# 5 PM opening run at Hapjeong Korean BBQ: pork ribs at Champpoppo - By Yerin Song (https://superchart.com/en/@seokchon-narrow-kitchen/) - Written Sep 15, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Mapo, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written as part of a sponsored store visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seokchon-narrow-kitchen/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seokchon-narrow-kitchen/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/index.md) ## In short Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch is a jjokgalbi (pork rib) BBQ restaurant on the Hapjeong-Sangsu food alley in Mapo, Seoul. Walking in as the first customers right at the 5 PM opening, the writer ordered 2 servings of soy-sauce jjokgalbi and 1 serving of seasoned jjokgalbi (regular heat), plus cheese-bomb steamed egg and an extra portion of whole galmaegisal (pork skirt meat). Chicken porridge, corn cheese, pork skin and potato slices come free with the meal, and the ribs carry thick, meaty cuts, so Champpoppo Jjokgalbi is worth a return trip. ## Good to know - **Location**: 77 Yanghwa-ro 6-gil, 1st floor, Mapo-gu, Seoul (Hapjeong-Sangsu food alley) - **Opening time**: 5 PM - **How to order**: Tablet ordering at the table - **First-order rule**: First order starts at 3 servings of jjokgalbi - **What was ordered**: 2 servings soy-sauce jjokgalbi, 1 serving seasoned jjokgalbi (regular), cheese-bomb steamed egg, soju, draft beer, extra whole galmaegisal - **Free with the meal**: Chicken porridge, corn cheese, pork skin, potato slices, pickled radish, cabbage salad, 4 sauces - **Spice levels**: Regular / extra hot (geommae), two levels - **Event**: Receipt review event running *as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026* My husband and I had a Hongdae date after a long time and decided to head over to Hapjeong to refuel on meat! Out of all the meats, we picked jjokgalbi (pork rib), which we hadn't had in a while! A jjokgalbi place called Champpoppo Jjokgalbi had opened in Hapjeong, so we went to check it out~ Located on the Hapjeong-Sangsu restaurant strip! ![Exterior of Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch on the Hapjeong-Sangsu restaurant strip](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-01-l17mu-m-900.webp) Champpoppo Jjokgalbi, a Hapjeong hotspot so new it still had a congratulatory flower wreath out front. Even the name is cute — Cham Poppo ("real kiss") 🫪 ![Entrance of Champpoppo Jjokgalbi with an opening congratulatory flower wreath](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-02-1kvpj-900.webp) ![Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch signage and storefront view](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-03-1cnli-900.webp) ## First customers at the 5 PM opening of Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch opens at 5pm. We arrived right on time and were the very first customers! Maybe because it's so new, the interior was quite clean. ![Clean restaurant interior seen upon entering as the first customers at 5pm](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-04-qy8ia-900.webp) ## Champpoppo Jjokgalbi menu and how to order at the table The menu at Champpoppo Jjokgalbi is centered on jjokgalbi but is actually quite extensive, including sets, meals, and side dishes. Orders are placed via the tablet on the table. - Soy jjokgalbi / Seasoned jjokgalbi (regular/spicy) - Pasta set / Tear-gas set / Combo set - Whole galmaegisal / Seasoned galmaegisal - Boneless charcoal-grilled chicken feet / Honeycomb pork skin - Doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) / Grandma's doenjang rice bowl / Sundubu ramyeon - Poppo cream pasta / Yeolmu kimchi cold noodles - Kaljjebi (hand-torn noodle soup) / Spicy kaljjebi - Cheese bomb steamed egg / Tuna mayo rice ball - Tear-gas rice ball / Steamed rice / Chicken porridge / Extra corn cheese ![Champpoppo Jjokgalbi menu board listing jjokgalbi, sets, and meal items](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-05-1ncbh-900.webp) The receipt review event is really generous, so I'd definitely recommend joining it. Here's what we ordered! - Soy jjokgalbi, 2 servings - Seasoned jjokgalbi (regular), 1 serving - Cheese bomb steamed egg - Soju - Draft beer - + Whole galmaegisal ![Table set with basic side dishes and sauces](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-06-ds0nw-900.webp) ## Free sides at Champpoppo: chicken porridge, corn cheese and pork skin The basic side dishes at Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch start with four sauces. Onion soy sauce, seasoned sauce, what looks like ranch, and curry sauce! ![Four sauces: onion soy sauce, seasoned sauce, ranch, and curry sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-07-1h10p-900.webp) Pink pickled radish plus the nostalgic cabbage salad. This cabbage was actually really fresh and crunchy, though. ![Pink pickled radish and crunchy cabbage salad](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-08-eeta5-900.webp) And this chicken porridge comes free too! A warm, soft porridge with generous ingredients like this being free is insane! 