visitor on Sep 16, 2026* ## Where is Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch in Baekseok-dong? Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch is at 46-5 Handeul 2-ro, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, and it's open daily from 11:00 to 21:30. Weekday break time runs 15:30–16:50, last order is 14:50 and 20:50 on weekdays and 20:50 on weekends, and there's a restaurant parking lot. ![Exterior of Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-01-9qrxp-900.webp) A famous Korean restaurant in Baekseok-dong, Cheonan •• [Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo] This place is so well-known that everyone in the area knows it — a genuinely popular spot packed with customers at lunchtime 💛 I was suddenly craving grilled fish, so I took my mom along. ![Restaurant entrance with a note of its TV appearances](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-02-1wcrm-m-900.webp) It's even been on TV, so you know it's good..! ![Restaurant interior full of weekday lunch customers](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-03-adogd-m-900.webp) ![Dining hall seating at Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-04-gqzfe-900.webp) Even at an early weekday lunch the place was full of customers. The owner said today wasn't even that busy — normally there's a wait and even more people...! ![Self bar set up on one side of the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-05-1tqg6-900.webp) ## What can you help yourself to at the self bar? Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo has its own self bar, so you can refill side dishes, bibimbap vegetables, tteokbokki, nurungji, and more as much as you like ✨ ![Self-bar side dishes and bibimbap vegetable ingredients](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-06-3gk3a-900.webp) ![Self-bar nurungji and tteokbokki corner](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-07-18vey-900.webp) You can add bibimbap on top of a mackerel set here, so watch out, you could really overeat 💥 haha ![Menu board showing the boyang set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-08-bdg7b-900.webp) ## What comes with the 43,000 won boyang set for two? Boyang set for two, ₩43,000. ![Table filled with the boyang set for two](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-09-1993q-900.webp) Even with so many customers, the food came out really fast. I ordered the boyang set for two and the whole table filled up completely..💛 ![Basic side dishes served with the set](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-10-1vbym-900.webp) This is how the basic side dishes come out — every single one was delicious. The japchae (stir-fried glass noodles) and lotus root especially were so good I went back for more a couple of times, ha. ![Large napa cabbage leaves brought from the self bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-11-1eyp1-900.webp) Napa cabbage 🥬 I grabbed from the self bar — it's genuinely as big as your face. Wrapped around the fish it's amazing, everyone should try it. ![Noodle tteokbokki scooped from the self bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-12-rjerq-900.webp) There was noodle tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes with noodles) at the self bar? Couldn't just walk past that — tried it and it was so good. ![White rice and napa cabbage doenjang soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-13-yk3au-900.webp) You can choose brown rice or white rice — I went with white 🍚 The basic napa cabbage doenjang soup that comes with it is refreshing and really tasty too. ![Pomfret stew, grilled eel, flounder, and mackerel spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-14-t1hrk-1200.webp) ### How were the grilled eel, flounder and mackerel? Order the boyang set for two and you get a combination of pomfret stew, grilled eel, flounder, and mackerel — it's incredibly generous..🤎 How were the two of us supposed to finish all this!!!!!! ![A plate of sizable grilled eel](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-15-cjirp-900.webp) It looks a bit small in photos, but the grilled eel is honestly massive in person 🎣 ![Grilled eel with wasabi dipped in sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-16-17ovt-900.webp) It's also so plump and chewy, really delicious. Dab on some wasabi and dip it in the sauce 💥 ![Wood-fired grilled flounder](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-17-iv5ee-900.webp) ![Close-up of wood-fired grilled mackerel flesh](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-18-1tmwu-900.webp) The flounder and mackerel — words aren't necessary, honestly. Put them on white rice and it's a real rice-thief situation. If you've got no appetite, come here and you'll polish off a whole bowl in no time. Grilled mackerel isn't great when it's too salty, but this was mild and mellow, exactly to my taste. Even my mom, who hates salty food, loved it too haha. Wood-fired and so delicious — the texture was great too. ![Bibimbap mixed with self-bar vegetables and gungchae](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-19-6x6pp-900.webp) ### Self-bar bibimbap with gungchae (stem lettuce) If I hadn't already been full, I'd have wanted a second bowl. There's a bibimbap (mixed rice) corner at the self bar, so I mixed myself a proper bowl. The vegetables were so good that even though I was full, I finished it all like a champ. I added gungchae (dried radish greens) into the bibimbap and the crunchy texture and flavor were fantastic. This place could make bank selling just the bibimbap ㅠㅠ ![Pomfret stew with rich, reduced broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-20-13nd5-900.webp) ### Does the braised pomfret taste fishy? The broth itself was so good I was very satisfied eating the pomfret stew 🐟 It has a hairtail-stew kind of feel, but there's zero fishy smell — incredibly delicious. ![Pomfret flesh picked apart from the stew](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-21-1xnl5-900.webp) ![Bracken fern braised together with the pomfret](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-22-77gpq-900.webp) The plump pomfret and bracken fern combo... goes so well together. ![A piece of pomfret dipped into the braising broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap-23-g0qnk-900.webp) Dip it deep into the broth and eat it this way, it's so good — everyone should try the boyang set for two..💛 ## Where it is - Hwadeuro-ganggodeungeo Cheonan Main Branch (화덕으로간고등어 천안본점) - 46-5 Handeul 2-ro, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea - 충청남도 천안시 서북구 한들2로 46-5 - 36.8273195, 127.1196417 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%99%94%EB%8D%95%EC%9C%BC%EB%A1%9C%EA%B0%84%EA%B3%A0%EB%93%B1%EC%96%B4%20%EC%B2%9C%EC%95%88%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@36.8273195,127.1196417,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-lunch-bell/cheonan-baekseok-grilled-mackerel-selfbar-bibimbap/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt