14.125 Samseon Jjambbong

Cycle 14 – Item 124

10 (Wed) May 2023

Samseon Jjambbong

2.5

at Daeseonggak

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

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Daeseonggak is a Korean-Chinese restaurant.

Located along Route 23 (the road that passes by Seoul Air Base.

DID YOU KNOW: While international air travel to Seoul primarily runs through Incheon International Airport (located in the city of Incheon), there is also Seoul Gonghang (서울공항) (Seoul Airport) aka Seoul Air Base (located in the city of Seongnam).  Operated by the Republic of Korea Air Force, and home to the US Army’s 2nd Aviation Regiment, which operates Apache, Chinook, and Black Hawk helicopters.  The airport serves the President of Korea for his travels, as well as other Heads of State and VIPs requiring high security.  

Despite what the exterior would suggest, the restaurant is quite large, with even more seating to the left – in fact, an adjacent building with the wall knocked down.  

From Tuesday to Friday this week, the company is holding a book fair at KIS, the main campus in Pangyo (IZ attends the Seoul campus (see generally 13.283 Meat Cheese Mustard Bun)).

After we wrapped for the day, I was driving home, noticed the restaurant’s restaurant’s old school signage, and stopped by for an early dinner.

(Incidentally, the restaurant is 9.1 km from home, and yet it’s still in the same district (Sujeong-gu), which goes to show big Seongnam-si is.)

Just now, I noticed that the menu offers Samgyeopsal Jjambbong, which sounds weird but intriguing – maybe next time.

The difference between Haemul Jjambbong and Samseon Jjambbong, which are usually the same thing, the former is made primarily with mussels, while the latter has a mix of seafood.

Every so often, I encounter Korean-Chinese restaurants where the noodles are greenish, though I’ve never bothered to ask about it.

Eh.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)

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