Jeungpyeong tofu restaurant with corkage-free makgeolli: Gamnamujip

Jeungpyeong tofu restaurant Gamnamujip 🎈141 Gwangjang-ro, Jeungpyeong-eup, Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungbuk 🕒 11:00–20:30 Break time 14:30–17:00 Last order 19:30 ▪︎Closed every Sunday ✔️ Groups, takeout, Wi-Fi, reservations, baby chairs

Hi everyone! It's Woohee ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ A few days ago I had dinner with my sisters, and while we were trying to decide where to go, I want to introduce you to this new Jeungpyeong tofu spot right away :)

Where in Jeungpyeong is Gamnamujip?

Gamnamujip is located right across from Jeungpyeong Elementary School 🙂 Isn't this elegant tiled-roof hanok gorgeous?

🕚Business hours🕣 11:00–20:30 Break time 14:30–17:00

All the earthenware jars lined up in front of the restaurant are so charming haha, it feels like you've come to grandma's house

And there are persimmon trees growing nicely around the place — now I get why it's called Gamnamu (persimmon tree) haha

There are outdoor seats too, so if you love an outdoor drinking session, this could be a great spot!

Jegichagi and tuho games in the front yard

In front of the restaurant you can enjoy traditional games — just pay ₩1,000 to try jegichagi (shuttlecock kicking) and tuho (arrow throwing). They say the thousand won gets donated separately. So warm... 😊

Right next to that there's a Catch Table kiosk and a menu board, so you can decide on your order ahead of time

The tofu-making area looks spotless at a glance — Gamnamujip really does make its own tofu in-house 😎

Hanok interior, seating and service

Touching service ☝️ Free soybean pulp soup 😇 Free dessert ice cream 😇

Inside, it's a hall-style layout with a corridor — you take off your shoes before entering. Group seating? OK. Baby chairs? OK.

Touching service ✌️ Every table has dental floss, hair ties, and a phone stand

A proud notice on the wall — Gamnamujip makes everything with 100% domestic soybeans and good ingredients

What we ordered and what it cost

📜Order📜 Gamnamu hand-tofu hot pot ₩17,000 x2 Grilled pork tofu duruchigi ₩15,000 Jeungpyeong makgeolli ₩3,000

We debated between sides but ended up going with meat for the signature hand-tofu hot pot haha

Before the meal, they give each person their own clear sundubu (soft tofu) — soft and delicate, so tasty 💕 Topped with soy sauce, I finished it in no time haha

Grilled pork tofu duruchigi, 15,000 won

About 5 minutes after ordering, the grilled pork tofu duruchigi arrived

Tasting it, there's a subtle smoky char, and eating kimchi + tofu + meat together as a trio was very nice -.ᐟ Instantly made me want makgeolli.. haha

Jeungpyeong makgeolli 3,000 won and corkage-free drinking

There were 3 kinds of makgeolli and we went with the Jeungpyeong makgeolli — the price is nice too ,, 🤭 Touching service 🤟 Two milk thistle tablets 💊 attached to the makgeolli bottle. Gamnamujip even thinks of my liver,, wow, first time seeing a restaurant like this. And it's corkage-free too ❤️🔥

I wasn't feeling great that day so I toasted with water instead - 🥂 The water is actually hottgae tea (Japanese raisin tree tea) 🤎

How many side dishes come with the meal?

The soybean pulp clear soup that comes as a base is also rich and savory, goes down so smoothly haha

Salad, broccoli tofu salad, stir-fried mushrooms, kkakdugi (radish kimchi), braised lotus root, kimchi, tteokbokki, sweet pumpkin mousse, seasoned eggplant, and zucchini jeon (pan-fried) — a whopping 10 side dishes came out 😆

The spicy tteokbokki and all the other sides are healthy and delicious, so my hand kept reaching for more haha

If you run out of side dishes, there's a self-bar ꔛ (soybean pulp soup and tteokbokki are separate)

Gamnamu hand-tofu hot pot, 34,000 won for two

Then came the hand-tofu hot pot with a whole ginseng root sitting right on top — look at that visual ㄷㄷㄷ Loaded with vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, even dumplings ,, just looking at it gives you energy 💪

ˋˏ Wow ˎˊ˗ this is what a truly proper healthy meal looks like

This is exactly the home-cooked-style meal I'd been wanting, and I found it here ㅠ Korean food is the best 😍😍

Since we ordered the hot pot for two, they gave us two bowls of rice too — check this out, it's turmeric rice, good for your body '◡'

Five free tofu refills

Touching service 🖖 They told us to let them know if we ran short on tofu, so I did, and they gave us 5 more pieces. We put 2 pieces into the hot pot and swept up the remaining 3 with the leftover pork~ haha

Scooped up a nice bowlful to taste - 🍲

Tasting it, the hand-tofu is super savory and soft, and it goes perfectly with the broth. Eating it with all the vegetables and mushrooms warmed my whole body right up

The rolled dumplings (gurim mandu) are charming too 🥟🤍 Packed full of meat and kimchi filling, both lightly seasoned so anyone can enjoy them without feeling overwhelmed

There's also a review event going on right now, so give it a try 😀

We left with dessert ice cream and soybean pulp packed up neatly too — finding a great Jeungpyeong spot like this makes me so happy 🙈🙉🙊

If you're looking for Jeungpyeong lunch, a Jeungpyeong restaurant, or a Jeungpyeong tofu spot, I recommend Gamnamujip