Mapo duck Korean restaurant near Daeheung Station: Gongjung Dodeok

A duck restaurant on the Gyeongui Line Forest Trail near Daeheung Station

It is about a five-minute walk from Exit 3 of Daeheung Station on Line 6. Parking is difficult around the Gyeongui Line Forest Trail, so I recommend using the nearby paid Sangjang Hoegwan or Hyundai Private Parking!

You can come across Gongjung Dodeok (공중도덕) while strolling along the Gyeongui Line Forest Trail! It is close to Daeheung Station, so it is easy to get to too :)

A huge duck welcomes you at the entrance • • 💛 There is also outdoor seating on raised platforms in front of the restaurant! Once the weather gets a little cooler, it seems like a great place to eat while enjoying that outdoor-drinking-tent atmosphere.

A spacious, cozy interior with hanok-inspired charm

The interior had a warm feel, with decor that brings out a hanok-inspired sensibility. I also spotted low-salt pollack roe and minari pot rice, smoked duck and minari pot rice, gondre and shiitake mushroom pot rice, and nourishing octopus and abalone pot rice.

With its classic Korean-style interior and soft lighting, it felt so cozy . . 🤎 There were plenty of seats throughout, so it would be nice for a date or a family meal too. The menu also includes duck jumulleok for 2, the Gongjung piled-high duck set for 3–4, half duck jumulleok and half roast duck for 2, and the same half-and-half option for 3–4.

The tables were nicely spaced apart, and the restaurant itself was large and roomy, so we could eat comfortably! I also saw roast duck for 3–4, roast duck for 2, duck jumulleok for 3–4, the Gongjung Jumulleok Set for 3–4, the Gongjung Half-and-Half Set for 3–4, and hearty white-rice pot rice.

Gongjung Dodeok's signature dishes include the Gongjung Jumulleok Set for 2, Gongjung Roast Duck Set for 2, minari piled-high duck for 2, kimchi pancake, tiny salted shrimp and minari pancake, and seasoned pollack sashimi with minari! There is also Gongamtang hot pot with two white-rice pot rices, minari piled-high duck for 3–4, Gongjung Dodeok yukhoe (Korean beef tartare), Gongjung Roast Duck Set for 3–4, and Gongjung piled-high duck set for 2.

🍽️ Gongjung Half-and-Half Set (for 2) ₩69,000 Cheese potato pancake ₩24,000

The banchan (Korean side dishes) included perilla leaves, green-onion kimchi, gungchae (stem lettuce), pickled radish wraps, ssamjang garlic sauce, and cream sauce. Both the garlic sauce and cream sauce were great for dipping the duck in • •

The Gongjung Half-and-Half Set with jumulleok and roast duck

The Gongjung Half-and-Half Set comes with half marinated duck jumulleok, half roast duck, minari, and boneless duck gamjatang (spicy potato soup). You get to enjoy two kinds of grilled duck, plus gamjatang, all together ✨

It comes with half deeply seasoned jumulleok, half mild roast duck, fragrant minari, and chewy rice-cake additions!

Everything arrived neatly and beautifully plated, and it looked appetizing just from the first glance . . 😋

They grilled the potatoes until golden in the fat rendered from the duck, and they were nutty and delicious, haha.

The distinctive fresh aroma of minari cut right through the richness of the duck and brought out its flavor even more • • It was already mouthwatering as it turned golden on the grill 🔥 The staff checked on the meat and flipped it for us from time to time, so we could just relax and wait!

Boneless duck gamjatang that is easy to eat

Duck gamjatang, called Gongamtang here, is a hearty nourishing potato soup made with richly simmered pork-bone broth, dried radish greens, boneless duck, perilla leaves, and plenty of perilla seed powder. Since it is duck gamjatang with boneless duck, it was easy to eat without picking around bones! The duck was tender too, making it a satisfying soup to enjoy with the broth 🤤

The savory, rich broth had the nutty taste of perilla seed powder too, giving it even more depth. Eating the tender dried radish greens with the broth felt like a truly hearty restorative meal • • 👍

I tried a bite of the marinated duck first, and the meat was tender rather than tough, while the seasoning was really delicious! Having it with the grilled potatoes was such a good combination—the duck's nutty flavor with the savory depth of the seasoning 🤍

It was delicious with grilled minari too; the fragrant minari cut the richness nicely.

Dip it right into the creamy sauce and the spiciness is softened, while the savory flavor gets even better . . 🫶🏼

I also dipped the roast duck generously into the sauce, and its naturally mild duck flavor really came through! There was no gaminess at all, and the mild meat was the best combination with the sauce 🥺💛 Wrap it with perilla leaves and pickled radish for an even cleaner bite. It was good with the green-onion kimchi too • •

Cheese potato pancake with a great thin-sliced potato texture

The cheese potato pancake is made by pan-frying thinly sliced potatoes into a round pancake, adding rich cheese flavor to the mild taste of potato.

There was stretchy, nutty cheese and sweet corn kernels that popped as you bit into them - 💟 It was even tastier because it was made by grilling thin potato slices rather than grated potato, so the texture really came through.

Dip it into the sauce served with the pancake, and it neatly cuts the richness of the cheese, making it even tastier 〰