Incheon kodari restaurant with soft siraegi for three: Hangsangcharim

I wanted a proper Korean meal with my mom and girlfriend, so we went to Hangsangcharim Kodari Myeongga Ruwon City Branch. It's not just kodari (dried pollock) stew — you get siraegi (dried radish greens) all the way to nutrition stone-pot rice, so it's a solid full spread for a family meal or bringing your parents along.

The menu at Hangsangcharim Kodari Myeongga Ruwon City Branch and what three of us ordered

Looking at the menu, besides the siraegi pollock stew there's also plain pollock stew and cuttlefish stew, among other options, so I want to try something else next time. There are dishes meant for 2 or more people to share, which makes it look good for a family visit.

What I ordered this time was the spicy siraegi pollock stew for 3. Even from the photo you can tell the portion is pretty generous haha. We also added 2 nutrition stone-pot rice bowls to go with it.

When I was looking for it, I searched mostly for good restaurants around Ruwon City, and since the place is inside a building it was convenient to visit even on bad-weather days. From the entrance it already felt like a clean Korean restaurant, and the interior overall was tidy.

How does the siraegi pollock stew for 3 taste when you order it less spicy?

The main dish, spicy siraegi pollock stew for 3, arrives!

A big plate comes out full of pollock stew, with a generous pile of siraegi on one side. The red sauce makes it look really spicy, but the great thing here is that you can choose your spice level.

What's great here is that the staff debone the kodari for you so it's easy to eat!

We're not that great with spicy food, so we ordered it mild. Even on mild, the sauce itself wasn't bland at all — it had a sweet-and-spicy balance that went perfectly with rice.

The siraegi was soft with almost no smell

The siraegi was what stuck with me the most here. Usually with dishes that use siraegi, people can be split on it because of the distinct smell or the chewy texture. But here the siraegi was genuinely soft. Most of all, the strong siraegi smell I usually dislike was barely noticeable, so I kept eating it soaked in the sauce.

So if you're looking for a good kodari restaurant in Incheon and you like eating siraegi together with the kodari stew, this place should suit you well.

The pollock meat was well coated in sauce too, so it was great over rice. It's delicious on its own, but personally I recommend putting rice on gim (seaweed), then wrapping it with pollock meat and siraegi together. Add a bit of the sauce on top and it's a total rice-thief haha.

Two extra stone-pot rice bowls, right down to the scorched rice

We also ordered nutrition stone-pot rice. My mom and girlfriend both got the nutrition stone-pot rice instead of plain rice bowls — 2 in total.

The rice had sweet pumpkin and beans mixed in, so it was definitely more fun to eat than plain white rice. After scooping out the rice, you pour water into the stone pot and get to eat the scorched rice at the end, which pairs really well with a strongly seasoned dish like kodari.

Taking a spicy bite and then having warm scorched rice was great for cleansing the palate.

Self-serve banchan bar, plus more scorched rice on the way out

Several basic banchan (side dishes) come out together, and the way it works is the staff set them out first, then for any extra banchan you go take what you want from the self-serve bar. Being able to do that instead of asking staff every time we ran low was actually convenient.

And when we finished eating and were heading out, we each grabbed a piece of scorched rice on the way haha. Felt like I ate thoroughly right up to the last bite.

If you're looking for lunch in Gajeong-dong and want proper Korean home-style food, this is a solid choice. Since the spice level is adjustable, it also feels like a lower-pressure option to visit with your parents.

Final verdict on Hangsangcharim from the three of us

Personally, what I liked most about this meal was, again, the siraegi. It had been a while since I'd had siraegi this soft with almost no distinct smell. It paired well with the pollock meat over rice, and adding the nutrition stone-pot rice meant the three of us ate a filling meal.

If you've been looking for a good kodari restaurant in Incheon, or a Korean restaurant near Ruwon City worth going to with family, consider Hangsangcharim Kodari Myeongga Ruwon City Branch.

If you're a spice-wimp like me, I recommend ordering it mild — even on mild, the sauce still had plenty of flavor and I enjoyed it a lot :)