Songam Onban / 송암온반 / Ikseon-dong, Jongno / 돼지국밥 / Korean pork and rice soup

 

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This is one of the popular restaurants in Ikseon-dong, Jongno.

I knew this place after searching on Naver map. There were a lot of good reviews, so we decided to visit there.

 

 

 

The first impression of the restaurant was traditional but trendy. The building of restaurant was also Han-ok (Korean traditional house) like most restaurants do in Ikseon-dong, but this place was exceptionally aesthetic. I think a small pond in the middle of the building made this atmosphere unique and cool.

 

 

The most popular dish here is 돼지국밥 ‘Dwaeji-gukbap’ (Pork and rice soup). So we ordered 1 온반 특 ‘onban teuk’(Big Dwaeji-gukbap) and 1 해물부추전’ Haemul buchu jeon’(Seafood and chive pancake).

 

 

These are small dishes that were served first. Spicy white radish salad and salted shrimp and two types of soy sauces. I don’t know the name of the middle one. It is a kind of sour salad, but I like it. 

 

 

The first one is 해물부추전 ‘Haemul buchu jeon’(Seafood and chive pancake).

I love all kinds of 전 jeon and I think most people might like this one because it’s very mild but crispy, so it’s easy to access and try! I hope you will try any kind of jeon in Korea. We have many kinds of jeon in Korea. 

My favorites are 해물파전 ‘Haemul pa jeon’(Seafood and green onion pancake), 해물부추전 ‘Haemul buchu jeon’(Seafood and chive pancake) and 김치전 'Kimchi jeon. Oh, I also love 감자전 'Gamja jeon'(Potato pancake).

 

 

Take some jeon and dip it in the soy sauce. I might start to love it! I would say.

 

 

This is their signature menu, 온반 Onban. 

This is 돼지국밥 Dwaeji-gukbap but totally different from regular dwaeji-gukbap. So trendy.

 

We ordered the big one so we could see there was more meat.

Slices of boiled pork was rolled up and there was rice under pork.

 

 

Pork was so soft and 

 

 

Soup was so clean and mild. You can check it on the photo.

 

 

I liked to eat pork with salted shrimp at once. It adjusts salty taste of pork. 

 

 

After that, try rice on the bottom of soup with soup. Rice was barley rice, which is good for health.

Soup was so clean and mild. It wasn’t too hot, wasn’t oily. Just enough!

 

 

My husband ate a whole bowl. Haha. 

 

 

The last small desert was cold & sweet green plum tea. We always use to drink it after eating dish because it helps digestion in my country. But be careful for diabetics. It’s pretty sweet.

 

I liked this restaurant and I will visit it again if I go to Ikseon-dong again. So clean for taste and also space.