Pohang Halmaejip 포항할매집

Pohang Halmaejip is a beef-head gomtang restaurant inside Yeongcheon Public Market at 30 Sijang 4-gil, with the lot address 982-3 Wansan-dong. A large cauldron supplies the broth, and each bowl contains a substantial amount of head meat and lean beef. The soup has the concentration of long simmering while keeping surface grease and strong animal odor restrained. The clearest way to understand the bowl is to taste the broth and meat before adding salt. Salt then adjusts the plain base without changing its color. A spicy seasoning sits on the table and turns the broth red while adding chile heat. Adding it in small stages preserves both versions of the soup in one meal instead of making the whole bowl spicy from the first spoonful. Yang gomtang uses beef tripe and provides a more elastic bite than the soft head meat. Assorted suyuk places several boiled beef cuts on a separate plate and comes in large and small sizes for different group counts. A solo diner can keep the meal to one gomtang, with broth and meat already together. Two or more diners can combine soup with suyuk, alternating hot broth, tender lean meat, and chewier cuts. Another comparison is to order one beef-head gomtang and one tripe gomtang so the table can distinguish the meat textures directly. The restaurant sits within the public market, so drivers use the market parking facilities rather than a separate restaurant lot. Takeaway and group dining are available. The street address and the Wansan-dong lot number are both useful when navigating the market lanes and choosing the correct entrance. Some dishes can end when the day's ingredients are exhausted. Cauldron broth, generous head meat, step-by-step salt and chile seasoning, elastic tripe, and two sizes of assorted boiled beef provide the practical structure of the menu.