# Bongcheon lunch special: baby octopus hot plate at Sangdo Neulbori

- By Seoan (https://superchart.com/en/@paper-lantern-pour/)
- Written Sep 17, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Gwanak, Seoul
- Sponsored: This post was written after a complimentary meal was provided by the restaurant.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@paper-lantern-pour/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@paper-lantern-pour/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/index.md)

## In short

Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch is a Korean restaurant serving jjukkumi (baby octopus) and kodari (half-dried pollock) in Gwanak, Seoul, right in front of Bongcheon Doosan 1-danji Apartments near Bongcheon Station Exit 5. The lunch special okkumi hot-plate set (duck and baby octopus) is 14,000 won per person, or 28,000 won for two, and we added the 11,000 won cockle bibimbap, which came with pollock seaweed soup, steamed egg and scorched rice water. The baby octopus was plump enough to pass for full-grown octopus, and the whole meal was filling without being heavy or over-seasoned.

## Good to know

- **Okkumi hot-plate set (duck and baby octopus)**: 14,000 won per person / 28,000 won for two
- **Cockle bibimbap**: 11,000 won
- **Hours**: 11:30 am to 9:30 pm
- **Location**: Bongcheon Station Exit 5, in front of Bongcheon Doosan 1-danji Apartments
- **Self-serve**: All the fried rice vegetables you want, scorched rice water from the rice cooker
- **Price reference**: ₩14,000 ≈ $10 · ₩28,000 ≈ $20 · ₩11,000 ≈ $7.9 (2026-09-19)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 17, 2026*

Sangdo Neulbori near Bongcheon Station is seriously generous with portions. Both the duck-and-baby-octopus hot-plate stir-fry and the cockle bibimbap were clean and delicious, nothing to complain about. We ate as two and left completely satisfied.

## What we ordered for lunch at Sangdo Neulbori: the okkumi hot-plate set and cockle bibimbap

We ordered two things. The okkumi hot-plate set, ₩14,000 per person, ₩28,000 for two (duck meat + baby octopus). The baby octopus was firm and plump, the pieces genuinely huge and chubby — and it actually tasted good. The duck meat came in big, generous chunks too.

Cockle bibimbap (rice bowl with seasoned cockles), ₩11,000. The cockles themselves were big and the seasoning was so good I kept going back for spoonful after spoonful. Zero regrets.

## Where is Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch, and what are the hours?

This baby octopus spot near Bongcheon Station is right in front of Bongcheon Doosan 1-danji Apartments, by Exit 5. Open from 11:30am to 9:30pm.

![Exterior view of Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch near Bongcheon Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-01-5azad-900.webp)

This place is also famous as a kodari (dried pollock) spot near Bongcheon Station. It's a real neighborhood favorite — all the local elders from Bongcheon-dong come here. We showed up right at the 11:30am opening, and by noon it was already packed. Since the baby octopus is so good, of course we ordered a dish with octopus in it, plus rice.

![Lunch special menu sign at Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-02-qietd-900.webp)
*Lunch special menu at Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch*

### Why the Sangdo Neulbori lunch special is so popular

This lunch special at Sangdo Neulbori is apparently very well known. Between the braised kodari and the okkumi hot-plate set, both are so good you can't help but order them. Seriously, if you come here, come for lunch and try the set menu — you will not regret it.

![Menu board at Sangdo Neulbori](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-03-sgp65-900.webp)
*Sangdo Neulbori menu board*

This place also holds the title of best kodari spot near Bongcheon Station. Once the tables filled up, I noticed most of the locals around us were ordering the braised kodari... Apparently it's incredible, so next time I'm definitely getting that.

![Interior of Sangdo Neulbori with rows of tables in a spacious hall](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-04-6mdav-803.webp)

## Inside the restaurant: every table full within 30 minutes

The place filled up completely in just 30 minutes... and the dining room is huge. But turnover is fast and everyone eats cleanly, finishing every bite. We did too.

You can take as many self-serve fried rice vegetables as you like. Just please only take what you'll actually eat — don't be greedy and leave leftovers!!!!!!!!!!! And after eating, you absolutely must have the scorched rice water from the rice cooker over there. When you eat at a Korean rice restaurant, finishing with scorched rice water is the unwritten rule. Skip it and you're basically a traitor to your country.

## Side dishes and the pollock seaweed soup

First up, the duck-and-baby-octopus stir-fry, okkumi, arrives.

![Full table of side dishes served with the okkumi hot-plate set](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-05-1dbww-900.webp)

The side dishes are exactly the kind that suit the meal — bean sprouts, seasoned seaweed, water kimchi, all perfectly matched.

![Plate of bean sprouts, seasoned seaweed, and water kimchi side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-06-1clsq-900.webp)

And then out comes a truly milky, nutty pollock seaweed soup made with dried pollock.

