Dong-gu, Ulsan jjamppong restaurant: 8 fried mandu for three

Today I went to Dong-gu, Ulsan and tried a slightly special jjamppong! It's called Daewangam Dol Jjajang. I was looking for something different near Daewangam Park and found a place that serves scorched rice stone jjamppong, which is quite different from the jjamppong you'd get at a regular Chinese restaurant. I visited with my son Gangtom, so we ordered generously — stone jjamppong, fried mandu, and even a kids' jajang — haha.

Where is Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong, and what are the hours?

Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong is on the 1st floor of 6 Ilsanjin 5-gil, Dong-gu, Ulsan. Hours are 11:00–21:00, with a break time of 15:30–17:00. Parking is available.

• 📍 Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong
• 📍 Address: 6 Ilsanjin 5-gil, Dong-gu, Ulsan, South Korea
• ⏰ Hours: 11:00–21:00
• ⏰ Break time: 15:30–17:00
• 🅿️ Parking: Available

It's close to Daewangam Park, so it's a good spot to grab a meal while touring the park. It's also near the Ilsanji area, so if you're looking for good restaurants around Ilsanji in Ulsan, it's worth keeping in mind.

Visiting on a weekend? Expect a wait

I heard Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong tends to get quite a wait on weekends.

Apparently several groups line up during weekend lunch hours, and you can also register for a wait through TableManager. Waiting a long time with a kid can be a bit tough, haha.

If you're planning a weekend visit, I'd recommend going a bit earlier or checking ahead whether there's a wait. Especially if you're also planning to walk around Daewangam Park, it's good to leave some extra time for the meal 😊

What three of us ordered at Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong, and what it cost

Here's what we ordered!

Scorched Rice Stone Jjamppong 2-person + Dontang & Chitang Set for 38,000 won. We chose stone jjamppong instead of stone jjajang, and ordered spice level 1.

• 🥟 Fried mandu (8 pieces) 8,000 won
• 👦 Kids' yuni-jjajang 6,000 won

...were added on top. Since the three of us were ordering a bunch of things, the table ended up looking quite full, haha.

Scorched rice stone jjamppong: special from the first look

The stone jjamppong finally arrived! Unlike a regular jjamppong served in a bowl, it comes out still bubbling on a hot stone plate.

It was already boiling away when it arrived, so the visual alone was different from the start, haha. And since the stone plate is so hot, it stays piping hot the whole time you're eating. Regular jjamppong broth can cool down as you eat, but the stone version stays hot until the very last bite — that's definitely its defining feature.

How spicy is level 1 stone jjamppong? About like Shin Ramyun

We ordered the stone jjamppong at spice level 1, and to me it tasted just about as spicy as Shin Ramyun.

Not super spicy, just pleasantly kick-y!

At level 1, we could enjoy the characteristic spicy kick of jjamppong without it being overwhelming. If you can't handle spicy food well, you might want to order an even milder level.

How the jjamppong flavor shifts as you eat

One fun thing about stone jjamppong is that the flavor and texture change gradually over time.

At first it eats like a rich broth jjamppong, then as it keeps boiling on the stone plate, the bean sprouts and noodles meld together and it starts to feel more like stir-fried jjamppong. Toward the end, as the seasoning soaks further into the noodles, it apparently starts to resemble yaki udon.

Rather than a jjamppong that tastes the same from start to finish, it's a dish you enjoy for how it keeps changing as it boils on the stone plate — genuinely fun to eat. This was my first time trying this style of jjamppong, and it definitely felt different from a regular Chinese restaurant, haha.

Scorched rice at the bottom of the stone plate

And there's one thing this dish absolutely can't do without — the scorched rice, haha.

Since it keeps boiling on the stone plate, a crust forms at the bottom that turns into scorched rice. Once you've eaten most of the noodles, it's fun to scrape up the scorched rice along with the leftover seasoning at the bottom of the plate. It's not just eat-the-jjamppong-and-done — you end up scraping the stone plate clean to the very end, haha.

Free unlimited rice at the self-bar

There's a self-bar set up on one side of Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong. The thing that stood out most was ★ free unlimited rice refills ★ — a huge win for anyone who loves rice, haha. You can grab a bowl freely whenever you want to mix it into the jjamppong broth.

The self-bar also had pickled radish, onion, and green onion kimchi. I forgot to try the green onion kimchi that day, which was a bit of a shame, haha 🤣

Adding fried mandu, 8 pieces for 8,000 won

It felt like a waste to eat only jjamppong, so we added 8 pieces of fried mandu for 8,000 won. They go well alongside the jjamppong, and since the three of us shared, they disappeared fast, haha.

You just can't skip fried mandu at a Chinese restaurant 🤣

What's in the Dontang & Chitang Set: sweet and sour pork and pork cutlet

Along with the stone jjamppong, we also ordered the Dontang & Chitang Set. From the name alone I wasn't sure what to expect, but it turned out to be sweet and sour pork and pork cutlet served separately, haha.

The sweet and sour pork comes with shredded onion, and the pork cutlet comes fried crispy.

Both are fried meat dishes, but the difference in batter gave them noticeably different textures — a nice combination.

The sweet and sour sauce and the cutlet sauce came separately too, so we could dip to our own taste. Alternating between the hot, spicy stone jjamppong and crispy fried bites in between worked really well together, haha.

Kids' menu: yuni-jjajang for 6,000 won

For Gangtom, we ordered the Kids' Yuni-jjajang for 6,000 won.

Stone jjamppong could be too spicy for a child, so it was nice that there was a separate kids' menu.

The adults could eat stone jjamppong while the kids got their own jajang, which made it work well as a family meal. Gangtom got his own jajang and dug in enthusiastically, haha.

Snacks for kids on the way out

After we finished eating, on the way out I noticed there were snacks kids would love, haha.

There was yogurt, rice crackers, and candy. Gangtom couldn't just walk past and grabbed one 🤣 Since you can take one like a little dessert after the meal, this kind of small touch would be a nice surprise for anyone visiting with kids. This kind of thing is oddly satisfying, haha.

There's also a high chair, baby utensils, and a microwave dedicated to baby food, so it seems like a good place to visit with young children, haha.

Worth it for stone jjamppong near Daewangam Park, Ulsan?

Overall, I'd say the biggest feature of Daewangam Dol Jjajang is definitely the stone jjamppong that keeps boiling on the stone plate. It's different from a regular jjamppong right from the visual, and it was fun how the flavor and texture kept shifting as it continued to boil on the hot stone while we ate.

If you're looking for good restaurants near Daewangam in Ulsan and want something a bit different from a typical Chinese restaurant menu, it's worth trying at least once. If you're visiting with kids like we did, it works well to split the order between stone jjamppong for the adults and kids' yuni-jjajang for the little ones 😊 The free unlimited rice refill is also great if you want to eat until you're full.

That said, there can be a wait on weekends, so if you're planning to visit, I'd recommend checking ahead whether there's a wait and giving yourself some extra time. If you're looking for something different in the jjamppong department in Dong-gu, Ulsan, give Daewangam Dol Jjajang's stone jjamppong a try 😊 Next time I go, I'm definitely getting the green onion kimchi I forgot this time, haha 🤣