Five-jang platter at Deodo Gejang, a seafood restaurant in Yangsan

I got off work early today and headed out for lunch with my mom at Deodo Gejang, a Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa haha. Both of us went in with sky-high expectations~~

Deodo Gejang hours, parking and group seating

Deodo Gejang is open daily from 11:00 to 20:00, with last order at 19:30. Group seating, reservations, a waiting area, and parking are all available.

It's located near Tongdosa IC, and it has a big enough parking lot that I'd recommend it for group dinners too!

Before visiting Deodo Gejang, a Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa, my mom and I had both planned on getting the yellow crab set, but the second we saw the photo of the assorted jang set posted at the entrance, we changed our minds haha.

Right at the entrance there's a Catch Table waiting machine. You know a place is good when it has one of those, right? haha

What Deodo Gejang is like at 2pm on a weekday

The inside is really spacious with high ceilings. I visited around 2pm on a weekday, and I was actually surprised how many customers there were haha — no wonder it's a well-known Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa.

Ordering the assorted jang set with nutrition pot rice for two

I'd already glanced at the menu outside, but seeing it again made my mouth water haha. If you're coming with kids, there's no need to worry — there's grilled fish, bulgogi and other options too! But what we ordered was

• Assorted jang nutrition pot rice set for two ×1

haha

There's also a receipt review perk. If you leave a receipt review, they say you can choose one of: 2 pieces of abalone jang, 2 pieces of fried crab, or 1 bottle of alcohol. The food quality is pretty solid, so it might be worth joining for a free extra haha.

The crab jang setup

The five jang on the table: soy crab, spicy crab, abalone, octopus, shrimp

Ta-da!!!! Isn't it amazing?? The quality, the visuals — what even is this?? I gasped the second I saw it. Since it's the assorted set, it had everything from soy crab and spicy crab to abalone jang, octopus jang, and shrimp jang.

The crabs looked packed full of meat, and I immediately wanted to mix it into the shell and squeeze out every bit of flesh haha.

Which side dishes come with the Deodo Gejang set?

And you'd think ordering the assorted jang set means you only get jang? Not even close! The side dishes are massive too. Kimchi pancake, bulgogi, kimchi jjim (braised kimchi), corn salad, cucumber salad, seaweed, fried tofu, fried fish, and crab doenjang stew... it's honestly hard to list them all haha. And none of it tastes like an afterthought either. The fried tofu especially was so good!!

The nutrition pot rice came out looking really neat too. They immediately scooped out the rice and added water to make nurungji (scorched rice tea) haha.

How to eat the octopus jang and abalone jang

But our main mission was the assorted jang, so let's get into the real eating haha.

First they cut up the octopus jang for us. The octopus was seriously big and plump. They give you a whole one, and you cut it into whatever size you like — perfect! It was my first time trying octopus jang and it was pretty appealing.

Next, abalone jang! There were two big, plump abalones. I already loved abalone jang, so I put it right on my rice and it was just as good as expected. And the thing about Deodo Gejang, a Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa, is that none of the jang in the assorted set is too salty. So you don't get sick of it and keep going back for more haha.

Is the soy crab at Deodo Gejang salty? Try it with cheongyang chili

And then the star, soy crab! Every time you cut it with scissors, look at all that meat spilling out. This soy crab isn't salty at all and it's delicious. When soy crab is too salty, it's really a letdown... but Deodo Gejang's soy crab isn't salty and it's just amazing.

Look at all the crab meat squeezed out haha. Especially good if you squeeze the crab meat out and top it with a slice of cheongyang chili — the combo is amazing.

Everyone needs to try the soy crab + cheongyang chili combo, you won't regret it haha

Since it wasn't salty even eaten plain, my mom and I just kept munching away haha.

The roasted seaweed that came as a side was tasty too — wrapping warm rice with abalone jang on top in the seaweed was so good haha.

Shrimp jang, spicy crab and the nurungji (scorched rice) tea finish

We ate up the shrimp jang and spicy crab too. I've always been more of a spicy crab person than a soy crab person, and the spicy crab at this Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa was nicely spicy with really tasty seasoning! I felt like I could mix rice with just the sauce alone and it'd be delicious haha.

You can't resist mixing rice in the crab shell, right? haha. The crab roe inside the shell was so generous too — scoop a spoon of rice, mix it all up, wrap it in seaweed, and that's pure happiness haha.

Finished it off with nurungji tea haha. Try this nurungji tea together with the spicy crab. It's such a good pairing, so good.

The traces of what my mom and I devoured together haha. You could really call it a total wipeout.

Not just the main assorted jang but all the side dishes too, completely cleared out... isn't that proof it was that delicious? haha

Who knew there was such a delicious crab jang place right by Tongdosa haha. It was such a satisfying meal. I highly recommend Deodo Gejang, a Yangsan restaurant near Tongdosa❤️