Bone soup restaurant near Sanggye Station: sundae and soju, Somunnan

Somunnan Gamjatang Junggye main branch: location, hours and parking

Somunnan Gamjatang (소문난감자탕) Junggye main branch is at 694 Deongneung-ro, 1st floor, Nowon-gu, Seoul, and parking is available. Hours are 00:00 - 21:00 on Sunday, 09:30 - 24:00 on Monday, and 00:00 - 24:00 from Tuesday to Saturday.

A regular spot recommended by my partner, who used to live near Sanggye Station

Somunnan Gamjatang is a place my partner has gone back to again and again since the days of living near Sanggye Station 😆 This time we ordered bone hangover soup (ppyeo haejangguk) and plate sundae (Korean blood sausage), and had soju with it too, and it was so good 🍶

When you go hunting for good restaurants, new places are great, but sometimes an old regular spot you've kept going back to feels even better, right? My partner recommended this one personally, so I went along. It's good when you want a filling meal, and it's also the kind of place you'd think of for an evening drink with a hot broth. Let me introduce the menu and the atmosphere of Somunnan Gamjatang Junggye main branch as I saw it.

How about Somunnan Gamjatang as a Korean meal in Nowon?

Somunnan Gamjatang is near Sanggye Station, so it's a convenient location if you're looking for somewhere to eat around Nowon. If you like hot broth dishes such as gamjatang (pork bone and potato stew) or bone hangover soup, it's worth knowing about.

My partner has known this place since living near Sanggye Station, so the taste is extra familiar to them. Isn't a real regular spot the kind of place you don't visit once and forget, but keep coming back to whenever it crosses your mind? Since I came on my partner's recommendation, it felt special to me too.

When you look for a restaurant in Nowon, there are so many menus that it's hard to decide where to go. Korean dishes like these are filling as a meal and also work well as drinking food, so they feel very versatile.

Bone hangover soup with an appealing hot broth

The first dish we ordered at Somunnan Gamjatang that day was the bone hangover soup. With rice it makes a hearty meal, and it also goes well with drinks, which I liked.

At a gamjatang place, you naturally think of a dish where you get rich broth and meat together. Broth plus meat makes a satisfying meal, right? At lunchtime especially, you look for something quick and filling, and for anyone searching for a hangover soup lunch in Nowon, bone soup feels like a familiar, welcome choice.

As you sip the hot broth and pick the meat off the bones, a bowl of rice naturally comes to mind. We came that day not just to eat but to have soju too. If you want a hearty lunch spot by day and a broth-with-drinks spot by night, this is worth a look.

A visit I liked even more because it's a longtime regular spot

What I liked most about this visit to Somunnan Gamjatang Junggye main branch is that it's my partner's longtime regular place. They've been coming since living near Sanggye Station, so this time I got to go along.

A first-time restaurant is nice, but a place you've visited often and still remember carries memories with it. We ate comfortably with bone hangover soup and plate sundae plus soju, and I think it suits not only people looking for a Nowon restaurant but also anyone who generally likes Korean food like gamjatang or hangover soup. It's worth considering if you're wondering about a hangover soup lunch in Nowon, or want a drink with hot broth in the evening.

Soju with bone soup: is it good for an evening drink?

That day at Somunnan Gamjatang we had bone hangover soup and plate sundae along with soju. Picking the meat off the bone, taking a spoonful of broth, then a glass of soju: it works well as dinner and a drinking session in one.

Sometimes a spicy, warm broth dish just makes you crave soju, right? With the sundae too, we didn't run short of anju (food to go with drinks), and I liked being able to enjoy several dishes. For days when you want a hot broth with your drink instead of heavy anju like meat or fried food, it was a good fit.

Maybe because my partner has been coming here for ages, it was fun to see them recommend things so familiarly, and I had a lovely time too.

Plate sundae to go with the bone hangover soup

Ordering only the bone hangover soup felt a little lacking at Somunnan Gamjatang, so we added a plate of sundae. The soup is hearty with rice, while the sundae works like drinking food, so it handled both a meal and a drinking session at once.

Sundae is easy to eat bite by bite and good to nibble mid-meal, so it pairs well with a broth dish. Eating the sundae one piece at a time between spoonfuls of hot bone soup let us enjoy a variety of dishes. When you're drinking soju like that day, there's fun in having several kinds of anju too. If you're looking for a Korean restaurant in Nowon and wondering what to eat with a broth dish, try this combination.

Summary

• Somunnan Gamjatang Junggye main branch is a regular spot my partner has often visited since living near Sanggye Station
• We ordered bone hangover soup and plate sundae with soju and ate heartily
• Good for a filling bone soup lunch, and also for a drink with sundae in the evening
• A good reference for a Korean restaurant in Nowon on days you crave a warm broth dish

It was nice to finally visit a place my partner had long recommended, and I'd like to introduce it to anyone looking for a Korean restaurant near Nowon 😊