This restaurant chain is one of my frequently visited restaurants. Every time I come to Seoul, I make sure this restaurant is on my list of to-go places.
Restaurant Information
Address:
서울 마포구 잔다리로6길 34-5 2층
(34-5 Jandari-ro 6-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the 2nd floor)
*Note: There are multiple locations. This is the address to the Happy Toss branch.
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Saturday 11:30AM-9PM
Sunday closed
Date of Visit: June 4, 2022
Arrival
I arrived on a Saturday afternoon around 2PM, and there were a few people waiting. There was a podium with a tablet where I had to use to put myself on the waitlist. This was new to me! Thankfully, there was an English option, phew! I entered my name, phone number, and then it took me to the ordering page where I selected what I wanted to order. I selected the items I wanted, then had a seat on the bench on the narrow stairwell, which served as the waiting area. (You don’t have to decide everything at this point because you can always add more once you are seated.) I waited around 15 minutes before my name was called to be seated. The food came out soon after since I already preordered on the waitlist.
What I Ordered
I ordered 2 servings of the tteokbokki, garlic butter fries, and a side of cheese to put on top of the tteokbokki.
The main dish served at this restaurant is the tteokbokki that comes with other toppings. Tteokbokki is a traditional spicy rice cake dish that typically comes with fish cake as well. The tteokbokki dish served here, though, is different from what the traditional dish is like because many other ingredients and toppings are added into the dish besides rice cake (tteok) and fish cake. Toppings include fish cake, ramyun noodles, jjolmyeon (wheat-based noodle), cabbage, perilla leaves, and green onions. You can order extra toppings of the ones mentions or even add cheese, hardboiled eggs, etc. Everything is put into a frying pan and is heated up directly at your table on the stove. This dish is ordered by servings. The minimum you need to order is 2 servings. A side of danmuji (yellow pickled radish) is served on the side. Danmuji gives you a relief from the spice. This dish is pretty spicy, and not recommended for those who cannot handle spice! Good news is though, the danmuji has unlimited refills.
The garlic butter fries is another signature dish that they serve. The fries are coated in a sweet and savory powder and topped with a heaping amount of garlic butter. (They also have sweet bacon fries, but I’ve never tried them.)
At the end of the meal, you can also order a fried rice (bokkeumbap), which is made with the leftover tteokbokki sauce. You can have them make the fried rice with sausage, bacon, or the crowd favorite fish roe (nalchi-al). I almost never make it to the fried rice because I’m full off of everything else! I did not order it this time, but I’ve had it in the past, and it’s very yummy.
Payment & Cost
After we finished eating, we paid at the counter. I forgot how much we paid in won, but my card was charged $18 for two servings of tteokbokii, one garlic butter fries, and a side of cheese.
Tips
1. Chopsticks, spoons, and napkins are in a little drawer on the side of the table.
2. Ask them for an apron (apchima) if you don’t want your clothes eating the tteokbokki sauce.
3. The restaurant is small. It can probably sit about 20 people at a time. Expect a wait, especially on the weekends because this place is pretty popular among the young locals.
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