Daegu Original Hyeonpung Park-soseon Halmaejib Gomtang, Menu & Price

Wonjo(Original) Hyeonpung Park-soseon Halmaejib Gomtang is one of the famous Gomtang restaurants in Daegu, South Korea.

The name is quite long, so let us translate it.
Wonjo means first-made(Original), many people use this word:Wonjo for naming things like this and it means there is hardly Wonjo stuff. And Hyeonpung is the name of its location, Park-soseon is the name of the founder. Halmaejib means Grandma's house. So its meaning is kind of original Gomtang made by Park-soseon at Hyeonpung.

Additionally GomTang(GomKuk) is one of the traditional Korean dishes and GomTang is a soup but it is more like beef stock(bone broth) made with some beef parts such as bones, and head.

Interior

The interior is typical Korean style restaurant. Nothing special.

They serves Gomtang and some side dishes. Taste good.

Actually because Gomtang is common Korean cuishin, it is always good to have.
And it is believed like stamina food. And the meat(beef) in the Gomtang is very smooth and odorless.

Menu & Price

The price is quite expensive. And lunch time, there are so many people so if you don't like to wait the queue, go there before lunch time(usually before 12 o'clock).

Business Card

Map and Address

Korean Version of this post: 대구본점 원조 현풍 박소선 할매집곰탕 솔직후기와 메뉴&가격

Address: 56-1, Hyeonpungjungang-ro, Hyeonpung-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Phone: 053-615-1122

Introduce Korean Food: GomTang

GomTang(GomKuk) is one of the traditional Korean food and you can have gomtang everywhere.

GomTang is a soup but it is more like beef stock(bone broth) made with some beef parts such as bones, and head.

Although the recipe of GomTang is very simple, it is kind of hard to cook by yourself. Because it takes lots of time.

Let's have time for how to make GomTang.(Simplest one)

1. Put the brisket, ribs, ox tail, and(or) meat into water to remove blood. It takes hours.
2. Boil them for about 10 mins and then drain the water, rinse the bones to remove blood and boiling(simmering) again for about 5 hours.
3. While simmering, remove foam and oil that is from bones.
4. Season with salt and pepper just before eat.

As you can see above, its recipe is very simple but as I mention it take hours, so even Korean people usually do not cook GomTang at home. We go to the restaurant or buy ready-to-eat food from a mart.

And the liquid part of GomTang is very useful to cook Korean soups such as Kimchi soup, Korean miso soup and etc. Its use is like chicken stock's.

And the broth can be frozen and stored so many people do.

GomTang is believed that it is stamina food, however belief is very old-fashioned. In the point of the nutrition, GomTang is quite high calorie food and we eat the Gomtang with cooked rice. The rice makes GomTang higher calorie.

Bucheon Newcore, Pizza Mall review, weekday & weekend price info.

I went to the Pizza Mall in NC department store, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea on the weekend.

Pizza Mall is a Pizza Buffet & Salad Bar running by E-land in South Korea.

First, the price is divided into weekday and weekend.
For Weekday: 9,900 Won
For Weekend: 14,900 Won
(Elementary school student: 7,900 Won, Preschool student: 4,900 Won)

Drinks such as carbonated or coffee are free, and Aid drink(grapefruit, lemon, orange) prices are 2,900 won.

In fact, my child is still young, so when I have a meal outside, there is not many choice for us. So I usually go to buffet or salad bar type restaurants. There are many things to choose from, so I think that there is something that my kid can eat.

Pizza Mall can taste a variety of pizzas, and there are many things to eat in the salad bar, so you do not have to like pizza.

There were quite many people on the weekend. But it was still possible to enter without waiting.

The pizza mall is self-service for the plates and leftovers to keep the prices low.
You can organize your own dishes. But if possible, it is better to avoid the place next to the corner where you can see the picture above. People also come and go a lot and do not look good and hygienic. Because it is a place to throw away leftovers.

There are pizzas of various kinds to match the name of Pizza Mall. I do not like pizza very much, but it was okay to have other food.

Pizza Mall reviews on honest

In fact, the Pizza Mall seems to have many students and young customers, as the prices are low. And the atmosphere of the restaurant is loud and lively.

The overall quality and taste of the food is moderate. The price is right for its quality.
If you want good food, it would be better to find a restaurant in the a la carte menu here. I think the Pizza Mall is just a place where you can get a variety of food at moderate prices.

So if you are not a pizza mania but you want to have a buffet, I recommend the Ashley restaurant near the Pizza Mall for better food and service.


Link for Korean Version of the post: Bucheon Newcore, Pizza Mall review, weekday & weekend price info.

Gwangju Chinese restaurant: Chilbong-i Jjambbong

I went to Gwangju, South Korea for business and it was always great to have a delicious lunch.

