23,000 won wild chambok pufferfish set at Seomyeon's Busan Bokjip

Busan Bokjip in Seomyeon, Busan

I was craving a cool, refreshing pufferfish soup so I went looking for good pufferfish soup places in Seomyeon, and ended up back at Busan Bokjip, a place I'd loved before! Let me introduce this 25-year Seomyeon institution that's good enough to revisit^^

Where is Busan Bokjip, and how long is the walk from Seomyeon Station?

Busan Bokjip is at 25 Seomyeon Munhwa-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan, a 5-minute walk from Exit 9 of Seomyeon Station. If you drive, you can get parking support at Munhwa Parking Lot or Yeonggwang Parking Lot, so it's an easy place to visit. Check the map for exact directions.

• Address: 25 Seomyeon Munhwa-ro, Busanjin-gu, Busan, South Korea
• Hours: 10:30 AM to 9:30 PM (last order 8:30 PM)
• Parking: Yeonggwang Parking Lot or Munhwa Parking Lot — 1 hour for course meals / 30 minutes for regular meals

We parked at the nearby Yeonggwang Parking Lot and headed into Busan Bokjip, a well-known pufferfish soup spot in Seomyeon. The building has two floors, and right past the entrance you'll see hall tables and private room spaces.

Upstairs on the 2nd floor there's a spacious hall, which looked great for group gatherings or company dinners.

What's on the menu at Busan Bokjip

Here's the menu and prices at this Seomyeon pufferfish soup restaurant: live champpok sushi / live champpok / wild raw champpok / wild raw kkachibok / wild raw milbok / wild champpok / wild kkachibok / pufferfish-meat bibimbap + pufferfish soup / eunbok. As for course menus, there's a live pufferfish course, a raw pufferfish special course, plus Course A and Course B — check the menu above for reference!

There are also single dishes available: raw champpok sukyuk (blanched slices) / raw milbok sukyuk / kkachibok sukyuk, raw champpok bulgogi / raw milbok bulgogi / kkachibok bulgogi, and raw champpok hot pot / raw milbok hot pot / kkachibok hot pot.

After some deliberation over what to order, we went with today's special: wild champpok (jindo) pufferfish.

What comes with the 23,000 won wild chambok special

When you order at Busan Bokjip, the first thing that comes out is a warm pufferfish porridge with pufferfish pieces in it~~~ Having a warm porridge before the meal really settled my stomach.

A little while later, the side dishes were set out one by one. Kkakdugi (radish kimchi) and seasoned kkosiraegi (a type of seaweed) were plated neatly, which I liked. The kkosiraegi salad in particular had great chewy texture and freshness — I kept reaching for it, haha.

Order the wild champpok menu and you also get pufferfish fritters. Crispy outside, tender pufferfish meat inside — I'd love to order this as a single dish on my next visit.

On top of that, salmon sushi and seasoned pufferfish skin also came out.

Big, tender salmon sushi and the sweet-and-sour pufferfish skin salad — everything was already delicious before the soup even arrived.

Finally, soft steamed egg came out too~~ For ₩23,000, you get more than just pufferfish soup — salmon sushi, pufferfish fritters, pufferfish skin salad and more — such a full, varied spread.

How was the wild chambok jiri — broth and fish?

A little later, the main dish of the day, wild champpok pufferfish soup, arrived!! A big earthenware pot packed full of champpok soup — it looked refreshing just from the visual~~

Packed with fresh minari and enoki mushrooms and bean sprouts, this champpok soup was refreshing from the first spoonful — a true find. We ordered it jiri-style, and it had a clean, cooling flavor without being spicy, the kind that anyone, young or old, would like.

There was also plenty of pufferfish in the pot. The pieces were large and meaty, so I was already getting full before even adding rice to the broth. The soup had both meat and offal, so you could try different parts. Also, dipping the pufferfish meat lightly in the sauce makes it even more delicious — worth keeping in mind.

Is Busan Bokjip worth a visit in Seomyeon?

Busan Bokjip, a Seomyeon pufferfish soup restaurant running for over 25 years. It's not just a clear, deep, refreshing broth — you also get to enjoy a range of other dishes, from salmon sushi to pufferfish skin salad and pufferfish fritters. I'd recommend this place to anyone looking for great pufferfish soup!!