Weekend open-run lunch, jajangmyeon double at a Haeundae Chinese

My husband and I went on a weekend lunch date in Haeundae's Marine City. This time we visited Bueokgan Chinese (부엌간 차이니즈), an ocean-view Chinese restaurant with Dongbaek Island and the sea spread out beyond a huge picture window. The clean, restaurant-like atmosphere felt totally different from the usual Chinese joint, and getting to eat while looking out at the sea made it feel like a proper date too. Here's my story from Bueokgan Chinese, a spot in Haeundae's Marine City I visited in person :)

Bueokgan Chinese location, hours, and parking

Open daily 11:00–22:00

Bueokgan Chinese is on the 2nd floor of the Marine City The Sharp Adelis commercial building.

If you're driving, you can use the The Sharp Adelis commercial building parking lot, and you get 1.5 hours free with a meal, so parking wasn't a worry at all.

The atmosphere — Dongbaek Island sea views through a picture window

The first thing that caught my eye walking in was the Dongbaek Island sea view stretching out beyond the picture window. Among Marine City restaurants, places where you can eat while gazing at the sea up close are rare, and the wide-open view was genuinely beautiful.

Dongbaek Island and the sea spread out right beside the table, so I kept looking out the window even before the food arrived, haha. I've been to plenty of Chinese restaurants, but I don't think I've ever eaten Chinese food while looking at the sea like this.

Besides the hall seating, there are also private rooms, which looked good for a family meal with parents or a gathering spot. On Naver you can specifically choose and reserve either hall window seats or a room.

If you want to eat with the ocean view, doing an open-run like we did is one way, but on weekends it'll probably be more comfortable to book a window seat in advance.

What we ordered and the prices

Since it was just the two of us, we ordered three dishes — jajangmyeon (₩8,000), beef brisket jjamppong (₩12,000), and a small black vinegar pork tenderloin tangsuyuk (₩28,000) — and paid extra to get the jajangmyeon as a double portion.

Since it's a clean-looking Chinese restaurant with a sea view, I expected the food to be pretty pricey, but jajangmyeon starts at ₩8,000. No wonder it was full of customers :)

Trying the jajangmyeon, brisket jjamppong, and black vinegar tangsuyuk

As each dish came out one by one, the plating was clean right off the bat and the portions were generous overall.

The jajangmyeon had a generous, glossy black bean sauce on top that was great for mixing with the noodles.

It was a familiar, easy-to-eat jajang flavor, so it went well with the tangsuyuk too, and the portion was more generous than I expected, which was satisfying.

The beef brisket jjamppong was, out of everything I ate, the one with the clearest spicy kick. The tangy, spicy broth had beef brisket in it, and eating the noodles and meat together was really nice.

The meat especially was tastier than expected and really filling! It had a different vibe from your usual seafood jjamppong, and I think it'd suit anyone who likes a spicy broth.

The black vinegar pork tenderloin tangsuyuk (small) stands out for using black vinegar sourced directly from China in the sauce. It paired nicely with either the jajangmyeon or the jjamppong, and we both enjoyed it enough that it was the one dish of the three we'd hate to skip.

The jajangmyeon was hearty and satisfying, the jjamppong had an appealing spicy broth with brisket, and adding the tangsuyuk rounded out the combination nicely. The portions were quite generous for two, and eating slowly while watching the sea made it feel like a proper, complete lunch :)

Final thoughts

The food at Bueokgan Chinese, a Haeundae Marine City favorite, was good, but what stuck with me most was the atmosphere of eating while looking out at Dongbaek Island's sea. Out of all the Chinese restaurants I've been to, this one felt the most relaxing to eat at, so it's a place I'd want to return to whenever I'm craving something a bit special in Haeundae.