# Daejeon restaurant for a stir-fried octopus family dinner: Boksakkot - By Ara N. (https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-street-spoon/) - Written Sep 10, 2026 - Updated Sep 13, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yuseong, Daejeon - Sponsored: This review was written with support from the restaurant for the visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [日本語](https://superchart.com/ja/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [简体中文](https://superchart.com/zh-cn/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [繁體中文](https://superchart.com/zh-tw/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [Tiếng Việt](https://superchart.com/vi/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [ไทย](https://superchart.com/th/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [Bahasa Indonesia](https://superchart.com/id/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [Bahasa Melayu](https://superchart.com/ms/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) · [Español](https://superchart.com/es/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/index.md) ## In short Boksakkot Pineun Jip Daejeon Branch is a seafood restaurant in Sutonggol, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, where spicy stir-fried octopus comes with a lineup of accompanying dishes. The writer and their mother ordered stir-fried octopus for 2, and it kept coming — pizza, muksabal, salad and even after-meal coffee — almost like a course meal, and the whole family was satisfied. Boksakkot Pineun Jip is a place worth returning to for a hearty family dinner after a drive through Sutonggol. ## Good to know - **Dish ordered**: Stir-fried octopus for 2 - **Spice level**: Adjustable, up to level 3 - **Level ordered**: Level 1 - **Comes with**: Pizza, muksabal, salad, after-meal coffee - **Self-serve bar**: Side dishes provided *as written by the visitor on Sep 10, 2026* ## Back to Sutonggol for stir-fried octopus with my mom I took my mom back to Boksakkot Pineun Jip Daejeon Branch (복사꽃피는집 대전점), a favorite restaurant in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon that I've been going to since I was little! It's still a restaurant my mom loves ^^ ![Boksakkot Pineun Jip Daejeon Branch, revisited with my mom](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-01-241o9-900.webp) Our family went back and forth between jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) and nakji (octopus), and went with the octopus! Heh We ordered the nakji-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried octopus) for 2, and honestly, first the portion surprised me, then the lineup surprised me all over again… It's not just stir-fried octopus on its own — pizza, muksabal (chilled acorn jelly in cold broth), salad, and even coffee after the meal all come out one after another, so it almost feels like a course meal. ![A full table of stir-fried octopus, pizza, muksabal and salad](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-02-11syu-900.webp) ## Bouncy stir-fried octopus at spice level 1 The main dish, the stir-fried octopus, really has solid fundamentals. The octopus isn't tough at all — it's bouncy and springy, so the chew is wonderful, and the sauce isn't overly harsh either; it's spicy-sweet with a big burst of savory depth. ![The main stir-fried octopus with a bouncy texture](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-03-1lohn-900.webp) It's delicious on its own, but mix it into rice and it's a total "rice thief"… 🥹 The sauce soaks right into the rice and you just keep reaching for more. The heat is moderate too, so I think people who can't handle spicy food well could still eat it without much trouble. ![Stir-fried octopus mixed into rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-04-x4dyh-900.webp) If you like it spicy, the heat is adjustable, so it might be worth going all the way up to level 3. Our family ordered level 1, and even level 1 was nicely tasty. ![Stir-fried octopus ordered at spice level 1](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-05-1foz2-900.webp) Mixing rice in with the octopus was truly delicious. Sutonggol itself has lovely nature and clean air, so it's a great place to visit as a drive, and with the restaurant being this satisfying too, it's perfect to do as a little course outing. ![A stir-fried octopus meal enjoyed after a Sutonggol drive](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-06-1ehfc-900.webp) The overall atmosphere is neat and orderly, so I felt comfortable the whole meal, and even though it was busy it never felt hectic, which I liked even more. > The moment my parents walked in they said, "This place is nice," and I felt weirdly proud haha ![The neat, orderly atmosphere inside Boksakkot Pineun Jip](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-07-rx1kh-900.webp) ## The lineup that keeps coming: pizza, muksabal and salad Now that I've