Hanam Misa Chinese restaurant on a quiet weekday drive: O Hyeongje

Where is O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang in Hanam Misa, and what are its hours?

∘₊ A visit to O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang, a Hanam Chinese restaurant favorite ₊∘

• Location: 616-1 Misadae-ro, 1st floor, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Hours: Daily 11:00–21:20 · last order 20:45
• Group bookings, reservations, and takeout available
• Dog-friendly: call ahead on your way and they'll set up a table for you 🐶

∘₊ Parking available: a large lot surrounds the building on all sides. Easy to park for big families or new drivers too.

The weather's been so nice lately that I went for a drive and stopped by O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang Hanam Misa Main Branch, a well-known Hanam Chinese restaurant near Starfield Hanam, for seafood nurungjitang (scorched rice soup) and fresh tenderloin sweet-and-sour pork with sticky rice batter ₊˚

On weekends or at peak hours there's a crowd and waiting is a must, so I went on a quiet weekday to skip the line.

Inside O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang: room for groups and family gatherings

The Hanam Misa branch is huge and spotlessly maintained. Bright and upscale — I felt good the moment I walked in. It's spacious with plenty of tables, perfect for group meals or family gatherings.

The menu: five nurungjitang soups and other Chinese dishes

There are five kinds of stone-pot nurungjitang: seafood, seafood abalone, mung bean abalone, maesaengi (seaweed) abalone, and jeon-gabok. Nice to be able to pick the one that suits your taste as a hearty restorative meal.

Chinese food means sticky rice sweet-and-sour pork of course.ᐟ.ᐟ From fresh tenderloin tangsuyuk to chili shrimp, yurinki (crispy chicken), palbochae, and jeon-gabok, there's a wide range of dishes. *Write a receipt review and you can get a refreshing lemonade service too — don't forget!

Robot servers and the self-serve side dish bar, where green onion kimchi steals the show

Order through the tablet at your table and a robot delivers the side dishes. It glides over silently and serves quickly — big props to the robot waiter 🤖❤︎

If you need more side dishes or fruit, the self-serve bar has you covered.

One bite of the side dishes and I knew this was a good restaurant.ᐟ The ingredients are so fresh and the seasoning is just right. Not too salty, so it's easy for elders or kids to eat too. The kimchi especially is amazing.ᐟ They serve green onion kimchi★( ˶˙º̬˙˶ ) Green onion kimchi, baek kimchi, and dried radish strips are also sold separately, apparently. Nice touch that there's even dessert oranges at the self-serve bar 🍊

Seafood nurungjitang: scraping the stone pot clean

The staff pours the seafood nurungjitang into the hot stone pot right in front of you.ᐟ

Ahh٩(⌯˃ ▾ ˂⌯)‎و look at that seafood nurungjitang loaded with big chunks of seafood 🦑🦐 the seafood pieces are genuinely huge-★

Can you see it bubbling the second it touches the stone pot — a soup that seems to breathe-??

As it boils away, you need to stir slowly with a ladle so the bottom doesn't burn 🥄

The broth deepens the more it simmers, and the big stone pot filled generously is one serving.ᐟ One spoonful of the hot broth and my whole body melted, my stomach felt at ease — a truly healthy, restorative dish ⑅⭒

Plump scallops, shrimp, squid, and more — each piece of seafood kept its moist, tender texture ⋆*

The highlight of nurungjitang,, is of course the scorched rice stuck to the bottom of the pot.ᐟ

I scraped the pot clean down to the bottom, no leftovers-★ Seafood nurungjitang = a taste you can't leave behind. It felt like a warm, hearty dish that would perk you right up if you're feeling low 🍲🦑

How was the fresh tenderloin tangsuyuk with glutinous rice batter?

The fresh tenderloin sweet-and-sour pork with sticky rice batter comes topped with colorful pineapple, cherry tomatoes, and various vegetables — refreshing and appetizing just to look at 🍍 ̖́-

I'm a dip-not-pour tangsuyuk person(⭒•͈ 𓎺 •͈ ) and even the sweet and tangy sauce is,, excellent.ᐟ.ᐟ With sauce this good, the sticky rice tangsuyuk was even more perfect♥

The tenderloin really lived up to its name (͒˶´⚇`˵)͒ being tenderloin, it's never chewy, but clean-tasting and soft. Honestly, since the nurungjitang is the main event, I didn't expect much from the tangsuyuk,, but the sticky rice version is a real gem-★ It surprisingly went great alongside the nurungjitang too, and I genuinely recommend eating them together.ᐟ Best tangsuyuk I've had in a while-!!

Final verdict on O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang in Hanam Misa

The chefs at O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang are seriously skilled, from the side dishes to the mains ₍₍▬⃜⃛╾⸜(′ᵕ‵๑)ྀི It's a clearly different flavor from any nurungjitang I've had before, and one I keep thinking about even after eating — such a satisfying Hanam Chinese restaurant find.｡♥

The taste feels like something from an upscale Chinese restaurant, but the price is neighborhood-level, which made it even more satisfying. At this price for this quality of Chinese cooking, it's worth coming a bit out of your way for. If you want to warm up with hot seafood nurungjitang and enjoy delicious tenderloin sticky rice tangsuyuk too, I recommend O Hyeongje Hwangje Nurungjitang in Hanam (*´؂`*)