Yangjae salad shop with sriracha mayo salmon poke: Yeongyeong Salad

Where is Yeongyeong Salad Dogok?

Yeongyeong Salad Dogok (영영샐러드 도곡점) is a salad and poke shop near Yangjae Station, at 6 Nambusunhwan-ro 361-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on the 1st floor. If you're looking for a place near Yangjae Station for a light lunch, take note! Today I finally visited Yeongyeong Salad Dogok, a place I'd walked past again and again, thinking I had to try it once. 😆

It's a good place to stop by if you like easy, no-pressure meals like salad or poke. They sell curry as well as salad, so you can choose according to your taste, which I liked too.

Why Yeongyeong Salad Dogok works for an office lunch near Yangjae Station

Yeongyeong Salad Dogok was a nice place to go when you want a light meal of salad or poke. If you work around Yangjae Station, you probably often struggle with what to eat for lunch.

You don't want something too heavy, but even for a simple meal, you can't give up on taste! I'd always been curious about this place as I passed by and figured I'd try it someday, and this time I finally did. 😊

Is the seating at Yeongyeong Salad Dogok spacious?

The dining hall inside Yeongyeong Salad Dogok isn't very spacious. But salad and poke are meals that don't take long to eat, so I figured the turnover would be decent, and the size of the seating area didn't bother me much.

Of course, it can get crowded at lunchtime, so if you want to eat at a relaxed pace, it would be a good idea to adjust your timing a bit.

Yeongyeong Salad Dogok menu: salads, poke and even curry

What sets Yeongyeong Salad apart is that the shop sells curry! Take a look at the menu ♡

They're running a review event in the shop too!! There's totally no reason not to join,,, right...?

What does the sriracha mayo salmon poke at Yeongyeong Salad Dogok taste like?

What I ordered at Yeongyeong Salad Dogok was the salmon poke! It came with fresh salmon tossed in sriracha mayo sauce, and looking at the lineup, there was a poached egg too haha.

Poke lets you enjoy all kinds of vegetables and toppings together, so it works well as a full meal. If you love salmon in particular, the salmon poke is worth keeping an eye on.

At first I tasted the signature nutty yet spicy flavor of sriracha mayo. Honestly, the sauce itself was tasty and went well with the salmon. But that's not all! When I sprinkled on the ponzu sauce served alongside, the taste changed again. 🤭

How does ponzu sauce change the salmon poke?

With ponzu sprinkled on, the sriracha mayo felt relatively less strong, and the refreshing taste of the ponzu blended naturally with the fresh flavor of the vegetables. I'd assumed the sriracha mayo-tossed salmon would be the center of the flavor, but personally I really liked this combination!

When I ate it with only the sriracha mayo, the flavor of the sauce stood out, but once I added the ponzu, eating the vegetables and salmon together felt much more harmonious. Thanks to that, the sauce didn't feel too heavy, and it was much easier to eat the vegetables and salmon together.

With poke, the ingredients themselves matter, but the feel also changes depending on which sauce you pair. If you order the salmon poke at Yeongyeong Salad Dogok, I'd recommend tasting the basic sauce first and then trying it with the ponzu. 🥢

Verdict: a light lunch near Yangjae Station

Yeongyeong Salad Dogok was a salad shop worth visiting when you're pondering an office-worker lunch near Yangjae Station. Besides salad and poke, it has curry on the menu too, so you can choose depending on what you feel like eating that day, which is another plus.

The salmon poke I tried had a good pairing of fresh salmon and sriracha mayo, but the way the flavor blended with the vegetables once I added the ponzu was especially memorable. I finally visited a place I'd been curious about while passing by, and it's somewhere I'd think of when I want a light meal.

If you want to have salad or poke for lunch near Yangjae Station, put Yeongyeong Salad Dogok on your list of places to visit! 💚