💛 ![A bowl of warm chicken porridge served for free](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-09-15d96-900.webp) The glasses are on the small side, but they do serve draft beer, so my husband had draft while I had soju — cheers~ ![Clinking a draft beer glass and a soju glass together](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-10-1lg1a-900.webp) Then the corn cheese arrived along with the charcoal grill. Wow... corn cheese is included too! 🔥 ![Corn cheese served alongside the charcoal grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-11-168qf-900.webp) And it doesn't end there. While the jjokgalbi was getting its initial grilling, they gave us pork skin and sliced potatoes too, so our mouths wouldn't get bored! ![Grilled pork skin and sliced potatoes while waiting for the initial grilling](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-12-wfnw3-900.webp) The regular side dishes were already great, but throwing in pork skin and potatoes too — is there any profit margin left for them? ![Pork skin and potatoes cooking on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-13-p5ct7-900.webp) ## 2 servings soy jjokgalbi plus 1 seasoned: why the first order is 3 servings Soon the main star arrived: 2 servings of soy jjokgalbi and 1 serving of seasoned jjokgalbi. *Note: the first order must be at least 3 servings of jjokgalbi! ![Table spread of 2 servings of soy jjokgalbi and 1 serving of seasoned jjokgalbi](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-14-12q1i-900.webp) ![Soy jjokgalbi and seasoned jjokgalbi placed on the charcoal grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-15-ulexr-900.webp) I always have to have steamed egg at a Korean BBQ place! They called it cheese bomb steamed egg, but honestly it wasn't quite a cheese bomb! Still tasty, of course. ![Champpoppo Jjokgalbi's cheese bomb steamed egg](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-16-14mw7-900.webp) Put on the cotton gloves and plastic gloves provided at the table, ready to properly tear into the jjokgalbi~! ![Wearing cotton and plastic gloves to tear into the jjokgalbi](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-17-1vy7p-900.webp) ![Champpoppo's jjokgalbi with thick meat on the bone](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-18-h72us-1200.webp) Honestly I thought it would be mostly bone weight~ but wow, the meat was actually quite thick on it! Depending on the mood, dip in the onion sauce, or the spicy seasoned sauce~ Doesn't the seasoned jjokgalbi kind of remind you of Kyochon Red Combo? Jjokgalbi is usually skinny or mostly bone, but here there was seriously, seriously, seriously a lot of meat to tear off. ### How spicy is the seasoned jjokgalbi, regular or geommae? Champpoppo Jjokgalbi's seasoned jjokgalbi comes in regular and geommae (extra spicy)..? I do like spicy food, but seeing "geommae" written down scared me off, so I chickened out and ordered regular haha. So it wasn't super spicy, but I still enjoyed the seasoning a lot. ![Red seasoned jjokgalbi ordered at regular spice level](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-19-dlsg5-900.webp) ![Tender jjokgalbi dipped in the spicy seasoned sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-20-npi4m-780.webp) The jjokgalbi is so tender. It was delicious no matter what I ate it with! We were reasonably full, but my husband suggested ordering one more ![Remaining jjokgalbi and side dishes on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-21-k0bqb-900.webp) ## Whole galmaegisal at Champpoppo: how does it compare to the pork ribs? So we ordered the whole galmaegisal (skirt steak)~ It really did come out as one long whole piece, exactly as the name says. ![Whole galmaegisal served as one long piece](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-22-1yopi-900.webp) The whole galmaegisal was also generously sized, and the sweet seasoning made it delicious. Personally, though, the jjokgalbi suited my taste a bit more! ![A piece of jjokgalbi dipped in ranch sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-23-7f8mv-808.webp) We finished off the rest of the jjokgalbi without leaving a bite~ ![Final plate of jjokgalbi and sauces to finish the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run-24-19j0r-799.webp) Personally, this went best with the ranch sauce. We were too full for a second round and headed straight home. ## Is Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch worth going back to? With the doors wide open, it had that outdoor-tent vibe, and most of all, the jjokgalbi had so much meat on it that we ate really well. The free sides plus the review event make this an excellent place all around! Definitely planning to come back! ## Where it is - Champpoppo Jjokgalbi Hapjeong Branch (참뽀뽀쪽갈비 합정점) - 77 Yanghwa-ro 6-gil, 1st floor, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 마포구 양화로6길 77 1층 - 37.5485844, 126.9185489 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%B0%B8%EB%BD%80%EB%BD%80%EC%AA%BD%EA%B0%88%EB%B9%84%20%ED%95%A9%EC%A0%95%EC%A0%90/@37.5485844,126.9185489,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@seokchon-narrow-kitchen/champoppo-jjokgalbi-hapjeong-opening-run/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt