Duck restaurant near Starfield Bucheon with gondre rice: Keunsawi

Keunsawi Ori Jip, a place older folks near Starfield Bucheon will love

Keunsawi Ori Jip in one line

• Convenient parking in the yard in front of the shop
• Right by Starfield, so it's a great combo of eating then shopping
• Already busy even though we arrived before noon on a weekend
• Two groups of what looked like customers in their 60s or older were already there
• The self-serve gondre rice is insanely good
• The Eutteum Han-sang set is packed with food
• Dessert options like omija and plum tea mean older guests will absolutely love it

Parking and the dining room near Starfield Bucheon

I've been visiting Traders a lot lately, so I go to Starfield Bucheon often — and heard there's a great duck restaurant nearby, so I checked it out.

The yard in front of the building is spacious, so parking was easy. We arrived around 11:10am on the weekend — pretty much right after opening — and there were already 4-5 cars there.

There were already two groups of guests who looked to be in their 60s or older, plus a family out for a meal, and a couple like us — a nice mix of people.

The dining room was spacious with windows on both sides, giving it a nice open feel. I could see duck meat aging(?) on one side, which told me right away this was a good spot.

What's on the self-serve bar: gondre and shiitake rice steals the show

The self-serve bar has geotjeori (fresh kimchi salad), duck-steaming sauce, and gondre (aster) mushroom rice — and honestly, that gondre rice was incredible. There's plain rice too, of course.

Older folks always want vegetables like this properly stocked, you know? 100 points.

Ordering the Eutteum Han-sang for two and the 10-minute steamer timer

We ordered the Keunsawi Eutteum Han-sang for two people. I read through the sign posted on the kiosk carefully.

Once the order goes through, a big pot with a cedar steamer basket gets set up at your table, and they set a 10-minute timer. When it goes off, a staff member comes to check on it!

A staff member stirring the freshly made gondre rice. They really use good quality rice — it's so, so delicious. Genuinely, really delicious.

There's also a pot of seaweed soup simmering, and per the sign on the kiosk, it's made for kids — mildly seasoned, haha. Kids love seaweed soup, so that's a thoughtful touch.

I took a bowl of the perfectly fluffy gondre pyogo rice and drizzled the tasty seasoning sauce over it to my liking.

It was genuinely, genuinely delicious. I was like, is this really the quality you get to eat as much as you want of at the self-serve bar?

First tastes: perilla-seed chicken and cedar-steamed duck

The tasting portion of perilla chicken arrived — completely pale white. This is roughly how much you get for two people. I thought it was duck, but according to the menu description, it's actually chicken. Either way, all good.

Once you finish the cedar-steamed duck, you move on to the duck dori-tang, so they pre-set the vegetables to add and the fried rice ingredients ahead of time.

The fully set-up Eutteum Han-sang — completely loaded. Older diners really love having a variety of dishes to try, and variety matters a lot to them — this restaurant checks all those boxes. No wonder there were so many older groups there.

With omega-3 built right into the meal for your health, of course older folks will love it! (People in their 30s love it too, TT!!)

The perilla chicken had tender meat and the perilla broth was really nutty and savory. It wasn't overwhelmingly thick — actually on the thinner side, which made it easy to eat.

While we were eating the gondre rice and perilla chicken, the cedar-steamed duck finished cooking. A staff member came and removed the lid!

Sliced duck meat and bean sprouts, perfectly steamed. It just gives off that clean, healthy vibe at first glance.

You can dip it in the sauce from the self-serve bar, or wrap it up neatly in a lettuce wrap. The lightness was on a totally different level from steamed pork belly.

Haha, I wrapped it with perilla leaf and radish pickle, ate it with just radish pickle and no perilla leaf, piled it on top of the gondre rice too! Dipping the steamed duck in the perilla chicken sauce and putting it on the gondre rice — that combo was a real delicacy.

Yep, I had two bowls. The first bowl I ate mild, but this time I added an extra spoonful of seasoning sauce and made it more savory and salty. Seriously delicious!! This is a dish I want to recreate at home.

Boneless duck dori-tang: how spicy is it?

Once you finish the cedar-steamed duck, tell the staff and they'll clear the steamer basket from the top. Then out comes this vivid, glossy red duck dori-tang.

Keunsawi Ori Jip's duck dori-tang is a boneless version! So it has a bit of the feel of duck jumulleok (stir-fried duck) with a somewhat reduced broth. Very satisfying if you're a fan of boneless cuts.

We loaded it up with wood ear mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, chives, and rice cake slices, then waited while it simmered on low heat as the instructions said.

We let it simmer for about 5 minutes. You can eat while it simmers, but I recommend waiting until it's fully reduced for the best flavor, haha. Even the smell was pretty spicy!

Wrapping the basic side dish of radish pickle in perilla leaf made for a really refreshing, tasty bite. If you're seriously spice-sensitive, this might be a bit much, but I like spicy food and it was fine for me.

The wood ear mushrooms soaked up the seasoning beautifully — the chewy texture combined with the bold seasoning was a great pairing.

Finishing with fried rice, omija and plum tea

We left about 3 ladlefuls in the pot and now it's time to make fried rice.

We stirred it up nicely. The heat is strong, so the fried rice finishes quickly and tastes great. Since all the ingredients are pre-set, you can eat at your own relaxed pace, which is really nice.

The finished fried rice — absolutely delicious. We'd already each had two bowls of gondre rice and felt like we'd burst, but somehow the fried rice all went in too. Super full, super satisfying.

For dessert: coffee, plum tea, and omija tea. You can cleanse your palate exactly to your taste. Older guests really appreciate these little details. This was my honest review of Keunsawi Ori Jip — a perfect spot for family meals during holidays or regular get-togethers!