Korean restaurant by Yongsan I'Park Mall: gomtang set, Baekok Yongsan

I had some business at Yongsan I'Park Mall and suddenly found myself stuck wondering where to grab lunch nearby.

Since I was in the area, I wanted a warm meal nearby, so I went to <Baekok>, where you can try pork gomtang (pork bone soup) and cabbage mandu (cabbage-leaf dumplings). They had a set menu with soup, mandu, and a drink together, so I ordered that. The gomtang was solid for a lunch dish, and the cabbage mandu was especially my style. For anyone looking for a lunch spot near Yongsan Station and Yongsan I'Park Mall, here's the vibe of the place plus what I ordered.

Where is Baekok Yongsan, and is it easy to find from Sinyongsan Station?

Baekok Yongsan sits in a spot that's convenient to check out along the way if you're near Sinyongsan Station or Yongsan I'Park Mall looking for somewhere to eat. The exterior is clean, and since they use the whole building, it wasn't hard to find.

11:00–22:00

Eating inside Yongsan I'Park Mall is fine too, but this time I wanted to step outside and try a different restaurant.

Inside Baekok Yongsan: the 1st and 2nd floors at 1pm on a weekday

Baekok Yongsan has tables on both the 1st and 2nd floors. We were guided upstairs to the 2nd floor by staff. Visiting around 1pm, the 1st floor was quiet, while the 2nd floor was bustling with diners. Each floor had a slightly different mood.

There were a lot of office workers from companies near Yongsan Station. It really seemed like a lunch spot popular with locals in the area. Overall the mood was bright — the kind of place that works whether you come with friends, a partner, family, or coworkers.

Baekok Yongsan menu prices and how QR ordering works

Every table at Baekok Yongsan has a QR code. Scan it with your phone camera and you can order the menu like this.

Menu prices

• Pork gomtang: ₩11,000
• Spicy gomtang (yeolgomtang): ₩12,000
• Herbal gomtang (yakgomtang): ₩16,000
• Cabbage mandu 5pcs: ₩10,000
• Spicy pig tail: ₩17,000
• Cold boiled pork (naengjeyuk): ₩18,000
• Donbok platter: ₩42,000

Besides the gomtang, there were several dishes worth ordering alongside it. If you're visiting with a group, ordering individual meals plus something like cold boiled pork or mung bean pancake to share would work well. We ordered the pork gomtang set (₩16,000) with 2 extra cabbage mandu (₩4,000) at this Yongsan Station favorite. The set comes with pork gomtang, 2 cabbage mandu, and a drink — a good pick when you're curious about the mandu but don't just want soup alone, and want a drink with your meal too.

How the pork gomtang set and cabbage mandu tasted

The pork gomtang arrived with side dishes. It was a tojeom-style soup, meaning the rice was already inside the broth — so there was no need to add rice separately.

I usually dump rice straight into my soup anyway, so I actually love this tojeom style of gomtang and gukbap (soup with rice).

Gomtang is such a solid lunch dish. Especially good when you want to eat something filling — good stuff!

What was especially delicious was, of course, the cabbage mandu. The mandu included in the set looked so good that I'm glad I ordered extra. And with a drink included too, the whole combo was great!

The filling is wrapped in a cabbage leaf instead of regular dumpling skin, which gives it a different charm from the mandu I usually eat. The crunchy texture of the cabbage leaf went really well with the generous filling. I already like mandu in general, so I had high expectations — and it turned out to be exactly my taste.

Is Baekok Yongsan worth a lunch stop?

Broth made from pork bones and foreleg meat, rice from Gangjin in South Jeolla Province, meat cooked minimally at low temperatures — if you want a hot bowl of gomtang, I'd recommend checking out Baekok, a Sinyongsan Station favorite.