Jungja Station Korean restaurant with seafood rice: Morang

I visited Morang Haemul Sotbap’s Jungja Station branch (모랑해물솥밥 정자역점) for a hot-pot rice meal near Jungja Station. My husband and I ordered one seafood sotbap and one octopus-and-scallop sotbap.

How far is it from Jungja Station, and is parking available?

The restaurant is on the second floor of Prugio City 2 at 197 Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi. It is about a three-minute walk from Exit 5 of Jungja Station on the Shinbundang and Suin-Bundang lines. The original post says three hours of parking are free.

What are the hours and break times?

The hours listed in the original post are below. There is a break time on weekdays and Saturday, while Sunday service is lunch only.

• Mon–Fri: 11:00–21:30, break 15:00–17:00
• Saturday: 11:30–21:30, break 15:00–17:00
• Sunday: 11:30–15:00, closed in the evening
• Last dinner order: 20:40

Is there seating for groups or gatherings?

The restaurant felt spacious and open when I walked in. The interior was also neatly kept.

There was a long communal table in the center, along with private booth seating. With private spaces for 4–8 people and group seating for 10 or more, I thought it would also work for eating with several people or for a company dinner.

Each table had an ordering tablet, so we could look through the menu and order from our seats.

What are the sotbap menu prices?

They say the rice is cooked with top-grade rice milled within seven days and a special broth simmered every morning before dawn. Besides sotbap, the menu also included savory pancakes and makgeolli, stir-fried octopus with somyeon noodles, yukjeon and whelk, and cheese buldak cooked on a hot plate.

The main sotbap dishes listed in the original post cost ₩12,000–₩23,000. We chose seafood sotbap and octopus-and-scallop sotbap.

• Seafood sotbap: ₩15,000
• Octopus-and-scallop sotbap: ₩16,000
• Abalone and eel sotbap: ₩23,000 each
• Beef-and-eggplant sotbap: ₩14,000
• Gondre and mushroom sotbap: ₩12,000 each

How did the octopus-and-scallop sotbap taste?

The octopus-and-scallop sotbap came with a generous amount of octopus and thick scallops. The octopus was chewy yet tender, while the scallop had a clean, mild flavor.

The thickness of the scallop was especially memorable. There were also seasoned potatoes in the rice, which made the combination fun to eat.

I liked eating the octopus with the potatoes.

I also enjoyed putting the seasoned potatoes and scallop together on gim (dried seaweed).

How were the seafood sotbap and side dishes?

My husband’s seafood sotbap came with plenty of seafood, including shrimp, scallop, oyster, and squid. He said the rice itself had the refreshing flavor and umami of seafood broth.

The basic side dishes were kimchi, macaroni salad, and pickled vegetables. They were neatly arranged and went well with the sotbap.

The thick scallop and seasoned potatoes in the octopus-and-scallop sotbap were the most memorable parts of this meal. We visited as two people for sotbap, but seeing the spacious restaurant and range of seating made it a place worth considering for a meal with a larger group too.