Donsubaek Hongdae Jikyeong 돈수백 홍대직영점

Donsubaek Hongdae Jikyeong is a pork-broth restaurant at 74 Hongik-ro 6-gil in Mapo-gu, Seoul, centered on tangban bowls and sliced boiled pork. Don-tangban places a generous amount of thin pork in a pale stock made from domestic pork bones and serves rice alongside it. The meat retains long fibers but is tender enough to lift with broth on a spoon or place over the rice. Eolkeun don-tangban dissolves red chili oil and seasoning into the pork stock, separating it from the pale standard bowl by color, aroma, and heat. Mixed tangban combines pork meat and offal, bringing lean fibers, springy fat, and firmer organ textures into the same soup. The Donsubaek set keeps its tangban and sliced suyuk on separate dishes. The boiled pork is cut for pairing with cabbage kimchi, seasoned chives, or a small amount of salted shrimp, and its moist surface remains visible rather than being submerged in broth. Other bowls include spicy tangban, osori tangban, and offal tangban. The broader menu also contains handmade dumpling soup and chilled dumpling soup. Large folded dumplings enclose a meat and vegetable filling, while potato dumplings use a starchier wrapper with a more elastic surface. A tteokgalbi and cold-noodle combination separates the grilled minced-meat patty from the chilled noodles. Mature-kimchi suyuk places deeply fermented cabbage beside boiled pork. A beef-intestine hot pot cooks intestines and vegetables together in a red broth at the table, using a shared metal vessel rather than an individual soup bowl. Kimchi, cubed radish kimchi, and seasoned chives occupy small side plates. Salt, red seasoning paste, and salted shrimp allow the broth and sliced meat to be seasoned separately. The dining room includes counter-style seats facing a wall as well as two-seat and four-seat tables, so a deep tangban bowl and the flat suyuk plate remain distinct on the tabletop. The second-floor section uses compact tables with backless stools and retains the same bowl-and-side-dish arrangement.