Eight-hour broth kalguksu
Hanwoo bones and chicken, simmered eight hours. Mild bowl 10,000 won. Spicy bowl 11,000 won.
Kalguksu near Jonggak · Korean food by Jogyesa
Sambong Dodam: kalguksu and bossam
Three minutes on foot from Jonggak Station Exit 2, on Ujeongguk-ro beside Jogyesa Temple. Hanwoo bone and chicken broth simmered eight hours, mungteongi bossam, minari-jeon, and makgeolli.
Today: 11:00–15:00 / 17:00–22:00
Sambong Dodam at a glance
A kalguksu and bossam restaurant you walk to from Jonggak Station. Lunch is noodles. Evening is bossam and makgeolli.
- Cuisine
- Korean (kalguksu, bossam)
- Signature dishes
- Hanwoo bone-broth chicken kalguksu, mungteongi bossam, minari-jeon
- Address
- 1F, 45-5 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Nearest station
- Jonggak Station Line 1, Exit 2, toward Jogyesa, about 3 minutes on foot
- Walk
- About 3 minutes on foot
- Hours
- 11:00–22:00
- Break
- 15:00–17:00
- Lunch last order
- 14:00
- Dinner last order
- 21:00
- Closed days
- No regular closing day
- Reservations
- Phone booking. Walk-ins welcome. Call for 4+ guests, weekend evenings.
- Groups
- Hall tables. No private room.
- Private room
- None. Hall seating only.
- Takeout
- Food can be packed. No delivery.
- Parking
- No general on-site lot. Parking support for guests with disabilities, older guests, pregnant guests, and families of four with children. Call before you come.
- Phone
- 0507-1379-0443
Signature dishes
From the lunch kalguksu bowl to evening bossam — what leaves the kitchen most.
Hanwoo Bone-Broth Chicken Kalguksu
₩10,000
Knife-cut noodles in a broth of Hanwoo beef bones and chicken simmered for eight hours. The bowl we are known for near Jonggak and Jogyesa.
Spicy Hanwoo Bone-Broth Chicken Kalguksu
₩11,000
The same eight-hour broth, finished spicy, with shredded chicken on top. Choose this when you want heat in the bowl.
Chicken Bibim Guksu
₩11,000
Spicy mixed noodles with chicken and vegetables. On the menu since we opened. A little broth in the mix keeps it refreshing.
Mungteongi Bossam — Small (350g)
₩35,000
Boiled pork shoulder, cut thick. Lean and fat in balance. Small is 350g, with wraps and sauce.
Minari Jeon (Water Parsley Pancake)
₩16,000
A pancake of water parsley (minari). The recipe started at Insa Dodam; we serve the same one here. Pairs with makgeolli.
Spicy Chicken & Pollock Roe Stew
₩29,000
This started as a staff meal. Chicken and pollock roe in a spicy stew. It is now one of the evening dishes people order most.
Why people come
Mungteongi bossam
Pork shoulder, cut thick. Small 350g, medium 500g. Many tables order it with kalguksu.
Weekday lunch makgeolli
Weekday lunch has self-serve makgeolli. Rice is self-serve. Extra kimchi is self-serve.
Jonggak Station Exit 2
About three minutes from Line 1, Exit 2. Close to Jogyesa, the OCI Museum of Art, and Gwanghwamun Square.
A ground-floor hall, oak tables
1F, 45-5 Ujeongguk-ro. Not a hanok. Oak tables in a hall. Come alone, or share bossam and makgeolli in the evening.
Photos of the roomHow to order
At lunch, take kalguksu
One bowl of Hanwoo bone-broth chicken kalguksu is enough. Spicy if you want heat. Garlic gukbap if you want rice in the soup. A 100g tasting bossam sits next to it. Confirm weekday lunch makgeolli on the floor.
In the evening, bossam and makgeolli
Small or medium mungteongi bossam, minari-jeon, Unjeong or Yesan apple makgeolli. For a spicy pot, the chicken-and-roe stew with extra noodles.
What we keep hearing
Questions the floor answers every day. These are not copied Place reviews and are not used as star ratings.
From Jonggak Exit 2, walk toward Jogyesa. The sign is on that street.
The menu says eight hours. The broth is cloudy, not greasy.
Weekday lunch: self-serve makgeolli, self-serve rice. Solo diners are fine.
Meet us at Jonggak and Jogyesa
1F, 45-5 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Jonggak Station Line 1, Exit 2, toward Jogyesa, about 3 minutes on foot