Custom Salad
커스텀샐러드
About
A customizable healthy eatery in Yeonnam-dong serving build-your-own salads, pre-mixed poke bowls, and unique brown rice wraps.
Tucked just off the central paths of Yeonnam-dong, Custom Salad answers the perennial craving for clean, balanced dining without the usual ascetic blandness. The compact dining room sits slightly elevated from the street, offering a calm, unhurried space configured for neighborhood solo diners as well as small groups, punctuated by the steady arrival of couriers picking up takeout orders. As the name promises, customization is the main draw. Diners can construct bespoke bowls from the foundation up, piling on bases, meats, cheeses, and grilled vegetables. For those who prefer a tested blueprint, pre-set options cover generous ground. The lighter side includes combinations like the Light Cobb salad and chicken tender bowls piled high with fresh greens. The kitchen also leans into Hawaiian poke, sending out bowls like the salmon poke pre-dressed and fully tossed so every grain and raw cut catches seasoning evenly. Where the menu truly distinguishes itself is in its inventive Korean-inflected diet plates that sidestep repetitive greens. The pork neck brown rice wraps (*moksal hyeonmi hanssam*) present eight neat, individually portioned parcels of nutty brown rice capped with grilled, fat-rendered pork neck. Paired with a mellow nut-infused *ssamjang* and crisp garlic scapes, the dish turns a labor-intensive Korean barbecue wrap into an efficient, clean meal. Equally idiosyncratic is the spicy salted pollack intestine or octopus (*nakji-jeot*) pasta salad, which folds tender marinated seafood into an oil pasta base alongside fresh greens, offering a spicy, savory kick when ordinary health food begins to taste monotone. Rounded out with savory rice rolls like grilled eggplant wrapped around brown rice, plus bowls of thick Greek yogurt and avocado-banana smoothies, this Yeonnam-dong flagship trades monastic restriction for varied, high-protein comfort that genuinely satisfies.
Menu
- Pork Neck Brown Rice Wraps₩12,900
- 파스타샐러드₩12,900
- 콥샐러드₩8,500
- 트러플치킨마요포케₩12,900
- Chicken Breast Salad₩10,900
- 육회샐러드₩12,900
- 호구마샐러드₩11,400
- Avocado Salad₩10,900
- 묵샐러드₩9,400
- Ricotta Cheese Salad₩11,900
- 치킨텐더더샐러드₩12,600
Local tips
- Great spot for solo dining with dedicated single-seat options.
- Try unique Korean-style healthy options like pork brown rice wraps.
- Poke bowls come pre-mixed for convenience.
- Watch out for add-on topping costs when building your custom bowl.
Details
- Hongik University Station
Opening hours
- Sunday
- 11:00–21:00
- Monday
- 10:00–21:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00–21:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00–21:00
- Thursday
- 10:00–21:00
- Friday
- 10:00–21:00
- Saturday
- 11:00–21:00