Garak Market beef offal grill with wasabi sauce: Midang Hanwoo

Hi, this is Zero :) The number one food I craved most after finishing a strict body-management stretch was gopchang (beef small intestine), and I finally got to eat it, haha. Here's my honest review of Midang Hanwoo Gopchang, known as a Garak Market gopchang spot -!

Where is Midang Hanwoo Gopchang, and when is it open?

Midang Hanwoo Gopchang is located at 47 Yangjaedae-ro 62-gil, 1F Unit 103, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It's open Mon-Sat 09:00 - 23:00, closed on Sundays.

Even on a Sunday evening, this Garak Market gopchang restaurant was packed full of people.

It's run directly by a Nonghyup livestock wholesaler, which made me trust it even more! Freshness matters most for beef especially, so I couldn't help but wonder just how fresh it would be ... ✨

Midang Hanwoo Gopchang menu, side dishes and wasabi sauce

The side dishes at Midang Hanwoo Gopchang are green onion kimchi, diced radish kimchi, seasoned chives, and cheonyeop (beef stomach lining). The green onion kimchi here ... is truly the absolute best, I can't even count how many times I refilled it. And you all know seasoned chives pair perfectly with gopchang and daechang, right?!

A wasabi-based special sauce! It cuts through the richness of the gopchang just enough.

Cheonyeop. Normally liver comes out too, but since it was right before a holiday and the cattle butchering was finished for the day, they said only cheonyeop was available. Dipped in sesame oil salt, it's delicious -

Is the 68,000 won Special Hanwoo Gopchang Grill Set enough for two?

Midang Hanwoo Gopchang's Special Hanwoo Gopchang Grill Set costs ₩68,000 and includes gopchang, daechang, teukyang, makchang, and heart. I ordered the special set so I could try every cut. The portion was quite large too, so it felt like even better value than expected. Completely filling for two people!

Makchang (abomasum)

Compared to other cuts, makchang (beef bung) is savory and relatively less fatty. The makchang here is seriously delicious ...

They grill each piece for you with a pro's touch. All you have to do is eat — so convenient ,,

Beef heart

The first cut grilled up was the heart! It had been a while since I'd had it, and it was savory and chewy and delicious. From the very first bite I could tell they use really fresh beef.

Gopchang (small intestine)

Ahhh ,, finally the gopchang ,, I'm pretty sensitive to gamy smells, but there was really no smell at all here, and it was packed full of gop (the fatty lining inside)!

Teukyang (omasum)

Not a cut I usually eat, but Midang Hanwoo Gopchang's teukyang was more delicious than expected.

Daechang (large intestine)

For the daechang (large intestine), some pieces were opened up and grilled crispy, and some were grilled whole like in the photo. That rich, fatty flavor ... eating it after so long, it tasted ten times better, it was seriously so good!

What the 8,000 won clam soft tofu stew tastes like

Midang Hanwoo Gopchang's clam soft tofu stew is ₩8,000. It's been ages since I had gopchang with a drink, and you can't skip the stew! I ordered it because it looked spicy, and the portion size is huge! ₩8,000 isn't exactly cheap, but seeing the size, it makes sense haha.

Bubbling away 🍲 the soft tofu stew at this Garak Market gopchang restaurant is the kind of bold, punchy flavor that's total dopamine. One bite in and it's so intense that soju just pours itself hahahahaha.

The complimentary seasoned raw crab

The owner gave us seasoned raw crab on the house, telling us to try it with the gopchang. He said it's made fresh every morning — is it even allowed for a gopchang restaurant's seasoned crab to be this good? They have a seasoned crab lunch set (₩11,000) on the lunch menu, and now I really want to come back just to try that haha.

Midang Hanwoo Gopchang: the verdict

I visited Midang Hanwoo Gopchang while looking for a gopchang restaurant near Garak Market! I've been to a lot of famous gopchang places, but this one really stands out on the two things that matter most: freshness and lack of gamy smell. I ate really well, and the owner was extremely kind, so I'd definitely go back haha. There's a super famous gopchang place nearby with insanely long waits — instead of waiting forever there, try this place once!