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[Art & Gourmet] Hadongkwan — A Recommended Gomtang Restaurant at the Frieze Seoul Venue COEX

【アート&グルメ】Frieze Seoul会場のCOEXでオススメのコムタン店「河東館」

Hadongkwan, the Popular Gomtang Restaurant at COEX

The B1 floor of COEX — the venue for Frieze Seoul and KIAF — is a shopping and dining zone lined with apparel shops and restaurants.

The B1 floor of COEX
The B1 floor of COEX

Tucked into one corner of this floor is Hadongkwan, one of Korea’s most popular gomtang restaurants.

If you don't speak Korean, it is best to snap this menu with your phone and show it to the staff
If you don’t speak Korean, it is best to snap this menu with your phone and show it to the staff

Gomtang is a Korean soup made by simmering beef for a long time.
Beef breast bone, knee, brisket, offal, short rib, tail, and shank are simmered with daikon radish until the beef becomes completely tender; the meat is then thinly sliced and served alongside the resulting broth.

The restaurant was bustling with customers, but the turnover was fast.
The restaurant was bustling with customers, but the turnover was fast.
I ordered the menu with the second-largest serving of meat (18,000 won).
I ordered the menu with the second-largest serving of meat (18,000 won).
Since Japanese wasn't understood, I simply pointed to the order slip.
Since Japanese wasn’t understood, I simply pointed to the order slip.
You adjust the flavor with side dishes such as kimchi and kkakdugi, along with the salt and pepper on the table.
You adjust the flavor with side dishes such as kimchi and kkakdugi, along with the salt and pepper on the table.
Beer is 6,000 won, about 600 yen.
Beer is 6,000 won, about 600 yen.

The flavor is light and delicious, easy to keep eating.
A highly recommended lunch spot.

Overview

하동관 코엑스몰직영점 (Hadongkwan COEX Mall)

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