Shumai and cream shrimp at Gangnam Chinese spot Sinbok Myeongwan

I went to Sinbok Myeongwan, a Hong Kong-style Chinese restaurant near Gangnam Station. From the daily hand-kneaded and aged dim sum to the house-made beef knife-cut noodles and the cream shrimp with a batter so thin and soft it looked like layered crepes, I could really feel the care put into every dish.

The taste is great, but most of the fried rice and noodle dishes are ₩11,000 or under, so I'd also recommend it as a good-value lunch spot for office workers around Gangnam Station.

Sinbok Myeongwan hours, parking and how to find it from Gangnam Station

• Hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–22:20, last order 22:00
• Parking: available in the building / Gangnam Station Central Prugio parking lot, first 60 minutes free (₩1,000 per 10 minutes after), daily max ₩50,000
• Other: 1-minute walk from Gangnam Station Exit 1, within 5 minutes on foot from other exits

What the dining room at Sinbok Myeongwan is like

This Chinese restaurant near Gangnam Station has an exotic feel overall, with warm wood tones mixed with brown tiles, green lattice, and soft lighting. While waiting for the menu, the faint scent of spices and broth in the air reminded me of the familiar smell from my trip to Hong Kong. It felt like a brief getaway, haha.

There are also solo seats for Gangnam Station office workers who want a no-pressure solo lunch. I went around 11:40am, and the solo seats were already full.

Sinbok Myeongwan menu and prices

Sinbok Myeongwan bills itself as a little slice of Hong Kong near Gangnam Station, with dim sum and beef knife-cut noodles as the mains. There are also fried dishes like guobaorou (sweet and sour pork), yuxiang liver, and chili shrimp, plus stir-fried dishes like fried rice and mapo tofu.

I usually prefer rice over noodles on workdays, and there's a huge variety of fried rice, all under ₩11,000, so it's a great-value lunch for office workers near Gangnam Station.

• Beef knife-cut noodles ₩11,000
• Shumai ₩9,800
• Cream shrimp ₩19,900

The two of us ordered all this, and we were absolutely stuffed by the end.

Shumai (steamed pork and shrimp dumplings), 9,800 won

🥟 Shumai dim sum. Shumai is apparently dim sum made by combining pork and shrimp. The moment I bit into one, I understood why this place is known as a repeat-visit dim sum spot. It had the densest, most satisfying texture of any dim sum I've had. Truly hearty!🤩

Even though the outer wrapper of Sinbok Myeongwan's dim sum isn't thin, the shrimp's texture and flavor came through as clearly as if it were a thin-skinned dumpling. Dim sum really is a must-order here.

Beef knife-cut noodles, 11,000 won

🍜 Beef knife-cut noodles. I've had beef noodle soup before, but this was my first time with beef knife-cut noodles. Knife-cut noodles, apparently, are made by shaving dough with a knife, like a plane, so they look rougher and more rustic than machine-cut noodles.

Honestly, the look of it worried me a little at first — I'm sensitive to the smell of flour and can't eat thick kalguksu noodles. But even with the thickness, these went down smoothly without any off-putting flavor. This Chinese restaurant near Gangnam Station apparently hand-kneads and ages its noodles instead of using frozen ones, which might explain why.👍

Wow... the sharp yet clean broth, the tender meat, and the rustic, chewy knife-cut noodles together are just... they wrap around your mouth so intensely... now that the wind's starting to pick up, this is the taste I'll keep thinking about...❣️

Cream shrimp with crepe-thin batter, 19,900 won

🦐 Cream shrimp. Since the beef knife-cut noodles were spicy, I ordered cream shrimp to balance it out. Honestly, it took quite a while to come out. But one bite in, I understood why — this is worth the wait.

Seriously, this place puts so much care into the frying — why aren't they advertising it more? The batter is stacked up in thin, delicate layers. The cream flavor itself isn't anything special, but the shrimp is plump all the way to the tail, and the frying feels premium. The batter feels like two or three thin crepe layers stacked and fried together — do you know those rolled wafer cookies? It has that kind of feel. (I really wanted to get this description right, lol.) There's zero grittiness when you bite in, just a soft chew. Makes me wonder how good their other fried dishes must be~😋

Is Sinbok Myeongwan worth it for Chinese food near Gangnam Station?

Sinbok Myeongwan, a Chinese restaurant near Gangnam Station, clearly puts thoughtful care into every single dish. Plus, office workers can get a full meal for just over ₩10,000, which explains why the place is packed every lunchtime. If you're looking for a Chinese restaurant or a dim sum spot near Gangnam Station, I'd recommend giving Sinbok Myeongwan a try!