Bone-in dakbokkeum takeout, reheated at home: Sijang, Yesan Market

Where is Sijang Dakbokkeum inside Yesan Market?

Sijang Dakbokkeum is located at 2 Yesansijang-gil, 174-ho, Yesan-eup, Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, inside Yesan Market. It's open daily from 11:00 to 20:30.

This is Sijang Dakbokkeum, located inside Yesan Market! I'd visited before and enjoyed my takeout order so much that I came back. Parking is available in the spacious lot at Yesan Market, so just park there haha.

There are tables set up outside where you can sit and eat. People were waiting there too!! It has that old-school vibe that fits perfectly with the market atmosphere haha.

The menu at Sijang Dakbokkeum: bone-in or boneless, and the toppings

Sijang Dakbokkeum has a single menu item: shishito pepper dakbokkeum! You just need to choose between bone-in or boneless chicken, plus any extra toppings you'd like!

Toppings include extra shishito peppers, mozzarella cheese, glass noodles (bunmoja), Vienna sausage, and quail eggs! Shishito peppers already come included by default, so you only need to pick extras if you want more.

• Extra shishito peppers
• Mozzarella cheese
• Quail eggs

Personally, these are the three extras I'd recommend adding haha.

The shishito pepper dakbokkeum is well-seasoned and the sauce is so delicious that it goes great with a bowl of rice. I'd also recommend eating it with rice at the spot where you can borrow a griddle in the market plaza haha.

A 15-minute takeout wait, spent walking Yesan Market

I ordered takeout from Sijang Dakbokkeum and there were 2 orders ahead of mine! It took about 15 minutes. During that time I wandered around the market checking things out :) There's actually quite a lot to see, so the time flew by.

While looking around, I noticed promotional materials for the restaurant here and there. It made me want to eat it even more haha.

The market is pretty large, so I explored it bit by bit starting from the outside! The weather was great, perfect for an outdoor look around haha. Lots of families were visiting. It had that bustling, lively market feel.

Eating at the Yesan Jangteo Plaza dining area

This is a space set up so people can eat right there in the market. The low tables and chairs had a nice atmosphere. I was planning to eat at home so I didn't sit here this time, but I'll try eating here next time haha.

Here's the usage guide for the Yesan Jangteo Plaza tables! Something to reference if you plan to use them!!

KakaoTalk pickup alert and the restaurant's hygiene rating

After about 15 minutes, I got a message that my food was ready! The notification came through KakaoTalk, so I didn't need to wait around near the restaurant, which was convenient haha. Looking around inside the shop, I noticed they'd received the 'excellent' restaurant hygiene rating certification!! The cleanliness was visible too — they really seem to pay close attention to it.

They pack it in a cute bag!! You can take as many wooden chopsticks as you need. Snapped a photo in front of the restaurant before heading home haha.

How to reheat Sijang Dakbokkeum's chicken at home

A handy tip for reheating Sijang Dakbokkeum deliciously! It was written in big letters, which was helpful when I reheated mine. The portion was so generous that I ended up reheating and eating it two more times :)

Bone-in vs boneless: how the domestic bone-in dakbokkeum tastes

This is the shishito pepper dakbokkeum (bone-in) at ₩25,000.

A signature dish that fully brings out the smoky flavor with chicken stir-fried over high heat and plenty of crisp shishito peppers.

I'd had the boneless version before, so this time I ordered bone-in! Bone-in seems to sell out often. That's probably because the bone-in chicken is domestic while the boneless is from Brazil :) The boneless version was clean with no gamey smell and tasted great, so I had high expectations for the bone-in too. Being domestic, the bone-in chicken felt fresher. The seasoning was spot on too. The extra ingredients soaked up the sauce nicely and worked well together. I'll definitely stop by again next time I'm in the area.