Gyodong, Daegu Korean restaurant for yukgaejang kalguksu: Donggok

Today I came to Gyodong in Daegu for Korean food~! They have all kinds of dishes — kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup), bossam (boiled pork wraps), pancakes — so it was great for trying a bunch of things haha

Donggok Jemyeon

Location and parking — near Jungangno Station, 30-minute Dongseong-ro parking support

Donggok Jemyeon Daegu Dongseong-ro Main Branch is right near Jungangno Station, so it's really accessible even without a car!

Parking is always a headache around Jungangno,, 🚗 but they support 30 minutes at Dongseong-ro parking lot! Yay~~ After eating I left and the discounted parking fee only came to ₩2,000

Menu and prices

📋 The menu board

• Ultra-rich chicken kalguksu (homemade noodles) ₩13,000
• Hanwoo bone broth kalguksu (homemade noodles) ₩11,000
• Yukgaejang kalguksu (homemade noodles) ₩12,000
• Cold chogye bibim kalguksu (homemade noodles) ₩11,000
• Suyuk half plate (recommended with noodles) ₩10,900
• Seafood chive pancake ₩15,000
• Barley shrimp minari pancake ₩15,000
• Sweet and tangy chicken salad ₩9,500
• Gabrisal pork suyuk ₩32,000
• Seafood chive pancake set for 2 ₩36,000
• Minari pancake set for 2 ₩36,000
• Donggok makgeolli ₩5,000

🐷 I ordered the yukgaejang kalguksu, seafood chive pancake, and suyuk half plate

Interior and homemade noodles

The interior has tables for 2, tables for 4, and sofa seats, so it seems great for groups too!!

They make the noodles in-house using just flour, water, and salt!! A healthy taste with no additives 👍🏻 Since it's fresh noodle, it's chewy and doesn't get mushy, which I loved

On the side there's salt, pepper, and chicken salt for seasoning and dipping meat. The chicken salt was finer grained than the regular salt

Side dish kimchi tastes freshly made

The side dishes were kimchi and cucumber-pepper doenjang mix! You can see the kimchi's color, right? For a kalguksu place, the kimchi flavor really matters — and it passed just on looks alone haha. It tasted like freshly made geotjeori (fresh kimchi), crunchy and delicious

A really solid spread came together in no time,, 🍚 A bit of everything~~ properly~~ I'll eat it all 🤤

Seafood chive pancake ₩15,000 — loaded with shrimp and squid

Seafood chive pancake, ₩15,000. This place really knows how to make pancakes,, chives fried crispy, plus generous shrimp and squid piled on top. There's red chili too for extra spiciness!

They gave us tongs and scissors so we cut it into big pieces. There was so much shrimp and squid that every bite came with seafood too 👍🏻👍🏻

Gyeongsang-style vinegar-chili sauce, plus soy sauce

Did you know that in Gyeongsang-do, pancakes come with chogochujang (vinegar-chili sauce)? And pancakes dipped in chogochujang are seriously the best,, if it's on the table, I always dip mine in it haha

The soy sauce was the flavor we all know..! That good sesame-oil soy sauce taste hahaha. With onion and cheongyang chili in it, it was nicely spicy alongside the pancake

Suyuk half plate ₩10,900 — gabrisal pork suyuk

Suyuk half plate, ₩10,900, made with gabrisal (pork shoulder blade) cut. Not many places serve this cut,, lucky me. It was so well boiled ㅠ.ㅠ good ratio of lean meat to fat, zero gamey smell, and so tender!! Comes with salted shrimp, doenjang, and radish kimchi

The radish kimchi was sweet and delicious. Ate it with doenjang ~ and with salted shrimp ~ ㅜ ㅜ ugh, now I want more

Yukgaejang kalguksu ₩12,000 — mild spice, wide flat noodles

Yukgaejang kalguksu, ₩12,000. Homemade noodles in yukgaejang broth!! Topped with meat garnish and loaded with bean sprouts, shiitake mushroom, king oyster mushroom, green onion and more. The bowl is hot so be careful!! ❤️🔥

The noodles are wide and flat. They soak up the broth fully so every bite is moist. The spice level was just right, not too spicy at all!

Look, the noodles were sitting ready in the fridge like this. No wonder the doenjang was so good,, they had actual clay crocks for it,, house-made doenjang is the best!!

If you leave a receipt review, they give you the sweet and tangy chicken salad for free! Keep that in mind and try the chicken salad too haha

Final thoughts — Donggok Jemyeon Daegu Dongseong-ro Main Branch

• A Korean restaurant in Gyodong, Daegu selling kalguksu, suyuk, pancakes and more — great for trying a variety of dishes
• Spacious seating, seems good for group gatherings too
• Highly recommend the suyuk — zero gamey smell and so tender, especially with the house doenjang and radish kimchi that come with it
• Homemade noodles that stay firm and don't get soggy all the way through
• The amount of shrimp and squid on the chive pancake is generous.. you can get a mouthful of both in one bite
• Nicely crispy, well-fried chive pancake!
• If you're looking for a Korean restaurant in Gyodong, Daegu, I recommend this place