# Dangye-dong Wonju BBQ with self-serve bar and mak-guksu: Yeon Makchang - By Yerin Chi (https://superchart.com/en/@sokcho-harbor-noodle/) - Written Sep 13, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Wonju, Gangwon - Sponsored: This review is based on a meal provided by the restaurant for the visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@sokcho-harbor-noodle/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@sokcho-harbor-noodle/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/index.md) ## In short Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch is a makchang (grilled pork intestine) barbecue restaurant that recently opened in Dangye-dong, Wonju, in the former Wine Han Jan space. A 6pm reservation landed just before peak time, and the order was a mix of 2 servings of yeon makchang and 1 serving of teuk makchang, plus unlimited trips to the self-serve bar for kimchi and wrap greens, finished with bibim mak-guksu (cold buckwheat noodles). The makchang arrives par-grilled, so it cooks fast and carries no gamy smell, making Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch an easy recommendation for a straightforward makchang dinner. ## Good to know - **Address**: 66 Cheonsa-ro, 1st floor, Wonju, Gangwon - **Hours**: 16:00–24:00 (Mon, Tue, Wed from 17:00) - **Ordering rule**: First order starts at 3 servings; mix-and-match (half-and-half) allowed - **What was ordered**: 2 servings yeon makchang, 1 serving teuk makchang, chon doenjang jjigae (rustic soybean paste stew), steamed rice - **Discount**: 10% off for military personnel and pregnant guests - **Parking**: Free parking in front of the restaurant - **Other**: Reservations, Wi-Fi, group dining, separate men's and women's restrooms, waiting area - **To finish**: Mak-guksu (bibim or broth), dessert slush *as written by the visitor on Sep 13, 2026* ![Featured shot of the makchang table setting at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-01-do6bo-1200.webp) Today's post is about Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch, a new spot near Wine Han Jan in Dangye-dong, Wonju :) 📍Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch 66 Cheonsa-ro, 1st floor, Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea Hours: 16:00–24:00 (Mon•Tue•Wed from 17:00) Reservations, wifi, group seating available, separate men's/women's restrooms, parking available (free parking in front of the store), waiting area O ## Why a 6pm reservation at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch beats peak time Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch has been packed since not long after it opened, so I went in right before peak time with a 6pm reservation. I'd walked past the place before and seen the huge crowd and thought, wow, is it really that good...? Well, I finally made it today! haha ![Exterior of Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch in Dangye-dong, Wonju](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-02-1cqvk-m-900.webp) Seeing that crowd back then scared me (?) so I came right before peak time with a 6pm reservation, heh ![Signage at the entrance of Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-03-1dbn1-m-900.webp) ![Notice for 10% discount for soldiers and pregnant guests](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-04-qbi6y-900.webp) Oh, they also run a 10% discount for soldiers and pregnant guests? There's a bus terminal in Dangye-dong so you see a lot of soldiers around — I love events like this🔥 I hope Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch's good example leads to more and more shops in Wonju offering discounts for soldiers, pregnant guests, and so on✨ ![Tables inside Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-05-19uzy-900.webp) ![Seating arranged for the reservation time](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-06-1jezg-900.webp) There were a decent number of tables inside too. When I glanced back at the restaurant on my way out, it was already buzzing with people (glad I came early...) ![Table setting and grill at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-07-1uk3i-900.webp) ![Menu board at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-08-evdjx-900.webp) ![Price list for makchang and pork belly menu items](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-09-1yc2c-900.webp) ## How ordering works: 3 servings minimum, yeon and teuk makchang half-and-half At Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch, your first order has to be at least 3 servings, but when I asked the staff, mixing servings turned out to be possible. So we ordered 2 servings of yeon makchang mixed with 1 serving of teuk makchang. I glanced through the menu and it said the first order had to be 3 servings?? But I wanted to try both yeon makchang and teuk makchang..