Yeongdeungpo food court restaurant: gondre stone pot rice at Gangmun

Today I went to Times Square in Yeongdeungpo. Here's a Yeongdeungpo Times Square restaurant recommendation — Gangmun Times Square Branch.

It's a Korean restaurant recommendation in Yeongdeungpo Times Square that's great for eating alone. I had a delicious bowl of gondre rice.

Where is Gangmun Times Square Branch, and what is it like inside?

Gangmun Times Square Branch, a Korean restaurant recommendation in Yeongdeungpo Times Square, is located in the food court on basement level 1.

I went down to basement level 1 of Times Square. In the food court where all the restaurants are gathered, there's a wide variety of places to eat,

I was in the mood for solo Korean food today, so I visited Gangmun. It's right on the right side, just a bit past the standing sign in the photo above.

Here's the spacious, bright interior

There are waiting chairs at the entrance,

The interior is spacious, and there are plenty of both two- and four-person tables. There's a baby chair too. This Yeongdeungpo Times Square restaurant is perfect for eating with a baby. Being Korean food, it feels easy and comfortable too.

Since I came to eat alone, I sat at one of the two-person tables.

Gangmun's menu and how to order at the table kiosk

At Gangmun Times Square Branch, you can check the menu at the entrance before going in.

Gangmun seems famous for its ureong ganjang (river snail soybean paste) and pork jowl suyuk (boiled meat) set. It looks great and tastes great too. But that suyuk set is for two people, ugh. Since I came alone, I decided to order my usual favorite — gondre stone pot rice + biji jjigae!

There are set meals as well as stew set meals, bibimbap, rice bowls, noodles, and various side dishes to choose from.

You can order easily using the kiosk on the table.

There's also a Naver receipt review event, where you can get a tasty mukeun-ji (aged kimchi) tuna mayo gimbap.

I came alone for dinner. Order complete!

A solo dinner of gondre stone pot rice and biji jjigae

The place was spacious, there were plenty of tables, and the staff were kind and friendly. The food also came out really quickly.

I loved this combo of gondre rice and biji jjigae. Both came out hot in stone/earthenware pots, so I could eat them warm for a long time.

A light vinegar soy sauce for the gondre rice and side dishes came out, and the delicious gondre rice was served in an earthenware pot so you can eat it as stone pot rice.

Now let's try the gondre rice. It was full of well-cooked, tender gondre (mountain vegetable), which I loved,

packed in tightly.

The crispy scorched rice in the stone pot is the best part

Since the gondre rice sat in a warmed stone pot, scorched rice formed at the bottom, which I ate as a bonus treat. I mixed rice into the soy sauce that came with it, and also mixed rice into the tasty biji jjigae. Perfect for when you have no appetite.

Is Gangmun's biji jjigae spicy? Thick, rich and mild

Let's try the rich biji jjigae, packed full of biji (soybean pulp). The broth looks slightly red, but as someone who can't handle spice at all, I found zero spiciness in it.

The biji content seemed high, giving it a thick, hearty flavor that paired really well with the gondre rice — I mixed the rice, gondre, and biji all together and ate it happily.

Inside the biji jjigae there was meat and various vegetables, and it wasn't too salty — the flavor was great.

That was my satisfying meal at Gangmun Times Square Branch, a Korean restaurant recommendation in Yeongdeungpo Times Square.