Cycle 13 – Item 273

5 (Wed) October 2022

Gun Mandu

2.5

from Shanhai

at home

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

with the Family

Gun Mandu is a Korean-Chinese dish.  Standard Korean-style pork dumplings, folded lengthwise, deep-fried – technically, “gun (군)” means “roasted.”  The dumplings are often provided as a freebie for a big order but can be purchased as its own dish.

Despite what the film Old Boy would suggest, where the distinctive taste of a specific restaurant’s gun mandu becomes a critical plot point, they all kinda taste the same.  I would be surprised if any establishment made their own, rather them buying them frozen from a restaurant supplier.

They’re okay.  IZ likes them.

(See also FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)