Gasan pollock restaurant, dinner after outlet shopping: Gim Myeongtae

I visited Gim Myeongtae Spicy Braised Short Ribs Gasan Branch (김명태 매운갈비찜 가산점), a well-loved restaurant in Doksan-dong, Geumcheon-gu.

I had some delicious braised pollock.

Gim Myeongtae Gasan Branch: location, hours and parking

Gim Myeongtae Spicy Braised Short Ribs Gasan Branch is at 1F, 132-1 Gasan-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, and is open daily from 10:00 to 22:30 (last order 21:50). It's a 15-minute walk from Gasan Digital Complex Station, 3 minutes from Hyundai Outlet, and 10 minutes from W Mall and Mario Outlet.

• Parking: 3 spaces in the lot on the right side of the building
• ₩1,000 discount if you use the public parking lot across the street
• Specializes in spicy braised short ribs and braised pollock

Inside Gim Myeongtae Gasan: fine for solo diners and groups?

The restaurant can handle everyone from solo diners to couples to groups of 10–20. I'd come shopping in the Gasan Digital Complex and suddenly craved good braised pollock, so I stopped by.

I came for dinner, and there were women dining solo and couples too. I recommend it as a good restaurant in Doksan-dong, Geumcheon-gu!

Inside, there are seats in the center, tables on both sides, and enclosed room-style spaces. There's also a semi-hall that fits 10–20 or more people, so it works well for gatherings.

Gim Myeongtae Gasan menu and prices

The signature dishes here are braised pollock and spicy braised short ribs.

There's a braised pollock option with siraegi (dried radish greens), and also drinking-snack dishes like braised squid, blanched cuttlefish and seasoned cockles. There's a good variety of spicy braised short rib dishes too.

↑ Have a look at the menu!

There's also a new menu item: seaweed cockle bibimbap (mixed rice bowl), full of fresh sea flavor.

Good-value meals for a Gasan Digital Complex lunch

• Earthenware pot spicy braised short ribs ₩17,000
• Dried pollock hangover soup ₩10,000
• Seaweed cockle bibimbap ₩12,000
• Pork cutlet ₩10,000
• Kodari (semi-dried pollock) cold noodles ₩11,000

Gim Myeongtae's special perks

• Free freshly cooked pot rice before 3 p.m.: weekdays or weekends, come before 3 p.m. and the nutty pot rice (₩2,000) is on the house
• One extra pollock with takeout: order a small or larger braised pollock to go and you get one more fish on top
• Write a Naver receipt photo review and choose one free extra: a drink, glass noodles or siraegi

What's at the Gim Myeongtae Gasan self-bar?

The restaurant has a self-bar where you can grab tableware, basic side dishes and Wando dolgim (seaweed). I looked around the self-bar while waiting for my food.

You can easily help yourself to tableware, and the basic side dishes are neatly laid out.

You can also help yourself to Wando seaweed.

Spicy braised pollock for 2 and pot rice: how did it taste?

For dinner I ordered spicy braised pollock for 2 at Gim Myeongtae, with pot rice as my rice. Visit before 3 p.m. and the pot rice is free!!!

⬆️ This is what each table is set with. The basic spread comes with tidy side dishes and a warm bean sprout soup. It was getting cold out, so the warm bean sprout soup was so welcome.

And here comes the delicious braised pollock.

It has plump pollock and rice cake add-ins, and the spicy sauce is so good. Ta-da!

This is the pot rice I ordered with the braised pollock. Pot rice is ₩2,000 ⭐️ so cheap, I loved that haha. And before 3 p.m. the pot rice is free ⭐️ so be sure to come for lunch, it's a great lunch spot in Doksan-dong, Geumcheon-gu.

I opened the pot and stirred the rice around. It was seriously good pot rice 😍 So glossy!

I scooped out the tasty rice,

then poured water in to have it as sungnyung (scorched rice tea) too.

Mixing rice into the pollock sauce and wrapping it in seaweed

The sauce on the spicy braised pollock is really good, so it was great for mixing with rice,

and also great mixed with the bean sprouts that came with it. The bean sprouts are at the self-bar too, so you can grab more.

The glossy rice was wonderfully sticky, great mixed into the sauce, and really good wrapped in tasty seaweed too.

The portion was hearty too,

and the braised pollock was packed with thick fish. I had a lovely meal at Gim Myeongtae Spicy Braised Short Ribs Gasan Branch.