Mapo Korean restaurant for creamy soy milk noodles: Sangam Hoegwan

This weekend evening, I went to Sangam Hoegwan (상암회관), a Sangam specialist in kongguksu (noodles in cold soy milk broth) that I’d really been wanting to try!

This is a genuinely famous spot where office workers line up for a long time at weekday lunch. It’s famous enough to have been featured on TV (SBS Live Today), but we visited on a weekend evening!

Since it’s in the basement restaurant area of an office building, it was peaceful and quiet on a weekend evening. It was so nice to be able to eat comfortably, whether dining solo or out with family 🥹💕

Sangam Hoegwan location and parking

Address: B1 Food Court, Sangam IT Tower, 434 World Cup buk-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (서울 마포구 월드컵북로 434 상암IT타워 지하 1층 푸드코트) It moved from the former Savoy City DMC to the B1 floor of Sangam IT Tower, so the restaurant is now roomier and more pleasant! Parking: Up to 2 hours of free parking support available 💡

We ordered Sangam Hoegwan’s signature dishes

This time, we put together a great order of the signature dishes!

You order at the kiosk! It looks like they’re also running an ube soy milk event right now~

Soy milk noodles as rich as cream

Kongguksu (₩11,000) Wow… honestly, I think these were the thickest, richest soy milk noodles I’ve ever had! 🥹 They use only contract-grown soybeans from Gangwon-do and grind them fresh every morning, and the broth was so rich and nutty that it felt like I was eating cream rather than soup. Seriously insane hahaha.

It comes naturally nutty and seasoned with just the right amount of salt, but I’m on team sugar hahaha. I sprinkled on a little more sugar, and the sweet-and-nutty flavor exploded—it was literally heavenly ❤️

Perilla oil milmyeon and kimchi bibim noodles

Perilla oil milmyeon (₩10,000) The nutty aroma of perilla oil came through beautifully, and the noodles were wonderfully springy—a real treat! It was also the perfect dish to share alongside the soy milk noodles haha.

Personally, I think I would have loved even more, more, more, more, more seaweed flakes 🤤

Mom’s kimchi bibim noodles (₩8,000) The sweet, sour, and spicy sauce was appealing, but the soy milk noodles and perilla oil milmyeon had such big personalities that this was the most familiar and ordinary-tasting of the three! Still, it was perfect for refreshing the palate in between hahaha.

Juicy large dumplings and crisp kimchi pancake

Plate of large dumplings (4 pieces) (₩4,000) & kimchi pancake (₩8,000) The big, generously filled dumplings burst with juices the moment I bit into one—so ridiculously good ㅠㅠ

The kimchi pancake we ordered as a side was an absolute hit! It was cooked incredibly crisp, truly crisp outside and tender inside 🥹✨ It even had chewy squid in it, so the texture was amazing too hahaha. With all the noodles plus the sides, we felt like we might burst, but it was so delicious that we cleaned every last bit off our plates ❤️

Ah, the crispness just doesn’t come across in photos...

Take it easy on a weekend evening

It’s a popular spot with lines on weekdays, but visiting on a weekend evening meant we could enjoy it so leisurely and comfortably without waiting—it was the best. I highly recommend Sangam Hoegwan to anyone wanting to discover their new favorite kongguksu, or looking for a Sangam lunch or solo-dining spot!

Even the kimchi served as a side dish was made to pair so perfectly with the soy milk noodles that I slurped it right up. Kimchi with kongguksu needs to be just a little sweet!

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