# New mala dakgangjeong at Yeosu shabu-shabu buffet Tongkeun Shabu - By Naeun (https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-bap-bench/) - Written Sep 16, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yeosu, Gwangju - Sponsored: This post was written after being provided with a complimentary store visit as a sponsorship. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-bap-bench/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@seoul-bap-bench/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/index.md) ## In short Tongkeun Shabu is an all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu buffet on the 3rd floor of a Mangma-ro building near Yeosu City Hall, in the Hakdong area of Yeosu. You pick a base broth and help yourself to unlimited pork neck, beef belly and vegetables, then work through the salad bar corner by corner: yukhoe (raw beef), a sushi zone, pizza and a hot food zone. The new mala dakgangjeong (spicy crispy chicken) and fried chicken were the standouts, and the salad bar was filling enough that skipping the shabu-shabu porridge to finish there felt like the right call. ## Good to know - **Weekday lunch, shabu buffet**: 23,900 won - **Weekday dinner, shabu buffet**: 26,900 won - **Weekend, shabu buffet**: 26,900 won - **Preschool children**: 11,000 won - **Elementary school children**: 14,000 won - **Broth**: Base broth included; mala, sukiyaki and chicken-bone broths cost extra, and the half-and-half pot excludes sukiyaki - **Shabu-shabu meat**: Pork neck and beef belly, unlimited refills - **Shabu-shabu sauces**: Cheongyang chili soy sauce, chili sauce, peanut sauce - **Location**: 3rd floor of a Mangma-ro building near Yeosu City Hall - **Parking**: Several public parking lots nearby *as written by the visitor on Sep 16, 2026* ![Main photo of Tongkeun Shabu, a shabu-shabu buffet in Hakdong, Yeosu](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-01-yw3eg-1200.webp) Today's story is about Tongkeun Shabu, my go-to spot near Yeosu City Hall whenever I want to stuff myself silly with all kinds of delicious food. It's an all-you-can-eat place where you get quality shabu-shabu meat and vegetables, plus a salad bar packed with so many good things. Let me show you around right now! ## Where is Tongkeun Shabu, and where do you park? Tongkeun Shabu is in Hakdong, on Mangma-ro, close to Yeosu City Hall. There are plenty of public parking lots nearby, so no worries there. ## Tongkeun Shabu's exterior, interior and seating ![Entrance of Tongkeun Shabu on the 3rd floor of the building](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-02-rd1cj-900.webp) Tongkeun Shabu is on the 3rd floor of the building. Once inside, the space is much wider and more comfortable than you'd expect. There are all sorts of seats — clean table seating, cushy sofa spots to lean back into — so it's perfectly comfortable for family meals or group gatherings too. ## How do you choose your broth at Tongkeun Shabu? Once you sit down, the first thing you do is choose your broth. There's basic broth, plus mala, sukiyaki and chicken bone broth. Anything other than the basic broth costs extra, and you can do a half-and-half split (excluding sukiyaki), so it's easy to pick according to your taste. ### How much does the Tongkeun Shabu buffet cost? - Weekday lunch shabu buffet ₩23,900 - Weekday dinner shabu buffet ₩26,900 - Weekend shabu buffet ₩26,900 - Preschooler ₩11,000 - Elementary school student ₩14,000 ![Table setting with a Tongkeun Shabu pot with basic broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-03-14mc9-m-900.webp) We wanted something plain that day, so we just went with the basic broth. (If you're in the mood for spicy, half mala broth is perfect!) ## The salad bar, with yukhoe (raw beef) too Even before the shabu-shabu broth starts boiling, your feet naturally wander over to the salad bar corner — it's fun just to look around. There's a huge variety of salads, and even raw beef (yukhoe)! If you love buffet raw beef, you'll love Tongkeun Shabu haha. Right next to the salad section there's a fruit corner with oranges and kiwis, perfect for cleansing your palate. ## Sushi zone and two kinds of pizza ![Tongkeun Shabu's sushi zone with rolls and sushi](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-04-135w8-900.webp) Even though it's a shabu-shabu buffet, they have a sushi zone that rivals a regular buffet! There are all kinds of rolls, plus squid sushi, shrimp sushi and egg sushi. There's no raw fish sushi, but at this price, having shabu-shabu unlimited refills plus salad bar unlimited refills plus a sushi zone is really good value haha. ![Sushi corner displaying squid sushi and shrimp sushi](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-05-2deot-900.webp) ![Freshly made egg sushi and rolls](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-06-18bqh-900.webp) The sushi is made fresh as you go, so it's very fresh. ![Ogie cheese potato pizza loaded with toppings](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-07-1sy3s-900.webp) ![Freshly baked gorgonzola pizza](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-08-1bnp8-900.webp) There are even two kinds of pizza baked fresh — an ogie cheese potato pizza and a gorgonzola pizza. The ogie cheese potato pizza in particular looks amazing and tastes even better, loaded generously with toppings. ## Hot food zone: new mala dakgangjeong and fried chicken ![Hot food zone filled with a variety of dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-09-1safp-900.webp) The hot food zone also has a wide variety of dishes! Staff kept walking around checking the food and refilling it immediately whenever something ran low, which