![Bowl of milky pollock seaweed soup](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-07-33sl6-900.webp)

This wasn't some MSG-dumped shortcut soup — it was properly simmered to a milky, delicious finish. Savory and rich, the seaweed flavor coming through fully. Such a great spread, genuinely made me happy.

![Table setting with pollock seaweed soup and rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-08-t1qm7-900.webp)

The okkumi (squid and baby octopus stir-fry) from Sangdo Neulbori, with mushrooms, duck meat, rice cake, and baby octopus.

![Hot plate of okkumi with mushrooms, duck meat, rice cake, and baby octopus](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-09-20u8h-900.webp)

I can't believe there was a rice restaurant this good near Bongcheon Station... Seaweed soup, steamed egg, a whole spread laid out generously. You even get scorched rice water — this is proper Korean home-style dining.

![Full spread including seaweed soup and steamed egg](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-10-1oony-900.webp)

I'm telling you, eat it, eat it, I already told you. Don't make me repeat myself — finish with the scorched rice water, no excuses.

![Scorched rice water in the self-serve rice cooker](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-11-5eore-900.webp)

## What the 11,000 won cockle bibimbap looks like

This is the ₩11,000 cockle bibimbap. The rice comes separately.

![Cockle bibimbap served with rice on the side](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-12-8gfks-900.webp)

The seasoned cockles come piled generously like this. Even if you just mix it all together and eat blind, every single spoonful is packed with cockles.

## The okkumi set for two at 28,000 won: how big is the baby octopus?

The lunch menu okkumi set for two (₩28,000) at Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch.

![Okkumi hot-plate lunch set for two at Sangdo Neulbori](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-13-9yn9q-1200.webp)
*Lunch special okkumi at Sangdo Neulbori*

This isn't the shriveled-up baby octopus you get in bad Chinese-style jjamppong — this is genuinely plump, fully packed, delicious baby octopus.

![Close-up of plump baby octopus on the okkumi hot plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-14-1gh23-900.webp)

![Chopsticks lifting a plump piece of baby octopus](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-15-169ln-900.webp)

Honestly, if you didn't tell me, I might mistake it for octopus rather than baby octopus — the meat is that firm.

![Cockle bibimbap lunch dish at Sangdo Neulbori](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-16-8hd4b-900.webp)
*Cockle bibimbap lunch at Sangdo Neulbori*

The cockle bibimbap from Sangdo Neulbori's lunch menu, which I already raved about for its firm cockle meat and delicious seasoning.

![Bibimbap topped generously with seasoned cockles](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-17-1mkn7-900.webp)

![Spoonful of cockle bibimbap lifted from the bowl](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-18-8jxgo-900.webp)

So many cockles, extremely satisfying. No grit at all, just nutty, sweet and a little spicy.

![A mixed spoonful of cockle bibimbap](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-19-1m0g9-900.webp)

The duck meat portion was so generous I genuinely wondered if ₩14,000 was really the right price.

![Large chunks of duck meat on the okkumi hot plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-20-185vc-900.webp)

![Chopsticks lifting duck meat and baby octopus together](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-21-14d7p-900.webp)

What I loved even more was how clean and non-greasy it tasted despite being so flavorful. Light but hearty, the kind of food you can keep eating and feel good about. Not exaggerating — if you live nearby, you have to go: Sangdo Neulbori, the baby octopus and kodari spot near Bongcheon Station <<<<<<<<

![Okkumi hot plate eaten together with rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-22-11zfi-900.webp)

### Steamed egg and scorched rice water to finish

The basic side dish steamed egg wasn't salty at all, really nice. I love this Korean-restaurant style of steamed egg. I really dislike when places pointlessly sprinkle sesame seeds all over steamed egg and ruin the flavor of the egg itself. This place doesn't do that.

![Steamed egg side dish without sesame seed garnish](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-23-1agi4-802.webp)

And finally, the scorched rice water I told you to absolutely have. Warm and nutty, it settled my stomach perfectly and everything I'd eaten went down easy ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Before we knew it, the place was full again.......... aside from a few tables that finished quickly and left, this was near the end of the lunch rush too...

![Fully packed dining room at Sangdo Neulbori even near the end of lunch hour](https://img.superchart.com/images/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set/bongcheon-sangdo-neulbori-okkumi-lunch-set-24-nwzc2-m-674.webp)

## Is the Sangdo Neulbori lunch special worth it?

Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch, the delicious Korean rice restaurant known for baby octopus and kodari. Want to eat a healthy meal? But also want it delicious? And want to be full? Then this is the place!! I'm not lying, this is genuinely it.

## Where it is

- Sangdo Neulbori Bongcheon Station Branch (상도늘보리 봉천역점)
- 379 Bongcheon-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- 서울특별시 관악구 봉천로 379
- 37.4834818, 126.9422533
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%83%81%EB%8F%84%EB%8A%98%EB%B3%B4%EB%A6%AC%20%EB%B4%89%EC%B2%9C%EC%97%AD%EC%A0%90/@37.4834818,126.9422533,17z

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