introduced the main dish, the stir-fried octopus, let me introduce the other dishes too! I kept reaching for them throughout the meal. This is truly something you have to eat alongside. The salad quality was exceptionally good too! ![Accompanying dishes served with the stir-fried octopus](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-08-xkegn-900.webp) And the point I personally loved most was the muksabal. When a bit of heat builds up while eating the stir-fried octopus, one spoonful of cool muksabal feels like it resets your whole mouth, so the combination is truly perfect. The broth is clean and refreshing — that kind of flavor. ![Cool muksabal that settles the spiciness](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-09-mhvss-900.webp) ![Muksabal with a clean, refreshing broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-10-vauca-900.webp) There were also vegetables to mix in with the octopus, so we got to eat an even fuller, more generous jjukkumi-and-octopus meal. ![Vegetables to mix in with the stir-fried octopus](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-11-8xrj6-900.webp) The atmosphere was nice too, and the tables are spaced widely apart, so it's the kind of place where you can eat without worrying about the people next to you ^^ ![Restaurant interior with widely spaced tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-12-1m757-900.webp) I thought it would just feel like a side, but the dough was chewy and the cheese generous, so the quality was quite a bit better than expected. Alternating between it and the stir-fried octopus kept resetting the flavors, so I could keep eating to the end without getting tired of it. ![Pizza with chewy dough and generous cheese](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-13-1d13m-900.webp) The salad was fresh too, good for cleansing the palate in between, and overall it felt like the menu lineup was really well put together. ![Fresh salad, good for cleansing the palate](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-14-8vwja-900.webp) The atmosphere was nice too, and the tables are spaced widely apart, so it's the kind of place where you can eat without worrying about the people next to you ^^ ![Dining space with wide gaps between neighboring tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-15-n3zpw-900.webp) ## Generous for a 2-person order, plus coffee after The self-serve bar has lots of banchan (side dishes) too, so you can stuff yourself even more, lol. The portions are truly generous — even though it's sized for 2, there was no sense of it being short at all. ![Self-serve bar for extra side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-16-c956b-900.webp) If anything, it was so hearty I thought, "Couldn't 4 people eat this?" So being able to eat until full without any extra orders was a big plus. ![The stir-fried octopus lineup, generous even for a 2-person meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-17-6qh8m-900.webp) Coffee comes right at the end to finish things off, so instead of just eating and leaving, it felt like properly enjoying a full meal, which made it even more satisfying. ![Coffee served to finish the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-18-t52hj-900.webp) My family was all happy and said let's come again next time, which put me in a weirdly good mood. When you get a reaction like that, you know you really found a good one haha ![The café-like space next door for enjoying to-go coffee](https://img.superchart.com/images/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal-19-11kin-900.webp) Take your to-go coffee over to the space next door and you can enjoy it in a café-like atmosphere like this. It's something only Boksakkot Pineun Jip has! ## A family dinner after a Sutonggol outing To sum up, Boksakkot Pineun Jip Sutonggol is a place where taste, portions, lineup and atmosphere are all well balanced. It isn't a place that only does stir-fried octopus well — the dishes that come with it are good quality too, so the overall satisfaction feels much higher. It's great for a family dinner or a get-together, and I'd totally recommend it as part of a Sutonggol outing. It's truly been a long time since I thought "this was worth every won," so I'm absolutely planning to come back 💛 Next time I'm going to try some of the other dishes too! ## Where it is - Boksakkot Pineun Jip Daejeon Branch (복사꽃피는집 대전점) - 238-34 Wongyesan-ro, 1F, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea (대전광역시 유성구 원계산로 238-34 1층 복사꽃피는집) - 대전광역시 유성구 원계산로 238-34 1층 복사꽃피는집 - 36.3351645, 127.3012255 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%B3%B5%EC%82%AC%EA%BD%83%ED%94%BC%EB%8A%94%EC%A7%91%20%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%90/@36.3351645,127.3012255,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@daejeon-street-spoon/daejeon-sutonggol-octopus-family-meal/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt