Siheung salad bar buffet with cypress-steamed pork: Pyeonbaek Hoegwan

There's a craving I get these days when I want something delicious but also something healthy — shabu-shabu and cypress-steamed pork!

This time I visited Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Siheung Janggok Branch in Janggok-dong, Siheung :) I got to enjoy cypress-steamed pork, shabu-shabu, and a salad bar full of different dishes all in one visit, so I left really full and satisfied. I highly recommend it if you're looking for a good restaurant in Siheung, or a Janggok-dong spot to go with a group!

Location: 8 Jinmal 1-ro, Janggok Edu Tower 3F, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea / Hours: 10:30 – 22:00 / Parking: Yuseung Hannaedeul commercial parking lot and Janggok Edu Tower parking lot both available

Where is Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Siheung Janggok Branch, and where do you park?

Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Siheung Janggok Branch is on the 3rd floor of Janggok Edu Tower. Even from a distance you can see the big Pyeonbaek Hoegwan sign covering the whole floor. Since the entire floor is the restaurant, it wasn't hard to find even on my first visit!

Parking is easy too!

The Yuseung Hannaedeul commercial parking lot is spacious, and you can also use the Janggok Edu Tower parking lot, so there's no burden at all if you drive haha. The parking spots are wide too.

Inside Pyeonbaek Hoegwan: a wide, open room with plenty of group tables

Going up to the 3rd floor, the interior was way bigger than I expected! And since it's been remodeled, it's super clean too! There's plenty of group seating, so it would be great for a family meal or dining with a big group.

What I liked most was the big windows! The large windows overlook the outside, which made the interior feel even more spacious and open. If you're looking for a Janggok-dong restaurant with a roomy space, I think you'd love this too.

What 17,900 won gets you: cypress-steamed pork and shabu-shabu

Ordering is simple through the kiosk. The price is ₩17,900 per person! For that price you get cypress-steamed pork, shabu-shabu, and the salad bar all included.

You can eat the cypress-steamed pork, move on to shabu-shabu, and pick from the salad bar in between — such great value! And since it's all-you-can-eat, you can enjoy as much as you want, which is great too!

What is on the salad bar at Pyeonbaek Hoegwan?

After ordering, I checked out the salad bar right away. There was so much food?! From japchae (stir-fried glass noodles) to takoyaki, tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), and chicken — dishes that both adults and kids would love! Really packed with options!

On the other side were the shabu-shabu ingredients. Even the meat is unlimited refill... ❤️ There were so many kinds of vegetables too, and everything looked really fresh, which I loved!

I grabbed a little bit of everything first, and honestly the salad bar food alone was already pretty filling haha.

The cypress-steamed pork arrives at the table

While I was browsing the salad bar and filling my plate, they set up the cypress steamer for us.

While the cypress-steamed pork was cooking, I started with the salad bar food. The chicken was delicious, the tteokbokki was delicious, everything was delicious! Waiting for the cypress-steamed pork wasn't boring at all haha. And while I was happily eating, the moment came to open the lid!

When I opened the lid, it was packed with meat, bean sprouts, and vegetables. Steam rising off it — the visual was insane. Eating the meat together with the bean sprouts, the crunchy sprouts and tender meat went together so well, it was really delicious.

Shabu-shabu with two broths to choose from

After enjoying the cypress-steamed pork, I got into shabu-shabu properly.

You just bring back a shabu-shabu tray piled with as much fresh vegetables and meat as you want. Picking out the ingredients you feel like and dropping them into the bubbling broth — that's exactly the taste of shabu-shabu!

And here's one more thing I loved! There are two kinds of broth, so you can mix it up depending on your mood! Rather than eating the same broth the whole time, splitting between two flavors meant I never got tired of it, right to the end!

Spring rolls are part of the deal too 😋

Packing fresh vegetables into a spring roll wrapper, dipping it in peanut sauce, and popping it in one bite haha — it was so good I couldn't stop eating haha.

Is the Siheung Janggok-dong buffet worth 17,900 won?

Between the cypress-steamed pork, shabu-shabu, spring rolls, and salad bar, I ate a really wide variety of food. Rather than just eating meat the whole time, I could pair it with bean sprouts and all kinds of vegetables, and pick different dishes off the salad bar too — I loved that.

Most of all, everyone was happier picking from several dishes than sticking to just one menu item. If you're looking for a Siheung restaurant where you can enjoy both cypress-steamed pork and shabu-shabu together, Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Siheung Janggok Branch is a great choice!

It seems especially good for family meals or dining with a group where everyone has different tastes — everyone can pick exactly what they want. 💚 Wrapped up the meal feeling pleasantly full.