Late-night pub in Jecheon: crab with jjolmyeon sari at Maeun Gieok

૮₍´｡･⩊･ ｡`₎ა Hi, it's Siming! If you're looking for a place to drink late near Jecheon Terminal, pay attention to this one! A lot of places in Jecheon close surprisingly early, but this spot runs until 3am, so it's great for a second or third round.

Maeun Gieok hours and how to find it near Jecheon Terminal

Maeun Gieok is a spicy bar food restaurant on the 1st floor of 3 Doksun-ro 11-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do. Hours are 16:30–03:00, with no closed days.

What Maeun Gieok looks like inside and out

Maeun Gieok is located near Jecheon Terminal. The exterior looked clean from the outside, and the interior was bigger than expected, so it seemed great for group gatherings or drinking sessions. Lots of tables, and overall it felt spacious and tidy!

Maeun Gieok menu: crab spice levels and noodle sari choices

True to the name Maeun Gieok (spicy memory), spicy dishes like dakbal (spicy chicken feet) in broth and kkotgemuchim are the signature menu items. I ordered the kkotgemuchim basic flavor with jjolmyeon sari (chewy noodle add-on). Kkotgemuchim comes in basic or extra spicy, and you can choose your sari from glass noodles, somyeon, or jjolmyeon!

Besides that, there's also a wide range of pork cutlets, steaks, jjigae, and tang (soup) dishes.

There's also a variety of bingsu (shaved ice) and side dishes, so you could honestly do first round through third round all in one place haha. Looking around at the other tables, a lot of people were having bingsu, and it looked so good visually that I want to try it next time!

How spicy is the basic-flavor kkotgemuchim?

And here comes the kkotgemuchim. The visual is no joke! The sauce is really generous too.

For basic side dishes, we got pickled radish and seasoned bean sprouts. Side dishes that pair well with spicy food.

It's crab season right now, and you know kkotgemuchim is trending harder than yangnyeom gejang (soy-marinated crab) these days, right~~~~? Maeun Gieok's kkotgemuchim was well-cleaned and easy to eat, and the meat was packed in quite generously!

Looks so good it's crazy~~~

Couldn't resist ordering drinks with this visual, so we got beer and soju too!

They gave us tongs and scissors together, and cut everything into bite-sized pieces for us first.

Put on the sanitary gloves and squeezed the crab meat out, and it was so plump it was incredibly delicious! This was my first crab of the year, and it was so satisfying! I ordered the basic flavor, and at first I thought 'huh, not as spicy as I expected?' but the heat crept up the more I ate. Compared to buldak bokkeummyeon, the basic flavor is definitely milder. It's not an overwhelming or tongue-burning kind of spicy, just the right amount of heat to go with drinks.

While eating, I really wanted rice, so we added a bowl! They piled the crab meat generously on the white rice.

Absolute rice thief, so delicious~~

Why the jjolmyeon sari is worth adding

And personally, the one thing I really want to recommend is the jjolmyeon sari! The jjolmyeon comes out perfectly chewy, and since the kkotgemuchim sauce is so generous, the sari is a must!

Mix it well into the leftover sauce.

Mixing the jjolmyeon sari into the leftover sauce is genuinely a delicacy. The noodles come out perfectly chewy and don't get soggy even if you eat slowly!

Topped with crab meat too, yum >_< After trying the kkotgemuchim, the signature dish at Maeun Gieok in Jecheon, I could tell the owner has real skill, so the other menu items are surely delicious too!

Final verdict on Maeun Gieok

If you're looking for good food, a bar, or kkotgemuchim in Jecheon, I'd recommend Maeun Gieok. Being open until late is a big plus, and the quality of the kkotgemuchim was satisfying too. Especially recommended among Jecheon downtown restaurants when you want a proper dish to go with your drinks.

From dinner through second and third round dishes like bingsu and dried snacks, Maeun Gieok in Jecheon has plenty of variety. Be sure to try the kkotgemuchim + rice + jjolmyeon sari combo 😋