gave the impression that food management here is really well done. ![Spicy chicken feet with sliced cheongyang chili](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-10-144b8-900.webp) Spicy chicken feet with cheongyang chili sliced in. ![New menu item, sweet mala chicken bites](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-11-1ysrk-900.webp) Sweet mala chicken bites with a subtle mala aroma — this was delicious haha. It wasn't here the last time I visited Tongkeun Shabu, so it seems to be a new menu item! It was nice to see new dishes being added. ![Cream pasta with bacon and mushrooms](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-12-1ptdg-900.webp) The cream pasta is loaded with bacon and mushrooms too. ![Fried chicken from the salad bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-13-udrsl-900.webp) And my favorite thing at Tongkeun Shabu, the fried chicken. It looks a bit dry and unremarkable, but one bite and it's crispy outside, super moist inside — good enough to rival a specialty chicken shop haha. You can really feel the care put into the salad bar food too, which makes this such a satisfying restaurant in Hakdong near Yeosu City Hall. ## What's in the all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu zone ![Tongkeun Shabu's shabu-shabu all-you-can-eat corner](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-14-1ra9s-900.webp) Next up, let me introduce the shabu-shabu corner. ![Shabu-shabu vegetable corner with napa cabbage, bok choy and bean sprouts](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-15-1gld5-900.webp) There's fresh napa cabbage, bok choy, bean sprouts and mushrooms — vegetables galore. And it's not just vegetables — knife-cut noodles, glass noodles, dumplings, rice cakes and rice paper wrap vegetables are all unlimited too. There's mushroom soup and tempura to go with it as well. Such a solid lineup haha. There are also three kinds of shabu-shabu sauce. - Cheongyang soy sauce - Chili sauce - Peanut sauce ## Dessert zone: drinks and the chocolate fountain Sprite, cola, Fanta sodas, and plum and pomegranate juice are all unlimited too! ![Drink corner with sodas and juices](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-16-1bwy3-900.webp) ![Dessert zone with soft serve ice cream and a chocolate fountain](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-17-fh7om-900.webp) For dessert, soft serve ice cream, coffee, and even a chocolate fountain are perfectly set up. ## How did the shabu-shabu itself taste? ![A plate piled high with salad bar food](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-18-119cc-900.webp) While the shabu-shabu broth was heating up, I loaded up a plate full of delicious things from the salad bar! I always pile up a mountain of fried chicken without fail, and the pizza and sweet and sour pork also hit my sweet spot — I couldn't stop, ugh. ![Fresh shabu-shabu vegetables on a plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-19-eymrq-900.webp) Plenty of fresh shabu-shabu vegetables too~ Coming here for shabu-shabu means I get to eat a lot of vegetables, which I love! It's not easy to eat enough vegetables at home. This is the premium beef I got as a receipt review perk! Just look at that color, so luxurious haha. It was tasty, but honestly the regular unlimited-refill meat is already so good that I didn't notice a huge difference. ![Two kinds of shabu-shabu meat, pork neck and beef belly](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-20-jsbpf-900.webp) The shabu-shabu meat comes in two kinds — pork neck and beef belly~ The beef belly is delicious but a bit fatty, so alternating between the two is just right. ![Shabu-shabu simmering in basic broth with meat and vegetables](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-21-1ryj5-900.webp) Enjoying it in the clean basic broth, loaded generously with vegetables and meat. I love rice paper wraps, so I also grabbed vegetables and pineapple for making them. Adding pineapple to rice paper wraps is really delicious!! ![Vegetables and pineapple prepared for rice paper wraps](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-22-ppt84-900.webp) ![A rice paper wrap filled with meat and vegetables](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-23-1idpb-900.webp) Making delicious rice paper wraps loaded with meat and vegetables. You have to dip generously into the peanut sauce and chili sauce. ![A meal finished off with salad bar food](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food-24-1fxlz-900.webp) For dessert you can have either porridge or knife-cut noodles made from the leftover broth, but the salad bar was so good that I finished with the salad bar instead. If I was willing to skip the shabu-shabu porridge, you can imagine just how good Tongkeun Shabu's salad bar really is haha. ## Is Tongkeun Shabu in Yeosu worth it? Fresh shabu-shabu with unlimited beef belly and pork neck is just the baseline here — you also get a well-curated, quality salad bar packed with dishes people actually reach for. Tongkeun Shabu is a great restaurant in Hakdong, Yeosu, and a fantastic all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu specialist near Yeosu City Hall — make sure to stop by. You won't regret the hearty meal you'll get! ## Where it is - Tongkeun Shabu (통큰샤브) - 25 Mangma-ro, 3rd floor, Yeosu, South Korea - 전남광주통합특별시 여수시 망마로 25 3층 - 34.7602938, 127.6659267 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%ED%86%B5%ED%81%B0%EC%83%A4%EB%B8%8C/@34.7602938,127.6659267,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@seoul-bap-bench/yeosu-tongkeun-shabu-salad-bar-hot-food/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt