Daegu Korean restaurant, gondre rice mixed with soy sauce: Hyangtaek

Today I came for a neat, tidy Korean meal near Kim Kwang-seok Street!

Hyangtaek Daebong Branch

Where to park at Hyangtaek Daebong Branch: 1 hour 10 minutes free at Kim Kwang-seok-gil public lot

Hyangtaek Daebong Branch doesn't have its own parking lot, but 🚗 you can use the nearby 'Kim Kwang-seok-gil public parking lot' (32-20 Dongdeok-ro 8-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu, South Korea) for 1 hour 10 minutes free. Just mention it when you pay after your meal!

Hyangtaek's Tabling waitlist machine and what we ordered from the menu

There's a Tabling waitlist machine right at the entrance! Handy for waiting, haha.

📋 The menu

• Mackerel gondre (dried herb) rice — ₩14,000
• Eggplant doenjang rice bowl — ₩13,000
• Yukhoe (raw beef) bibimbap — ₩14,000
• Wild chive squid rice bowl — ₩13,000
• Herring roe bibim noodles — ₩13,000
• Grilled deodeok (mountain root) and mushrooms — ₩9,000
• Hanpan mushroom — ₩6,000
• Hanpan galbi — ₩10,000
• Cheongsong-style chicken bulgogi — ₩9,000

🐷 We ordered the restaurant's signature mackerel gondre rice (₩14,000) and eggplant doenjang rice bowl (₩13,000)!

Inside Hyangtaek Daebong Branch and the weekday receipt review event

The interior has a wood-toned look, cozy and comfortable! With big tables it seems great for group meals too. Open kitchen, so you can trust the hygiene!! 👍🏻

On weekdays they run a receipt review event!! You get a free hanpan mushroom~~ Be sure to grab that perk 😖

You know you have to follow the 'how to enjoy' guide to really taste it right, right? 😎

What side dishes and dipping sauces come with a meal at Hyangtaek?

The basic side dishes are doenjang (soybean paste) soup, pickled gungchae (aster stem), seasoned jeotgal (salted seafood), and roasted gim (seaweed). ++ The mackerel gondre rice comes with soy sauce seasoning, and the eggplant doenjang bowl comes with kelp vinegar.

The seasoned jeotgal looked so good,, gotta wrap it in the roasted gim 🤤

How does the mackerel gondre rice (14,000 won) taste?

The mackerel gondre rice (₩14,000) is packed with nuttily grilled mackerel and fragrant gondre (dried mountain herb). It's also topped with mushrooms, chives, and sesame seeds.

Whoa, can you see how meaty that mackerel is,, I tore it apart with my chopsticks then added the soy sauce seasoning that comes with it and mixed it all up~! If you add it all at once it can get salty, so I'd recommend tasting as you go!! The combo of nutty gondre and fatty mackerel was so good 👍🏻

What is the eggplant doenjang rice bowl (13,000 won) like?

The eggplant doenjang rice bowl (₩13,000) is savory doenjang with fragrant eggplant!! It's also topped with chives and puffed rice.

I tore up the eggplant with my chopsticks and ate it together with the various toppings. Thanks to the doenjang, it had a clean but deep flavor. Adding the seasoned jeotgal that comes with it made it pair even better~~

I wrapped it in gim too and also added the soy sauce seasoning that comes with the mackerel rice, ha0ha. Eating it together was so good,, hehe 🐷 A good meal again today

Final verdict on Hyangtaek Daebong Branch

• A restaurant near Gyeongbuk Uni Hospital Station in Daegu
• Located near Kim Kwang-seok Street and Bangcheon Market
• 1 hour 10 minutes free parking at 'Kim Kwang-seok-gil public parking lot'
• Big tables, so it seems good for group gatherings too
• You get to enjoy a tidy, well-set Korean meal
• Food is plated cleanly, so it could work for wedding-invitation gatherings too
• The combo of nutty gondre and fatty mackerel is great
• The combo of savory doenjang and fragrant eggplant is also great
• The base rice in the cauldron rice is chewy and delicious