Braised pollack set for two at a Gapyeong Korean restaurant: Jingogip

This time I'm introducing a delicious kodari jorim (braised semi-dried pollack) spot in Gapyeong: Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch.

Kodari jorim set for two

Where is Jingogip in Gapyeong, and what are its hours?

Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch is located at 1605 Yumyeong-ro, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and is open daily from 09:00 to 21:00. Naver Reservations are available too.

After checking out of the campsite, we stopped by this restaurant in Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong. The name is quite a mouthful, but they serve everything from dongtaetang (pollack stew) to kodari jorim. Breakfast is available too, so it's worth a visit in the morning as well. We went for lunch.

The parking lot was huge, so we parked with plenty of room to spare!

What are the dining room, seating and self-serve banchan bar like?

The interior of Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch is really spacious. We visited a bit early for lunch, and customers kept streaming in the whole time — seems like people come here specifically for the refreshing dongtaetang and tasty kodari.

The restroom was clean and tucked in the back.

Here's the menu. After some deliberation, we ordered the kodari jorim set. It's only sold during lunch hours. Kodari jorim comes in a pretty generous portion, so getting the full set meal is a great call.

This is the self-serve bar. You can top up any side dishes you run low on yourself.

If you take part in the review event, you get two pieces of pollack pancake for free.

Once we finished ordering, the side dishes came out. All pretty basic ones, but every single one was delicious. We ended up going back for refills before the main dish even arrived, haha.

What comes in the lunch-only kodari jorim set for two?

The kodari jorim set comes as one full platter with two whole kodari plus bean sprouts, rice cake, and braised radish. It's a lunch-only item, but the portion was substantial.

When the kodari jorim set arrived, my eyes went wide... I wasn't expecting much since it's a lunch-only item, but a whole platter showed up. The portion was seriously huge, haha. Two whole kodari plus bean sprouts, rice cake, and braised radish — the composition was amazing, and I loved it.

I picked up a piece of kodari jorim loaded with flesh. Seriously, so much meat on it.

First, I mixed the bean sprouts that came with it into the sauce. That's the trick to getting bean sprouts nicely coated in the seasoning.

Can you see how plump the flesh is? The kodari jorim was genuinely meaty.

How does the braised kodari sauce taste?

The kodari seasoning at Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch is a gochujang (red chili paste) base, slightly sweet and spicy. Wrapping it in the seaweed served alongside makes it even better — the seaweed's clean ocean flavor pairs really well. This kodari sauce is a flavor everyone, young or old, would like. It really suited my taste.

We dug in with rice and kodari jorim together. It was so good that both of us just kept shoveling it in, haha!!

Garaetteok rice cake, braised radish and extra rice cake orders

On the left is the rice cake, and on the right is the braised radish. The owner clearly knows their stuff, using garae-tteok (long cylindrical rice cake) here — the chewy rice cake pairs really well with the sauce, haha. If you love rice cake, I'd definitely recommend adding extra — it goes perfectly with the sauce.

I picked every last bit of meat off the bones down to the end. Don't just stick to dakgalbi in Gapyeong — go try the delicious kodari jorim and dongtaetang too.

Verdict: kodari jorim instead of dakgalbi in Gapyeong

Came back from a Gapyeong trip having eaten some really good kodari jorim! I wanted something different from the usual in Gapyeong, and the result was total satisfaction. First off, they make the side dishes in-house, and they're so good I refilled them multiple times...

The kodari jorim set we ordered is only sold at lunch, but the portion is huge and the kodari was packed with meat. The sauce was sweet with a hint of spice, so easy to eat. And the rice cake and braised radish that came with it too! Instead of dakgalbi in Gapyeong, why not try the kodari jorim or a refreshing dongtaetang at Jingogip Donghae Dongtaetang & Kodari Jorim, Gapyeong Seorak branch?