# Daehwa-dong pork soup set meals, clear vs spicy: Roman Gukbap - By Jiyul Baek (https://superchart.com/en/@icheon-quiet-veranda/) - Written Sep 19, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Goyang, Gyeonggi - Sponsored: This post was written after a sponsored visit to the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@icheon-quiet-veranda/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@icheon-quiet-veranda/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/index.md) ## In short Roman Gukbap is a pork soup (dwaeji gukbap) and blood sausage soup restaurant in Daehwa-dong, Goyang, directly across from Kintex. At lunch the clear-broth Roman Gukbap set meal and the spicy pork soup set meal were ordered side by side, and both sets came with boiled pork, blood sausage and liver. If you want a clean broth with no gamey smell, the plain clear gukbap at Roman Gukbap is the one to order. ## Good to know - **Location**: Across from Kintex, diagonal from Hyundai Department Store Kintex / the building right behind Ilsan Church - **Parking**: Room for 4 cars in front of the restaurant - **What we ordered**: Roman Gukbap set meal, spicy pork soup set meal, (on a return visit) clear blood sausage soup set meal - **What the set meal includes**: Add 4,000 won to any soup for boiled pork, liver and traditional-style blood sausage - **Broth**: Pork leg bones simmered 48 hours with 8 medicinal herbs - **Side dishes**: Napa cabbage kimchi, cubed radish kimchi, green chili, onion, ssamjang, salted shrimp and chili paste; refills at the self-serve bar - **Price reference**: ₩4,000 ≈ $2.9 (2026-09-20) *as written by the visitor on Sep 19, 2026* I went for a hearty lunch of rich pork soup at Roman Gukbap, a well-known restaurant in Daehwa-dong. ![Exterior of Roman Gukbap in Daehwa-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-01-lialt-900.webp) ## Where is Roman Gukbap, and is there parking? Roman Gukbap is located across from Kintex, diagonal from Hyundai Department Store Kintex. It's in the building right behind Ilsan Church. There's parking for up to 4 cars right in front of the restaurant. ![Roman Gukbap building across from Kintex with parking spaces in front](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-02-4zums-m-900.webp) This well-known Daehwa-dong restaurant is run by a chef-owner who used to work at a 6-star hotel, and he makes the pork soup and blood sausage soup with broth he simmers fresh in-house every day. ![Roman Gukbap entrance signage](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-03-m6e10-900.webp) ## Inside Roman Gukbap and the story behind the name The inside is fairly spacious, and despite the name 'Roman,' it feels super cozy and familiar. ![Spacious, cozy interior of Roman Gukbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-04-137p4-900.webp) I wondered if 'Roman' meant it was some kind of foreign-inspired fusion gukbap place, but it turns out it's a play on words — 'from love,' 'from the heart,' 'from good ingredients' — that's the story behind Roman Gukbap. ![Sign explaining the meaning behind the name Roman Gukbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-05-lia89-900.webp) ## What's on the menu at Roman Gukbap The menu has the 'soup' dishes that feel like a bowl of medicine, plus dishes better suited to a dinner gathering — chadol boiled pork, spicy tripe hot pot, octopus with tripe, and seasoned badger meat, among others. ![Roman Gukbap menu with soups, boiled pork, and hot pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-06-1ssfp-900.webp) Since it was lunchtime, I went with soup. I ordered the Roman Gukbap set meal, which comes with soup and boiled pork, and the Spicy Pork Soup set meal. ![Basic table setting and side dishes at Roman Gukbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-07-1yjdw-900.webp) ![Perilla seed powder, salt, and pepper on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-08-1ewjn-900.webp) ### Side dishes and the self-serve bar They bring out napa cabbage kimchi, radish kimchi, peppers, onion, ssamjang, salted shrimp, and chili paste. Every table also has perilla seed powder, salt, and pepper. If you need more side dishes, you can grab extras from the self-serve bar. ![Roman Gukbap set meal and Spicy Pork Soup set meal laid out](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-09-1uzcq-1200.webp) ## Clear Roman Gukbap set meal vs spicy pork soup set meal The Roman Gukbap set and the Spicy Pork Soup set arrived. The broth at this well-known Daehwa-dong restaurant is simmered for 48 hours with 8 kinds of medicinal herbs and pork bones, so it's rich but clear — perfect if you like clean pork soup with no gamey smell. I wondered if the spicy pork soup was just the clear version with chili paste stirred in, but it's clearly simmered spicy