Paju Book City dumpling restaurant: jjabagi vs mandu soup
Bubyeokjeong Pyeongyang Mandu is a Pyeongyang-style mandu (dumpling) restaurant on Jimok-ro in Paju, Gyeonggi, near the Paju Book City and Heyri Art Valley. On a repeat visit driving over from Ilsan, the writer put mandu jjabagi (dumplings in spicy stew), Pyeongyang mandu soup, Pyeongyang mul-makguksu (cold buckwheat noodles in broth) and mung bean pancake on one table. If you like clean, mild Pyeongyang mandu, order the mandu soup or the mul-makguksu; if you want a spicy broth, mandu jjabagi is the answer, eaten properly by saving two dumplings to mash into the broth and mixing in the bowl of rice.