Minari shabu lunch for two, ₩30,000, near Giheung-gu Office: Deungchon

Where is Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu Giheung Station Branch, and what are the hours?

Deungchon Shabu Shabu Giheung Station Branch is open daily from 11:00 to 21:00, with a break time from 15:00 to 17:00. Group seating and parking are available.

Perfect timing for shabu-shabu now that it's finally turned chilly — Deungchon Shabu Shabu. It's a well-known kalguksu (knife-cut noodle soup) spot near Giheung-gu Office, and a lot of the office staff come here too. Deungchon Shabu Shabu is generally good, but quality can vary a bit branch to branch, so you have to pick carefully haha. The Giheung Station branch keeps the place very clean and the staff are super friendly, so I come back often.

Just look at the table and the sauce containers — so clean.

Menu and prices at Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu, including sides

The signature dishes are spicy mushroom kalguksu, perilla mushroom kalguksu, and clear mushroom kalguksu, each ₩10,000, plus barley shrimp minari (water celery) pancake at ₩9,000. The mushroom kalguksu set comes with vegetables (minari, mushroom, potato), noodles, dumplings, and fried rice, and can only be ordered for 2 or more people.

Shabu beef is ₩10,000 for 190g, and they also sell al-gonyi — 150g roe plus 150g milt — for ₩10,000. Next time I need to add the al-gonyi, I bet it'd go great with the spicy broth...

• Fried rice ₩3,000
• Kalguksu noodles ₩2,000
• Extra dumplings ₩3,000
• Potato ₩2,000
• Vegetables ₩4,000
• Self-made sujebi (hand-torn dough) ₩3,000
• Lotus root or glass noodles ₩2,000
• Rice ₩2,000

The basic kalguksu doesn't come with beef, so we added an order of shabu beef.

The amount of minari in the vegetable plate is insane... honestly, this is what you come to Deungchon Shabu Shabu for. Kalguksu packed with minari fragrance. You order everything from a tablet at the table! Makgeolli by the glass is also just ₩1,000, great for a drink with dinner.

What the kalguksu set for two includes, and the order to eat it in

The set for two is pretty generous. Eat the shabu-shabu kalguksu, then fry up rice at the end, and you'll leave stuffed.

The beef looked really high quality and fresh. As a mushroom kalguksu specialist, the mushrooms are delicious too! A real find for kalguksu near Giheung-gu Office.

Simmer the vegetables well before adding the meat, eat some of the vegetables first, then add the beef, let the broth build up flavor, and dip the meat in the sauce — absolute heaven.

The house soy-mustard dipping sauce

Beef, mushrooms and vegetables, kalguksu noodles, even the dumplings — everything tastes amazing dipped in Deungchon Shabu Shabu's special soy-mustard sauce. It's a sauce I'm seriously obsessed with. As a soy dipping sauce for shabu, I can't eat without it... good with just vegetables, good with meat, just plain delicious all around.

₩30,000 for two adults, right through the fried rice finish

₩30,000 for two adults is a very generous amount of food. Vegetables, meat, kalguksu, and the finishing fried rice — you can eat a hearty, filling meal at this Giheung, Yongin lunch spot, Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu, a favorite for shabu-shabu in Yongin.

Loading up the kalguksu with meat and mushrooms is pure heaven... everyone please go eat this, I'm begging you. Deungchon Shabu Shabu is perfect for a cold winter day.

Finish it off with fried rice... the great thing is you don't need to order it separately. From shabu beef to kalguksu to a hearty carb finish, I recommend this Yongin shabu-shabu favorite, Deungchon Shabu Kalguksu. Great for both lunch and dinner — highly recommend.