Paju Korean restaurant with private parking: Eomma-ui Ttuksim

Hi, I'm Tanggoori, a working mom~~^^ I went to Eomma-ui Ttuksim, a great lunch spot on the alley near Yadang Station in Paju, packed with good restaurants. Turns out Yadang isn't just bars — there's this hearty place full of home-cooked flavor. A whole new discovery in Yadang for me.

True to its name Eomma-ui Ttuksim ("Mom's Grit"), it really felt like the table my mom or grandma used to keep setting out for the kids, over and over. So let me introduce this delicious lunch. Neat, flavorful banchan (side dishes) filled the whole table — good for the eyes, nose, and mouth all at once — the kind of place to go when you're craving a meal your mom made with care. I drove there, and parking was super convenient with the private lot right in front of the restaurant.

Where is Eomma-ui Ttuksim? Hours and parking near Yadang Station

Eomma-ui Ttuksim

Eomma-ui Ttuksim is at 158-14 Songhak 1-gil, Kim Young Building 101, 102, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Open daily 11:00–21:00, last order 20:15, with a private parking lot right in front.

The interior of this Yadang lunch spot has cute little decor pieces — a warm, cozy space.

Arriving at 11am on a weekday: how easy is it to get a table?

I went for weekday lunch early, right after 11am, and got a great seat. Around noon, regulars started streaming in one after another.

Eomma-ui Ttuksim menu and prices

Here's the food menu at Eomma-ui Ttuksim.

• Ttuksim rice set ₩15,900 — choice of cheonggukjang or doenjang jjigae / pork bulgogi + kodari (bossam swap available)
• Bossam rice set ₩15,000 — jjigae + bossam 120g
• Jjukkumi rice set ₩17,000 — jjigae + jjukkumi 120g
• Pork bulgogi rice set ₩15,000 — jjigae + pork bulgogi 120g
• Ttuksim jjukkumi rice set ₩19,900 — jjigae + pork bulgogi 100g + jjukkumi 100g

Ordering the ttuksim rice set for three with cheonggukjang

We ordered the ttuksim rice set for three. This Yadang, Paju lunch spot genuinely felt like coming home to my mom's place^^ Or maybe more like grandma's table? So much food I didn't know where to start.

No need to overthink it — go with the cheonggukjang (fermented soybean stew)! I really congratulated myself on picking the one dish that's hard to make at home. Packed with tofu and vegetables, cheonggukjang is tough to cook well at home, and mine never tastes right — so as expected, Eomma-ui Ttuksim's home-style version is the best.

Scoop up a generous ladle of the rich, hearty cheonggukjang full of ingredients and eat it while it's hot.

Bossam, braised kodari and pork bulgogi — plus the banchan spread

Turn your eyes to the neatly arranged ttuksim rice set, and a whole proper hanjeongsik (Korean full-course table) comes into view.

From well-braised bossam (boiled pork wraps) to braised kodari (dried pollock) to pork bulgogi — this is what hanjeongsik should taste like. Even the side banchan like yeolmu kimchi were excellent.

Wrap a piece of bossam in a young napa cabbage leaf, add a garlic slice and some bossam radish kimchi, and take a big bite that stretches your mouth. Pure bliss.

The tender kodari meat soaked in spicy sauce is a total rice thief too. 💕 With so many main dishes, you can try everything and it's all delicious — that's Eomma-ui Ttuksim, a Yadang, Paju favorite!

The radish in the braised kodari seemed to act like a digestive aid, letting me keep eating rice bowl after bowl. I already love kodari, but as someone who also loves the braised radish that comes with it, this made it even better. The banchan here are so good you can eat two or three different ones with every spoonful of rice.

Top the pork bulgogi with some scallion strips, eat it with rice, then take a spoonful of cheonggukjang — the rice just disappears. The tofu in the cheonggukjang is so soft it practically melts, nothing to even chew. Every banchan here is excellent, and this was a truly delicious weekday lunch at Eomma-ui Ttuksim.

A hanjeongsik favorite in Yadang, Paju that also brings back memories of my mom's cooking — the table was so loaded it nearly broke, all made with the kind of care only a mom puts into a home-cooked meal. A great place for lunch at Eomma-ui Ttuksim in Paju.