Giheung kalguksu restaurant just before last order: Jangwongap

If you're at Lotte Outlet Giheung and looking for somewhere nearby for lunch or dinner, here's a spot worth knowing — Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch.

It's about 3 minutes by car from Lotte Outlet Giheung, and IKEA and Living Power Center are close by too, so it's a good spot for a meal before or after shopping or an outing. We had errands around Giheung that day and stopped in, and the food turned out to be more interesting than I expected, so I wanted to share it.

What stood out was that you don't just start with kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) — it's a course that goes chadol (beef brisket) and minari (water dropwort) → shabu-shabu → hand-pulled kalguksu → fried rice, so it ended up being a pretty full meal.

Where is Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch, and is there parking?

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch is on the 1st floor of 90 Gomae-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and there's plenty of parking right in front, which made driving there easy. It's said to hold about 40 cars, and the size makes it fine for family meals or groups.

Just 3 minutes by car from Lotte Outlet Giheung

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch is about a 3-minute drive from Lotte Outlet Giheung, so it's worth remembering if you're looking for outlet restaurants nearby. IKEA and Living Power Center are close too, so you can browse furniture or home goods and grab a meal in one trip. Easy parking is a plus if you're getting around by car.

Is there a wait at mealtimes and on weekends?

This place is already famous among Giheung Outlet-area restaurants, so expect a wait at weekend lunch and dinner. But the restaurant is so large with so many tables that it seems to move through the line pretty fast!

We'd been shopping at the Giheung Outlet and got there really late, almost at the order cutoff time, and there were still so many customers even that late!

There's also a Jangwongap Kalguksu promotion going on!

What we ordered at Jangwongap Kalguksu and what it cost

We ordered the chadol minari-ssam shabu kalguksu and the whole shrimp seafood pancake.

Chadol minari-ssam shabu kalguksu is Jangwongap Kalguksu's signature dish, going from chadol, minari, vegetables and mushrooms all the way to hand-pulled kalguksu and perilla oil kkakdugi (radish kimchi) fried rice. It's ₩15,500, and the whole shrimp seafood pancake is ₩13,500.

For the shabu kalguksu course itself, it's ₩10,000 per person for the 4-item course and ₩12,000 per person for the 5-item course. (The 4-item course doesn't include shabu meat.)

First course: beef brisket with fresh minari wraps

When the food first comes out, you get shabu-ready chadol, fresh minari, and assorted vegetables.

Here's the fun, distinctive part of Jangwongap Kalguksu — instead of just eating the chadol shabu-shabu style, you wrap the chadol in fresh minari. Then dip it lightly in sesame oil.

The savory chadol plus the fragrant, crisp minari made a combo that worked better than I expected.

Eating it with minari rather than chadol alone cuts the richness and leaves your mouth feeling fresher.

If you're searching for kalguksu restaurants in Giheung-gu, Yongin and want something a bit different, this chadol minari-ssam will probably be the first thing that catches your eye. It's great dipped in the sesame oil sauce too!! I topped mine with hairtail jeot (salted fermented fish) and it was even better~!

My 9-year-old daughter neatly piled fresh minari and Uiseong garlic kimchi on top and ate it, and it was so cute :)

House-made kalguksu noodles you can watch being cut

Once you've had your fill of chadol and minari, it's time for the actual kalguksu. Jangwongap Kalguksu features hand-pulled noodles kneaded a thousand times, based on a 60-year noodle-making tradition.

The way the noodles stretch when you lift them is pretty impressive — this is really something better captured on video than in photos. Kalguksu that shows you what truly chewy noodles are :)

Apparently the texture changes as time passes. At first there's a chewy bite, and as they cook a bit more in the broth, they get softer. Try it at 5, 8, and 10-minute marks~!! So rather than adding all the noodles at once, adding them a bit at a time lets you notice the texture change.

And try one strand dipped in the sesame oil sauce. Whoa... what is this....??? I ended up mixing all my leftover kalguksu with the remaining sesame oil sauce!

Uiseong garlic kimchi, the side that ties the meal together

Kalguksu really does need kimchi. At Jangwongap Kalguksu you can pair it with Uiseong garlic kimchi. A bite of kalguksu followed by kimchi cleans your palate nicely.

You can grab extra kimchi from the self-service corner! And leftover pancake can be packed to go!! The combo of a brothy noodle dish and kimchi is hard to get wrong.

Seafood pancake packed with whole shrimp

And the side we ordered — the whole shrimp seafood pancake. True to its name, it's loaded with whole shrimp, squid, octopus, and more seafood. A good dish to add if just ordering kalguksu feels like not enough.

Cutting into the pancake, you can really see the seafood packed inside — such a satisfying bite!!! >.< Crispy outside, soft inside~! We had it alongside the chadol minari-ssam shabu kalguksu, and going back and forth between the warm kalguksu broth and the crispy seafood pancake worked really well as a combo.

Finishing with perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice

The final course of the shabu kalguksu is perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice. After the meat, vegetables, and kalguksu, finishing with fried rice makes the whole meal feel complete.

The nutty aroma of perilla oil combined with the crisp, tangy kkakdugi gave it a totally different flavor from the kalguksu to end the meal on.

We only ordered one chadol minari-ssam shabu kalguksu, but going through chadol → minari → shabu → kalguksu → fried rice made it feel like we'd tasted several different dishes.

Oh, and for anyone visiting with a baby or kid who can't eat kkakdugi fried rice yet!!! Jangwongap Kalguksu Giheung Branch provides baby rice and gim! Isn't that such a thoughtful touch?!! >.<

Is Jangwongap Kalguksu a good family meal spot in Giheung?

Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch is close to Lotte Outlet Giheung, with IKEA and Living Power Center nearby too, making it a good one to know when you're searching for restaurants near Lotte Outlet Giheung or family dining spots in Giheung.

With plenty of parking and a spacious restaurant, it seemed like a good fit for visiting with kids or dining as a group. Most of all, it wasn't like a typical bowl of kalguksu. Chadol and fresh minari first, then hand-pulled kalguksu, and finally perilla oil kkakdugi fried rice — Jangwongap Kalguksu Yongin Giheung Branch made for a fun, step-by-step meal within a single order.

After eating, there was misugaru, coffee, and all kinds of puffed rice snacks, every variety~!

If you're at Lotte Outlet Giheung or IKEA and looking for a hearty meal, this is worth keeping in mind as a kalguksu spot in Giheung-gu, Yongin.