Jeongwang-dong restaurant with non-spicy royal bone stew: Cheongchun
Cheongchun Bulbbyeojjim & Gamjatang Jeongwang Station branch is a braised pork bone and gamjatang (pork bone soup) restaurant in the main shopping arcade of Jeongwang-dong, Siheung, Gyeonggi. On a weekday lunch with her mother, the writer skipped the fiery version and ordered the sweet-savoury Cheongchun gungjung bbyeojjim (royal braised pork bone) in the small size for 34,000 won, which came with complimentary steamed egg plus rice cake, quail eggs, wedge potatoes, wide glass noodles and enoki mushrooms already in the pot — enough to fill two people with no extras. For anyone eating with a guest who cannot take chilli, the gungjung bbyeojjim at Cheongchun Bulbbyeojjim & Gamjatang Jeongwang Station branch is the safe pick.