Sinsa Station Chinese restaurant abalone jjamppong with mom: Samsin
Samsin Garosu-gil is a fusion Chinese restaurant a five-minute walk from Exit 8 of Sinsa Station in Gangnam, Seoul. After a hospital appointment, the writer reserved hall seating for her mother and ordered galbi-jjim (braised short rib) jajangmyeon for 25,000 won and imperial samseon jjamppong for 18,000 won, and her mother, who normally avoids soup dishes, liked the jjamppong so much she asked to swap bowls. Walk-in groups were told to wait 20 to 40 minutes or turned back, so booking ahead at Samsin Garosu-gil is the safer plan.