Dunsan-dong gopchang restaurant with cheese fried rice: Uhwa Gopchang

Today I'm introducing a restaurant in Dunsan-dong called Uhwa Gopchang❕ Gopchang (grilled beef intestine) needs regular transfusions, you know!!!!! And apparently there's a place in Dunsan-dong where you can eat gopchang at outdoor tent seating (yajang)🥺 Outdoor tables in weather like this..? Couldn't resist!! So I ran straight there🏃🏻‍♀️

Where is Uhwa Gopchang? Hours and parking

Uhwa Gopchang is at 58 Daedeok-daero 195beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon, unit 105, in Dunsan-dong, open daily 17:00–24:00. They give out a 2-hour free parking pass — just ask the staff.

• 📍Location: 58 Daedeok-daero 195beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon, South Korea, 105-ho
• ⏰Hours: Daily 17:00–24:00
• 🅿️Parking: 2-hour free parking pass provided (ask staff)

Uhwa Gopchang is a bit further past Tteokban-jip — turn left at the next block!!

Rainy day at Uhwa Gopchang: only two tables under the tent

Normally there are tables set up outside too so you can eat at the outdoor tent seating, but that day light rain was falling so only about two tables under the tent were usable. The weather these days is perfect for outdoor tables, so that was such a shame🥺

Inside, tables line both sides like this! There's a walkway down the middle, which makes it easy to move around〰️

Wow, they even give out a 2-hour free parking pass — parking in Dunsan-dong is so tight, this is such a relief🥺🤍

Uhwa Gopchang menu and the five highball flavors

The menu has a mixed grill plus beef gopchang, makchang, daechang, heart, and chadolbagi sold à la carte too!! There's also gopchang hot pot〰️ And there are sides prepared as well.

They sell highballs too — Earl Grey, bokbunja (Korean black raspberry), hibiscus, plum, and yuzu, five kinds in total, just so you know😊

They're also running a review event — write a Naver receipt review and you get flying fish roe fried rice on the house!! I can't resist an event like that✨

Side dishes included: seaweed soup and tteokbokki

As soon as we sat down, they set out miyeokguk (seaweed soup)!! Most gopchang places usually give sundubu-jjigae, so this was the first time I'd seen seaweed soup😮

There's chadolbagi (thinly sliced beef brisket) in the seaweed soup too, which made it even richer and tastier👍🏻

The basic side dishes are pickled perilla leaves, mu-ssam (pickled radish wraps), scallion kimchi, and tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cakes)!!!!!! Tteokbokki as a basic side dish is amazing🥺

They also bring makjang (fermented dipping sauce) and soy sauce for dipping the gopchang, along with pickled onions〰️

They asked if we wanted liver and cheonyeop (beef tripe), and I said just cheonyeop please, and they brought it out like this!! Cheonyeop dipped in sesame oil is so good🤍

While waiting for the food, I read the instruction sheet>,<

The 23,000-won Uhwa mixed platter, grilled by staff to the finish

🌟Uhwa mixed platter (₩23,000)

The Uhwa mixed platter — gopchang, makchang, and daechang, all pre-grilled once before serving!! Real gopchang always looks so exciting no matter how many times I see it,,🥺🤍

Since it comes pre-grilled once, you only need to cook it a little more! They keep grilling it until it's ready to eat🥺 Only having to eat is so convenient ㅜㅜ🩷

Turning golden brown as it cooks🤍

They pile garlic, kimchi, chives, bean sprouts, rice cake, and even potato on the grill plate — vegetables stir-fried in gopchang fat are genuinely delicious🤤

That potato and rice cake that come with it are a real delicacy too,, grilled until crisp, they're so good🙊

Cut by cut: chadolbagi, heart, makchang, daechang and gopchang

Let's start with chadolbagi and heart. Chadolbagi is delicious as always〰️ The heart was chewy and really good too>,<

Makchang is often kind of tough, right!! But here it was genuinely soft…? First time having makchang this tender🥺

Instead of eating daechang whole in its round, plump shape, they cut it in half like this➰ Personally I like daechang grilled until crisp, so eating it cut up was satisfying too

The gopchang is packed full of gop (intestinal fat), so it's really, really good,,🤍

Crisp on the outside, moist inside — grilled so well that it wasn't chewy at all, I just kept saying delicious the whole time I was eating🩷 It gets a bit greasy since it's rich, but there are so many sauces and side dishes to pair with it that eating them together resets your palate✨

Flying fish roe fried rice with cheese, plus kimchi ramyeon

🌟Flying fish roe fried rice (₩5,000)

We even added cheese to the fried rice!! Topped with egg, seaweed flakes, and chives, it looked even more delicious. The fried rice is stir-fried in the kitchen and brought out to you😊

Since there's no lid, I thought the cheese wouldn't melt if I just left it like that, so I buried the cheese inside the rice😖

The cheese pull is honestly insane. I immediately understood why everyone told me to order the fried rice!!!!!! Slightly salty and genuinely delicious🤍 And adding cheese made it even better>,<

🌟Ramyeon (₩5,000)

Since gopchang can get a bit greasy, you've got to order a spicy soup too〰️ Turns out it's not just plain ramyeon but kimchi ramyeon!!!!!! Even more refreshing to eat, which was actually a plus〰️

Wow, they cook ramyeon really well here too🥺 Genuinely chewy noodles and just the right seasoning, so tasty ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Honestly ordering fried rice and ramyeon on top of everything, I thought, did I overdo it,,? Why was I so greedy,, but both were so good that I thought ordering them was absolutely the right call ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

At the counter there's even Mai Chews (chewy candy) set out, which is great for a palate cleanser❕

Why Uhwa Gopchang in Dunsan-dong is worth a second visit

I wanted to enjoy gopchang at the outdoor tent seating but couldn't because of the rain, which was such a shame, so I'm going to have to visit again sometime soon🤍 In weather like this you can't resist outdoor seating〰️ And on top of that the gopchang is genuinely delicious,, there's no reason not to come!!!!!!!! For anyone in Dunsan-dong wanting that outdoor tent-seating mood, or wanting to eat delicious gopchang, I recommend Uhwa Gopchang🤍