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Eat 맛집Jongno 종로

Ox bone soup at a Jongno restaurant running for over 120 years

Self-paid. The blogger paid for this visit.

A no-frills seolleongtang house near Jonggak Station, said to be the first restaurant ever registered in Korea. Go for milky beef bone broth with thick slices of brisket and head meat, seasoned by you at the table.

매일 이것만 먹는다면 100년도 살 수 있을 거 같은 기분이네요

Eat this every day and you might live to 100.

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Is it for you?

Go forThe broth is clean and deep, made without MSG. The large size comes with thick, tender brisket, chewy head meat, and tongue. The kkakdugi has a good balance of sour and crunch.
Skip ifYou want a seasoned, ready-to-eat soup. The broth comes plain, and you salt it yourself. The room is plain and old-school.

Good to know

  • Season the soup yourself with the coarse salt, pepper, and green onion on the table.
  • There are thin wheat noodles (somyeon) at the bottom of the bowl.
  • Dip the meat in the small bowl of sauce.
  • Kimchi and kkakdugi are self-serve. A sign asks you to take only what you will eat.
  • The menu board has Japanese next to the Korean.

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