# Yuryang-dong, Cheonan crab hot pot for a lost appetite: Huni Gejang - By Darin (https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-rice-time/) - Written Sep 6, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Cheonan, Chungnam - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-rice-time/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@daejeon-rice-time/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/index.md) ## In short Huni Gejang Cheonan Main Branch is a blue crab hot pot and soy-marinated crab restaurant at the entrance to Yuryang-dong in Cheonan. A pregnant diner whose appetite had faded emptied a full bowl of rice with the small-size crab hot pot and stone-pot rice, and all four Yeonpyeong-do blue crabs were packed with meat instead of being hit or miss. The washbasin-sized pot held enough to fill two people, so 70,000 won did not feel expensive. ## Good to know - **Location**: 1st floor, 52-6 Taejosan-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do - **Hours**: Daily 10:50–21:00 (last order 20:00) - **Parking**: Private parking lot on site - **Crab hot pot sizes**: Small, medium and large - **What we ordered**: Small crab hot pot (2–3 people) 70,000 won, stone-pot rice - **Rice**: Bowl of rice ordered separately; stone-pot rice available - **Event**: Receipt review event running *as written by the visitor on Sep 6, 2026* ![Signature crab soup photo at Huni Gejang Cheonan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-01-1dre3-1200.webp) The story of Huni Gejang, a Yuryang-dong restaurant in Cheonan, and the crab soup that brought back a pregnant appetite. - 📍52-6 Taejosan-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, 1st floor - ⏰Daily 10:50–21:00 (last order 20:00) - 🚗Private parking lot available Even as the crisp, appetite-sharpening autumn season rolled around, this pregnant Chungcheong-do girl's appetite had dropped hard. Chicken, pizza, anything I cooked myself — none of it appealed, and I was just eating fruit on repeat. Then I tasted a dish that felt like fate, one that got me to finish a whole bowl of rice. ## Where is Huni Gejang in Yuryang-dong, Cheonan? ![Exterior of Huni Gejang near the entrance to Yuryang-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-02-1qlir-966.webp) Huni Gejang, famous for its crab soup and soy-marinated crab, is a Yuryang-dong restaurant in Cheonan located near the entrance to the neighborhood. ![Full view of the Huni Gejang building entrance](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-03-14rn5-966.webp) This is a place anyone who knows Yuryang-dong restaurants already knows about — it's already famous, so my expectations were high even before visiting. ![Huni Gejang's private parking lot](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-04-19gu3-966.webp) A must-have for any good Yuryang-dong restaurant in Cheonan: it has its own private parking lot, so there's absolutely zero parking stress. ## Huni Gejang's menu and where the crab comes from ![Huni Gejang menu board with gejang as the signature dish](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-05-kfr41-966.webp) True to a crab restaurant, gejang (soy-marinated crab) is written large as the signature dish. What I really liked was that the country of origin was labeled clearly and prominently — it put me at ease before I'd even eaten. ![Menu listing showing crab soup in small, medium, and large sizes](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-06-t2k6z-966.webp) Besides that, this place is also famous for crab soup, sold in three sizes — small, medium, and large. This is what we ordered! ![Huni Gejang's receipt review event signage](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-07-ghoki-966.webp) Huni Gejang, this Yuryang-dong crab soup and soy-marinated crab spot in Cheonan, also runs a generous receipt review event. Let's promise ourselves we'll take advantage of it! ## Inside the restaurant and the space between tables Huni Gejang's interior was open and spacious, nice and breezy. ![Spacious, open dining hall at Huni Gejang](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-08-nn6vs-966.webp) Unlike other dishes, crab soup and soy-marinated crab take real effort to eat and it's hard to keep things tidy — but the restaurant seemed to understand exactly that, with very generous spacing between tables. ![Window seating with a view of Yuryang-dong scenery](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-09-7ivf3-966.webp) If you sit by the window, you can eat while looking out at the green scenery of Yuryang-dong — a treat for the eyes too! ## Side dishes and the stone-pot rice ![Basic side dishes including stir-fried seaweed stems and bracken](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-10-y665l-966.webp) A clean set of side dishes came out. The stir-fried seaweed stems and stir-fried bracken were genuinely delicious! ![A bowl of separately ordered stone-pot rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-11-hnfy2-966.webp) Crab soup and plain rice are ordered separately, so this Chungcheong-do girl tried the stone-pot rice. If you visit this place, please, order the stone-pot rice... The rice fragrance alone is amazing, and the rice itself is so delicious. ## How much food is the small crab hot pot? The crab soup came out soon after — I was surprised at how huge it was even though I'd ordered the smallest size, haha. You can't tell from photos, but the pot was roughly the size of a washbasin. It's listed as 2–3 servings, but I think it would be plenty even for four people. ![Small-size crab soup served in a washbasin-sized pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-12-d2vh1-966.webp) ![Sand timer served alongside the crab soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-13-kni8x-966.webp) It even comes with a sand timer that signals when it's at its most delicious, haha. If you spend time debating how amazing the crab soup looks, five minutes flies by! The Yeonpyeong-do blue crabs packed in are genuinely substantial. (Any spots that look empty are just the natural gap between the shell and the gills — not missing meat, absolutely.) There were 8 crab pieces like this, meaning a total of 4 crabs went in, ![A half crab piece about the size of a fist](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-14-cvj9k-966.webp) a half-crab piece is about the size of my fist, so that really is four big crabs in there, haha. ![A crab piece packed full of meat from Yeonpyeong-do](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-15-1fiel-966.webp) The meat was seriously packed full, haha. ## Sweet crab meat: how did it taste? ![The first bite of picked-out crab meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-16-193j1-966.webp) After the first bite, my partner and I basically said the same thing at the same time: the crab meat is sweet (in a good way), haha. Not sugary sweet — the meat itself had a natural sweetness. ![Crab claw meat with a good yield](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-17-1r7z7-966.webp) Break open the claw and the meat yield is this good, haha. The claw really is the tastiest part! ![A crab leg section yielding meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-18-2elv2-966.webp) Even the legs, which you have to gnaw on bit by bit, gave up quite a lot of meat, so I ended up finishing them all. ![Crab body meat dipped in the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-19-czwr7-966.webp) Digging out the body meat and dipping it in the broth — no words needed! Since the crab itself is so good, the broth is refreshing and packed with umami, unbelievably so. ![Refreshing, umami-rich crab soup broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-20-r0mse-966.webp) Radish comes along to cleanse your palate in between, and it's a nice treat on its own! ![Radish eaten as a palate cleanser in the crab soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-21-ptfbv-966.webp) Every single crab was packed with meat, no luck of the draw involved, which made for a truly satisfying meal. ![The pot after two people finished all 4 crabs](https://img.superchart.com/images/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan-22-kwq29-966.webp) The two of us cleared all 4 crabs! We ate so happily that a satisfying, full feeling washed over us. ## Is 70,000 won worth it? Considering the quality and quantity of crab that goes into the soup, ₩70,000 for 2–3 servings? It didn't feel expensive at all, haha. It really felt like emptying a full bowl of rice for once. I want to invite my dad, who only goes to restaurants using domestic ingredients, here so he can give it his stamp of approval, haha. ## Where it is - Huni Gejang Cheonan Main Branch (훈이꽃게장 천안본점) - 52-6 Taejosan-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, 1st floor - 충청남도 천안시 동남구 태조산길 52-6 1층 - 36.8107554, 127.1700309 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%9B%88%EC%9D%B4%EA%BD%83%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%A5%20%EC%B2%9C%EC%95%88%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@36.8107554,127.1700309,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-rice-time/hooni-crab-stew-yuryang-dong-cheonan/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt