Blue crab soup restaurant in Cheonan, small size for two: Huni Gejang

I wanted a refreshing crab soup in Cheonan, looked around, and ended up at Huni Gejang. I ordered the jeongtong kkotgetang (traditional blue crab soup), small size.

• 🦀 Huni Gejang
• 📍 52-6 Taejosan-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, 1st floor
• ⏰ Daily 10:50–21:00
• 🕗 Last order 20:00
• 🚗 Plenty of parking

If you're searching for a Yuryang-dong, Cheonan restaurant for crab soup or soy-marinated crab, this place is worth checking out. They have both kkotgetang and a full gejang set, so it really feels like a proper seafood spread. 🦀

Where Huni Gejang is in Cheonan, parking and the dining room

Huni Gejang sits right at the entrance of the Yuryang-dong food street, so it wasn't hard to find.

The parking space in front of the building is fairly wide, which was a relief. When parking is tight at outer-Cheonan restaurants, you're already tired before you even sit down — that worry was much less here.

The interior is clean, and the table spacing is decent.

It's good for a family outing, and it felt like a fine place to bring your parents for crab soup too.

Menu and order: traditional blue crab soup, small, 70,000 won

Huni Gejang's menu had a good variety — gejang (soy-marinated crab) set, albegi set, and jeongtong kkotgetang.

The two of us ordered the jeongtong kkotgetang small for ₩70,000, and added two stone-pot rice on the side.

The small size of jeongtong kkotgetang comes with 4 large crabs and is listed as good for 2–3 people — and that's really accurate. For two people, it's more than plenty, borderline too much; for three, it seemed like it would land just right.

The five side dishes served with the crab soup

About 5 banchan came out — a soy-sauce tofu dish, bracken fern namul, kimchi, something like squid jeotgal, and miyeok julgi (seaweed stem).

The side dishes weren't flashy, but they were good for picking at while waiting for the crab soup. The tofu was mild, and the jeotgal was salty enough to get your appetite going even before the rice arrives.

How did the blue crab soup broth taste?

And finally, the crab soup arrived.

The moment we saw the pot, the two of us both went a little quiet. Food that makes you talk less is always the real deal haha.

The crabs were genuinely big, and the radish was generous too, so the broth was very refreshing.

The first spoonful is spicy, but as you keep eating, the crab's sweetness comes through, and you just keep spooning it up. The broth wasn't heavy or murky — it was clean, which I liked.

The generous radish was especially a smart move. The umami from the crab plus the radish's freshness made the broth feel like it kept refilling itself. It's good with rice, and good just spooned up on its own — either way it hits the spot.

The crab meat was quite substantial too, and picking it apart was fun. Even as the two of us kept eating, there always seemed to be more left in the pot — the portion was definitely generous.

Adding stone-pot rice and finishing with sungnyung (scorched rice tea)

Adding the stone-pot rice was also a good call.

We scooped out the rice first to eat with the crab soup broth, and at the end poured water into the pot to make sungnyung (scorched rice tea) — which turned out to be a nice little treat on its own.

After the spicy crab soup, finishing with warm sungnyung felt like it settled everything nicely in the stomach. 🍚

There was also a review event — writing a receipt review gets a ₩1,000 donation made to a Cheonan orphanage. The service item, as posted, offered a choice of 4 shrimp jang, half a yangnyeom gejang, or a drink/alcohol.

Is the small size enough for two, or should you bring three?

If you want crab soup in Cheonan, especially one with a refreshing broth, Huni Gejang was solid. For two people, the small jeongtong kkotgetang was quite a lot — personally, I think three people would be just right.

If you're looking for Cheonan crab soup, Yuryang-dong soy-marinated crab, or a Cheonan seafood course meal, this is a place worth recommending. 🦀