Guwol-dong pork bone stew restaurant in Incheon: Yennal Gyeongseong

We're clearly a soup-and-rice-obsessed couple, because here we are again chasing broth. Today we thought we'd do a weekend market stroll for once, so we headed to Moraenae Market. Originally we planned to each just get a bowl of sundae-guk (blood sausage soup)... but they had a new stew on the menu, so of course we couldn't NOT try it, haha.

Where is Yennal Gyeongseong, and is there parking?

Yennal Gyeongseong Sundaeguk Guwol Moraenae Market Station Branch sits right on the main road along Guwol-ro in Namdong, Incheon, and has its own parking lot. If you order sundae-guk uncooked for takeout, it's really cheap.

That said, the parking space doesn't feel very spacious, so if you're driving it might be worth considering other options. We played it safe and parked a little further away before walking over.

Weekend lunch at Yennal Gyeongseong and how tablet ordering works

We visited during the weekend lunch rush and there were already quite a few customers. We managed to snap a photo of the empty side of the room, but not long after we sat down, the whole place filled up...! Must be a local favorite 🫢

Ordering is done via tablet. These days most sit-down restaurants seem to use tablet ordering. It felt a bit awkward at first, but now it actually feels more convenient — no need to shout 'excuse me!' across the room, right? Haha.

I figured the menu would just be sundae-guk and a few stews, so I thought the scrolling would end quickly. But it kept going... and going... the endless scroll caught me off guard, haha. The menu is incredibly varied and finely categorized. For the sake of this blog post I diligently scrolled all the way to the last item, lol.

What we ordered: one bone stew and two bowls of rice

We ordered one bone stew and two bowls of rice. The stew's price was a bit high, so I figured it must be portioned for two or more — and I was right. As you'll see later, the portion is truly massive, lol.

Side dishes: kimchi and kkakdugi

As soon as we ordered, the basic side dishes came out fast. The kimchi and kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) were both delicious — a pass from the very start. You know the kimchi and kkakdugi are the most important thing at a soup restaurant, right? If you walk into a gukbap place, take a first bite of kkakdugi and go 'huh?', that's a real letdown... but here, one bite in and my expectations just kept climbing. Good, good.

Every table comes set with paper cups, salt and pepper.

While looking around, I noticed the seats across from us were empty, so I snapped a photo. Not long after, those seats filled up too and the whole place was packed.

The new bone stew: gamjatang piled with perilla leaves

Our bone stew arrived. Think of it as similar to gamjatang (pork bone and potato stew). Unusually, it was loaded with perilla leaves, which I loved — I'm a total perilla leaf lover, haha.

The bones and potatoes come already cooked, and you just need to bring it to a boil once before eating.

It bubbled away nicely. Whew, waiting is the hardest part for us two piggies.

Pork that slides straight off the bone

Yennal Gyeongseong's bone stew has really substantial meat on the bones. And what genuinely surprised me was how thoroughly the bones were cooked — when I lifted them with the ladle, the meat separated from the bone all on its own. The meat was so tender.

Out of every gamjatang place I've been to, this had the top tenderness. You know how annoying it is when the meat won't separate cleanly from the bone while you're eating gamjatang? This is the first place I've seen where it just slides right off.

Portion size, and the one thing missing

The two of us ate one bone stew together and, oh boy, we were painfully full by the end. We're big eaters so we managed to finish it, but for an average person (?), it looks like it's about three servings' worth.

One thing I was a bit sad about — no fried rice add-on menu...? ㅠㅠ If they had fried rice, it would've been absolutely perfect ㅠㅠ Boss, please add a fried rice option... we could scrape the pot clean with it.

That's how amazing the broth and meat were. This is a true Moraenae Market gem. Highly, highly recommend. If we ever come back to the Moraenae Market area, we're revisiting with 100% certainty 👍👍