Today I visited Chilbong-i Jjamppong near Hanam industrial complex where the coworker who lives in Gwangju recommended.

This was a Chinese restaurant. And What is Jjamppong? Jjamppong is a Chinese-style hotchpotch cooked with noodles or a hot spicy sea food soup with noodles.

Unlike other Chinese restaurant, the interior of this restaurant was very neat and nice.
Actually when I got there, I didn't feel that I was in Chinese restaurant.
I heard that it was originally a café on the first and second floor. But because of bad business result of the cafe, they turned its first floor to the restaurant.

I went a little early and there were no many people, but a lot of guests came in while eating.
When I finished eating, there was full of guests without any vacancy.

We ordered Chilbongi Jjambbong and tangsuyug(fried/battered pork served with sweet source)

You can choose the spicy level of the jjamppong here. It has 4 levels and I chose level 1 which is basic and normal version of it.

Recently the trend of jjamppong is having a strong hint of fire but the jjamppong here didn't and it didn't have strong taste(not very salty, sweet and spicy).

And the owner told that the noodles contains lotus leaves which give benefits: stress release, helping digestion and etc. and noodles were slightly green.

Tangsuyug(fried/battered pork with sweet source) had lotus roots which also give some heath benefits and the taste and texture was good.

And the pork was coated with sweet rice flour so it was very chewy and sweet like a rice cake.

As you can see the photo above, the interior was quite great and that's why almost guests were females and couples.

The second floor cafe was open still, so if you want to have a dessert it would be a good idea to visit up there.

Location: 23-26, Mongnyeon-ro 394beon-gil, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea

Link(View in Korean): 광주 맛집 인테리어가 산뜻한 칠봉이 짬뽕

[How to Konglish]Restaurant / Food Expressions

 

We Koreans use a lot of English words in everyday life.
When you get the street, it's even not easy to look up the sign board that does not have English words or alphabets.

So it is very important to learn English before you travel or stay in South Korea and also vital to learn Konglish.

Today, I will talk about 'Restaurant / Food Expressions of Konglish'.

1. Self or self servise(셀프)

=> self serve / help yourself

If you do not know this, you cannot get water in a restaurant.
In South Korea, a glass of water and sometimes a bottle of water is usually FREE. But many Korean restaurant owners think it's old-fashioned to bring/serve the water for customers, so you will bring it for yourself and we express it as 'Water is Self' in Korean.
Anyway, actually self-serving is to reduce cost but nowadays it's kind of trend.
So get used it.

2. Service(서비스)

=> FREE
When the owner says 'this is service', it means 'it's free'. Basically 'service' has a maening of 'provide', so it's like 'provide for free'.
If you get 'Service', just say thank you and be humble.🙂

3. Menu(메뉴)

=> a dish or menu
We do not like to limit things and meanings. That's why some people think Korean language is difficult. And yes. 'Menu' is used as 'a dish' and 'a list of dishes(menu)' in Korea.

For example, we say 'the menu is delicious.' and 'there, the menu is great'.
First one means 'the dish is delicious' and second one means 'the dishes at the restaurant are great'.

4. Set(세트)

=> combo, meal, set menu
'Set' is probably from 'set menu'. And as I mentioned, we Koreans love to abbreviate.

5. One shot(원샷)

=> chug, bottoms up, drink up
I have no idea about who use 'One Shot' first and why and how and when..
Maybe.. the 'shot' can be strong expression for us and shot means firing a gun.. so it's like the projectile of alcohol going into a throat. Make sense?

6. Cider(Cidar, 사이다)

=> Sprite, soda, soft drink
One of the Korean well-known soft drinks is 'ChilSung Cider' and its launch in 1950 and still selling well. And people usually call it 'Cider'. Although now we have many kind of soft drinks in market, when we are heard 'Cider' or cabonated drinks, 'ChilSung Cider' just comes to mind like 'Sprite'.

7. Cola(콜라)

=> Coke, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola
Coca Cola and Pepsi Coal, they have 'Cola' and we make it simple then call it 'Cola' generally.
cola

8. Hot dog(핫도그)

=> Corn dog
'Hot dog' as a street food in Korea is corn dog and 'Hot dog' at hot dog store is also hot dog in Korea. I do not know why it is like this but it is.

9. Dutch pay(더치페이)

=> Go Dutch, Dutch treat, Dutch date
'Dutch pay'!
I recently googled about origin of 'Dutch PAY', some says Britain people brought 'PAY' instead of 'treat' as its meaning is 'paying' and some says definition of 'pay' is more like suitable than 'treat' so someone invented. I don't know which is right or wrong but the world of Internet we have a lot of information that trolling people. So it doesn't matter and just remember what 'Dutch pay' means.