Cheonan jjukkumi restaurant, king prawn tempura for four: Bulnaneun

Today I'm introducing a jjukkumi (webfoot octopus) restaurant near my house in Yuryang-dong. I've already been twice with my family, and every time we come, they rave about how delicious it is haha. At this point I feel like this is becoming our family's regular spot 🤍 So let me introduce Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch, where my family ate so well!

Where is Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch, and is there parking?

Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch is located at 138-10 Yuryang-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam. It's open daily from 11:00 to 20:50, with last order at 20:00. Parking is available right in front of the restaurant.

Since there's no break time, we could visit without worrying much about timing. And with a large parking facility on site, we could visit comfortably without any parking stress!

Is there a wait at weekend lunch?

We visited around weekend lunchtime and the place was almost fully booked! Except for maybe one table, nearly every seat was taken. But since turnover is pretty fast, seats opened up quicker than expected, so we didn't have to wait long.

Once you walk in, there's even a phone charger set up, so you can charge comfortably while eating. I was touched by this kind of thoughtful attention to customers.

Seating and atmosphere at Bulnaneun Jjukkumi

Most of the tables at Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch are 4-person tables, which made it great for visiting with family or friends. The interior overall felt clean and pleasant, giving the impression that the place is carefully maintained.

There are also 6-person tables available, so it would work well for family gatherings or larger groups. Reservations are possible too, so keep that in mind if you're planning a visit.

[Parking notice] -> Please move your car right after eating so the next customers can park. Also, every menu item is one menu per person!

Spice levels and ordering rules

The jjukkumi comes in three spice levels — mild, medium, and hot — so you can pick whichever you want when ordering! Also, orders must be at least 2 servings per menu item and spice level. Just make sure to check the quantity carefully on your first order, since single extra servings aren't allowed.

If you're visiting with kids who can't handle spicy food, they also sell handmade pork cutlet and cheese pork cutlet, so it might be good to order those together.

What a family of four ordered

• Stir-fry (medium size) + hot pot rice x4 ₩52,000
• King shrimp tempura (4 pieces) ₩10,000
• Zero-sugar cola ₩2,000

We visited as a family of four and ordered like this. We unified everyone's spice level to medium! It wasn't too spicy and was just the right level, so medium turned out to be the tastiest for our family 😊

There's also a country-of-origin display board, so check it out when you visit. And around the restaurant, there were even a few celebrity signatures! Seeing that made me feel like this was a properly certified good restaurant 🤭 On top of that, it was even recognized by Cheonan City in 2024, which made it feel even more trustworthy.

What's at the self-serve banchan bar

Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch also has a self-serve bar, so if you run short, you can help yourself to more side dishes.

The self-serve bar includes cheongyang chili/garlic, bean sprouts, spicy radish salad, eolgali (young cabbage), ssamnu (pickled radish wraps), shredded lettuce, salad, lettuce, cold seaweed soup, and ssamjang (dipping sauce).

There are even aprons hanging up, so feel free to grab one yourself.

Bulnaneun's basic side dishes for mixing with the jjukkumi are bean sprouts, spicy radish salad, lettuce, plus cabbage salad and a refreshing cold cucumber soup.

Jjukkumi, hot pot rice and king prawn tempura together

The dishes we ordered arrived ~ they really look delicious 😵‍💫 I personally love the combo of jjukkumi + hot pot rice + shrimp.

I mixed the radish salad, lettuce, bean sprouts, and jjukkumi together and it was so good. Especially the fire-grilled jjukkumi — chewy and plump, it's just so delicious. Mixing it with the vegetables makes it really filling too. And the sauce is so good ~

I also ate the remaining jjukkumi together with the scorched rice. This scorched rice is just so good ㅠㅠ

When you're eating the jjukkumi rice bowl, taking a bite of shrimp tempura in between makes the spiciness disappear completely. The shrimp tempura is crispy outside and moist inside... the shrimp itself is nice and plump too 🍤🍤

We scraped every last bit clean ~ my family was happy saying they had a great lunch. Bulnaneun Jjukkumi Yuryang Direct Branch is also right near a lot of large cafés, so it's perfect for eating well and then heading to a café afterward.