Yerin Doh J. · 2 stories

A Small Plate in Mapo

Writes about restaurants tucked into Seoul's older neighborhoods, mostly places found on foot. · Writes about: Restaurants

PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Taereung Station tonkatsu with a 5pm opening rush: Dangke Donkatsu

Dangke Donkatsu is a Japanese tonkatsu restaurant in Nowon, Seoul, 697m from Exit 4 of Taereung Station. Arriving right at 5pm, when the daily break time ends, meant walking in with no wait, and the meal was Tokyo rosu katsu (pork loin cutlet) at 22,000 won and cheese tonkatsu at 14,000 won with whole-lemon and strawberry highballs at 8,000 won each. Between the generously melted cheese katsu, the rosu katsu sizzling in butter on a hot plate, and highballs that taste like real fruit, Dangke Donkatsu is worth a second visit.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNowon, SeoulRestaurants

Sangye Station pork bone stew for two, no wait: Somunnan Gamjatang

Somunnan Gamjatang is a 30-year-old gamjatang (spicy pork bone stew) and bone-soup restaurant in Nowon, Seoul, 256 meters from Sangye Station Exit 2. Two people walked in with no wait at 7pm on a Friday, ordered the small gamjatang for 36,000 won with beer-and-soju, boiled hand-torn dough noodles in the leftover broth, and were too full to order the fried rice. With 24-hour service and 2 hours of free parking for diners, Somunnan Gamjatang is the answer for a filling meal in Nowon.

Written Sep 14, 2026Sponsored
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