ㅠㅠ what to do, what to do — so I quietly asked the staff, and turns out you can mix them! (Yay!) We ordered yeon makchang x2, teuk makchang x1, chon doenjang jjigae, and rice ![Ordered mix of yeon makchang and teuk makchang](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-10-e0rjw-900.webp) ![Basic side dishes and chon doenjang jjigae stew](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-11-11497-900.webp) The basic side dishes come set like this, and for kimchi or wrap greens you just use the self-serve bar ![Self-serve bar corner at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-12-t8rl5-900.webp) ![Kimchi and pickled side dishes at the self-serve bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-13-1pep3-900.webp) ![Lettuce, perilla leaves, and baby cabbage at the self-serve bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-14-lp7rz-900.webp) ## What's on the self-serve bar: scallion kimchi, white kimchi, baby cabbage The self-serve bar at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch was pretty stacked. Kimchi, wrap greens, even ingredients to grill — you could take as much as you wanted. But seriously, the self-serve side dishes are amazing lol — starting with regular kimchi, then scallion kimchi, white kimchi, pickled veggies, and for wraps there's lettuce, perilla leaves, plus baby cabbage lol lol. You could also grab as much enoki mushroom and scallion as you wanted, which was so nice✨ ![Plate of wrap vegetables gathered from the self-serve bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-15-veqeb-900.webp) ## Par-grilled makchang: how long it takes on the grill and how it tastes The makchang comes already par-grilled once, with the fat well drained off, so it didn't take long to finish cooking on the grill — I liked that. ![Par-grilled makchang placed on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-16-kcaba-900.webp) I also grabbed some ring-shaped rice cake from the self-serve bar to grill, and it actually goes surprisingly well with that spicy sauce? Tastes kind of like spicy tteokbokki sauce?? Might be a matter of taste haha ![Ring-shaped rice cake grilled alongside the meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-17-d65e3-900.webp) ![Fully cooked makchang with spicy sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-18-13yup-900.webp) Tried the makchang first — hm, not chewy at all and the gamy smell was well handled, so it was easy to eat without any fuss. Apparently 40cm of a single pig counts as makchang, but Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch only uses the tastiest 20cm portion of that (guess that's why it's not chewy). And when the 3 servings first arrived I thought, eh, that's not much — but once we started wrapping it up, grilling rice cake, and digging into the stew and rice, it turned out to be just right for two people ![Wrapping makchang in a lettuce leaf](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-19-yrm89-900.webp) ![Table instructions for grilling makchang](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-20-pbv2q-869.webp) ## Chili, scallion and perilla leaf go into the makjang dipping sauce Ugh, got fooled... on my side there was only 'how to enjoy pork belly' printed, nothing else visible — turns out on the other side there was actually 'how to grill and eat makchang properly'..?? And here's what I discovered: those chili peppers, scallions, and perilla leaves I'd been wondering what to do with — turns out you're supposed to mix them into the dipping sauce..!! ![Dipping sauce mixed with chili peppers, scallions, and perilla leaves](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-21-u8jkz-900.webp) *(Quickly adding them in even though it's late.jpg)* (Quickly adding them in even though it's late.jpg) My date hates perilla leaves so I scooped them all up, and now the dipping sauce looks like a little vegetable garden, which I love ..^^ ![Small dish of dipping sauce loaded with vegetables](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-22-17n1q-900.webp) ## Finishing with mak-guksu at Yeon Makchang, plus a dessert slush at checkout The noodles at Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch aren't thin wheat noodles but mak-guksu (buckwheat noodles), available in bibim (mixed) or water broth versions. I wasn't expecting much but it was delicious — I'd definitely recommend pairing it with pork belly. Right as we started getting full, of course we needed noodles to finish lol. Turns out Yeon Makchang's noodles are mak-guksu with a choice of bibim or water broth versions??!! For someone like me who prefers mak-guksu noodles over thin wheat noodles, this was a win. I really wasn't expecting much from the mak-guksu but it's seriously good!! I feel like it'd go even better with pork belly, so if you're ordering, I'd recommend the pork belly + mak-guksu combo🫶🏻 ![Bibim mak-guksu ordered to finish the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-23-1n7uw-900.webp) ![Lifting up a forkful of mak-guksu noodles](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu-24-18mec-900.webp) Full and heading to the counter to pay, when — wait, a dessert slush? Can't say no to that;; so we each knocked back a cup of slush to finish ..haha. If you're looking for a solid, reliable makchang spot in Dangye-dong, Wonju, I'd recommend Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch — that's today's review, done! ## Where it is - Yeon Makchang Dangye Branch (연막창 단계점) - 66 Cheonsa-ro, 1st floor, Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea - 강원특별자치도 원주시 천사로 66 1층 - 37.3474231, 127.9323982 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%97%B0%EB%A7%89%EC%B0%BD%20%EB%8B%A8%EA%B3%84%EC%A0%90/@37.3474231,127.9323982,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@sokcho-harbor-noodle/yeonmakchang-dangye-selfbar-makguksu/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt