Chinese in Mapo: Jinjin Main Branch & More - 13 Local Picks

Menbosha, shrimp toast with a thick shrimp filling between slices of bread, has been on the menu since opening, though…

The tangsuyuk batter clings thinly to the pork and shatters with a light, hard crunch that recalls yugwa, a fried rice…

Tucked into the alley beside the Garden Hotel, between Mapo and Gongdeok stations, this branch spreads open seating and…

Fried rice comes out with every grain loose and separate, the dish the Gongdeok kitchen is best known for, and a spicy…

Founded in Sinchon in 1953 by a Chinese-Korean (Hwagyo) family now in its third generation, the restaurant moved to thi…

Baek jjamppong, seafood noodles in a clear broth, has fresh shellfish and a clean, deep soup, while thin bread wrapped…

Slices of beef brisket about the size of two spoons fill the bowl of chadol jjamppong, a spicy noodle soup with a stron…

Thin slices of beef keep surfacing from the bottom of the bowl long after the noodles are gone in the gogi jjamppong, t…

Reservations open in six-month blocks at this small Chinese dumpling house tucked behind the Garden Hotel in Gongdeok,…

Mokhwasom cream shrimp, named for cotton wool, leads a menu built around plates for the middle of the table: eohyang eg…

Dongpo pork arrives wrapped in a lotus leaf. Once it is opened, the meat goes into its sweet-salty sauce and is eaten w…

The wrappers look thick, yet they have a chewy, almost sticky texture unlike ordinary mandu, and the filling holds juic…

On a second floor near Hapjeong Station, the kitchen is fully open and the vegetables in the ingredient case look fresh…