from the start — sharp and fiery, refreshingly clearing your stomach. If that's your style, order the spicy version. ![Bowls of clear Roman Gukbap and spicy pork soup side by side](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-10-bmdls-900.webp) ## The boiled pork, blood sausage and liver in the set meal Ordering the set meal gets you boiled pork, blood sausage, and liver too, making this a genuinely great-value restaurant in Daehwa-dong. ![Plate of boiled pork, blood sausage, and liver from the set meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-11-eamtx-900.webp) The blood sausage tasted homemade — moist and delicious — and the boiled pork was tender; just add a bit of salted shrimp on top. The set meal composition is such a great deal that you really should try it. ![A piece of boiled pork topped with salted shrimp](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-12-t62j4-900.webp) ![Close-up of moist native-style blood sausage](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-13-1inbb-900.webp) ![Full plate of the set meal components](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-14-1exdo-900.webp) ## How to eat Roman Gukbap in the right order There was a guide posted on how to best enjoy Roman Gukbap, so I'd recommend following it. ![Sign explaining how to best enjoy Roman Gukbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-15-1e4yc-900.webp) Since the broth at Roman Gukbap is the real star, I recommend tasting the broth's original flavor with your very first spoonful. ![First spoonful of the clear pork soup broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-16-1qrmt-900.webp) It's already seasoned, so you can eat it as is. If you want more seasoning, adjust with salted shrimp, salt, or pepper to your taste. There's plenty of meat packed into the pork soup, so it's a filling meal on its own. ![Clear pork soup loaded with meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-17-ygpb1-900.webp) There's chives and green onion in there too, and the meat in the soup is so tender that between that and the radish kimchi and kimchi, it disappears fast. The spicy blood sausage soup was very spicy indeed. I personally prefer the clear, rich Roman Gukbap, but the spicy one was delicious too. It was a bit hot, so sprinkling in perilla seed powder to tone it down worked perfectly. ![Spicy soup sprinkled with perilla seed powder](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-18-hrk8q-900.webp) The spicy pork soup also comes loaded with plenty of meat and other ingredients. ![Spicy pork soup loaded with ingredients](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-19-7ztoy-900.webp) If you dunk the blood sausage from the set meal into the soup, it basically becomes its own spicy blood sausage soup. ![Blood sausage dunked into the spicy soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-20-skweh-900.webp) The broth was completely my style, so I finished it down to the very last drop at this pork soup restaurant near Kintex, 'Roman Gukbap.' ![Bowl of soup finished to the last drop](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-21-1g756-900.webp) ## Return visit: the clear blood sausage soup set meal On my second visit, I ordered the clear blood sausage soup set meal. Since the blood sausage in the set meal was so good the first time, the blood sausage soup was delicious too, of course. Adding just ₩4,000 to any soup gets you boiled pork, liver, and native-style blood sausage, so guys can eat until they're completely full. The broth is clean and neither the meat nor the organs have any gamey smell, so it's a pork soup restaurant near Kintex that women can enjoy just as much. ![Clear blood sausage soup set meal ordered on the revisit](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-22-otdwa-900.webp) ![Blood sausage and meat inside the clear blood sausage soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-23-qmidc-900.webp) ![Full spread of the blood sausage soup set meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork-24-124n4-900.webp) Next time, I'm going to try the flavor-packed blood sausage soup with pig's blood sausage. With such a clean broth and fresh ingredients, I'm really looking forward to it. This has been a review of 'Roman Gukbap,' a Kintex favorite worth becoming a regular at. ## Where it is - Roman Gukbap (로만국밥) - 7-4 Hosu-ro 838beon-gil, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea - 경기도 고양시 일산서구 호수로838번길 7-4 1층 - 37.670319, 126.7498402 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%8C%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A5/@37.670319,126.7498402,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@icheon-quiet-veranda/roman-gukbap-daehwa-dong-clear-spicy-pork/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt