Cheonan Korean restaurant lunch for two, gondre and yukhoe: Hyangtaek

Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch — a Korean restaurant in Buldang-dong where you can eat neatly and heartily

Today I visited Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch in Buldang-dong, Cheonan. The food was delicious and every ingredient felt carefully handled — totally sa.tis.fied ෆ Let me introduce it to you now!

Where is Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch, and where do you park?

Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch is located right across from the Radenice officetel.

We drove there, and the building parking lot was spacious with 2 hours of free parking — really convenient. *Don't forget to register your car .ᐟ.ᐟ

Inside Hyangtaek: atmosphere and seating options

Overall, the interior of Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch feels tidy and clean.

With wood-toned tables and lighting shaped like mountains on the wall, it had a bit more ˗ˋˏvibeˎˊ˗ than a typical Korean restaurant!!

There are table seats, bench seats, solo seats and a bar table, plus group seating that fits anywhere from 4 up to 24 people.

They also have a kids' chair, so I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a Korean restaurant in Buldang-dong to visit with children!

Aprons are ready too, so you can eat without worrying about food splattering on your clothes.

The restroom is inside the building and separated by gender.

What side dishes come with every order at Hyangtaek?

Once you sit down, they first bring out cold water. Wooden spoons are also neatly set on every table. After you order, they prepare the basic side dishes to match your meal.

The yukhoe bibimbap (raw beef mixed rice) comes with egg, seasoning sauce, broth, salted seafood, and pickled burdock root. The mackerel gondre rice comes with seasoning sauce, salted seafood, pickled burdock root, and broth.

The side dishes were served neatly, and every dish they came in was pretty too. Plus there's crispy gim (seaweed) that goes great with rice .ᐟ

For drinks I ordered cola, and they didn't just bring the can — they gave us a cup of ice too, so we could drink it nice and cold ᐠ( ᐢ ⩊ ᐢ )ᐟ

Mackerel gondre rice, 14,000 won per serving

Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch's mackerel gondre rice is ₩14,000 per serving, and true to its name, it's a dish with both mackerel and gondre (dried thistle greens). Gondre is piled generously on top of the rice, and a big, golden-grilled piece of mackerel sits over it. It's topped with mushrooms, chives, and sesame seeds!

It looked big in the photos, but the mackerel was even bigger in person!!

The mackerel was golden and crispy on the outside with soft flesh inside. They mashed it up for us so it'd be easy to eat right away, haha.

After mashing the mackerel, you mix in the seasoning sauce that comes with it. Don't dump it all in at once — add it little by little to taste as you mix .ᐟ The delicious smell rising up as you mix it... 🤤

The gondre was plentiful too, and since the mackerel was mild, mixing them together worked really well. I liked being able to adjust the seasoning with the sauce myself.

How to season and eat Hyangtaek's rice bowls

It's tasty just as it is, but the table also had instructions for the best way to eat Hyangtaek's food. Put rice on the gim that comes with the meal, add a little of the mixed salted seafood, and take a bite!

I also added a piece of the pickled burdock root that comes as a side dish — yum. Eating it in between bites went really well together.

Yukhoe bibimbap, 14,000 won per serving

The yukhoe bibimbap is also ₩14,000 per serving. Next up is my husband's pick — the yukhoe bibimbap, which was just gorgeous in color 🥩

They pop an egg yolk right on top. Fresh vegetables sit under a generous pile of yukhoe (seasoned raw beef), and it looked so good~~

You mix in the sauce that comes with it evenly. The sauce wasn't too strong, so it didn't overpower the flavor of the yukhoe itself.

These days a lot of restaurant food is heavily seasoned, so I liked that Hyangtaek let the natural flavors of the ingredients come through.

True to a Korean restaurant that prepares healthy meals with fresh ingredients daily, we finished the meal feeling like we'd eaten well and somehow taken care of our health too 🍚( '༥' 🥢 )

Hyangtaek's receipt review event: free mushroom platter

At the time of our visit, there was also a Naver receipt review event going on .ᐟ On weekdays only, writing a receipt review got you a free mushroom platter worth ₩6,000, so if you visit, be sure to grab that, haha.

Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch menu and prices

Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch's menu is broadly split into rice bowls and side dishes. There's mackerel gondre rice, eggplant doenjang rice bowl, yukhoe bibimbap, chamnamul squid rice bowl, and more — all great for a full meal.

For sides, there's grilled deodeok mushrooms, mushroom hanpan galbi, and Cheongsong-style tteokgalbi (patty-shaped short rib), so if you're visiting with others, I'd recommend adding one to share!

Visitor info: hours, address and parking

• 📍 1F 109, 110, 192 Buldang25-ro, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
• 🕖 Daily 11:00–20:00 (last order 15:00 / 19:30) / Break time 15:30–17:00
• 🚗 2 hours free with building parking
• ✨ Kids' chair, group seating, reservations, takeout, delivery, Wi-Fi, and more

A clean, quiet spot where we enjoyed a comfortable Korean meal — Hyangtaek Cheonan Buldang Branch.