Cycle 13 – Item 291
23 (Sun) October 2022
Jeonbok Juk
3.0
from Bon Juk
at home
-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-
with the Family
Bon Juk is a Korean restaurant chain. Specializes in its eponymous dish juk (rice porridge) – “bon” means “original.” Founded in 2002, currently somewhere around 1 zillion stores across the country. Part of the Bonif restaurant empire, which also operates Bon Juk & Bibimbap, Bon Dosirak, Bon Seolleong Tang, Bon Woori Bapsang.

My memories of the brand are murky. So ubiquitous, I must’ve eaten at various locations countless times over the decades, though I can’t recall where, when, what. It has never been featured before on GMTD.

When I got home this afternoon from the camping trip (see 13.290 Grilled Eel), W had already ordered dinner delivery from Bon Juk. Juk, arguably the second most comforting Korean comfort food, after ramyeon (see 12.138 Battle: Comfort!), was exactly what I needed.
(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)
(See also HANSIK)