Yangpyeongdong Seocheon Restaurant Annex

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A Korean home-style diner in Yangpyeong-dong’s Seocheon Restaurant annex, serving a separate menu from the nearby main branch.

At 양평동서천식당 별관, the appeal is the sort of Korean meal that makes a workday lunch feel properly fed: bubbling stew, rice, and a spread of familiar side dishes. The menu ranges across home-style set meals, jjigae, rice bowls and meat dishes, so you can keep it simple or order something with a little more heft. Two dishes stand out in one diner’s account: the beef-brisket doenjang-jjigae and the spicy squid rice bowl. The jjigae arrives still boiling, with brisket bringing extra richness to the savory soybean-paste broth. Kimchi, doenjang and soft-tofu stews are also mentioned, alongside pork and squid rice bowls. In summer, the restaurant serves kongguksu, a cold soybean-milk noodle dish. Menus can differ between the main restaurant and this annex, so the 별관 is worth choosing for its own selection rather than assuming every dish is shared. The rhythm here suits a short lunch break. One visitor says their food arrived in under ten minutes, and describes a busy room with roughly ten tables. While you wait, there is nurungji—crispy rice softened into a warm, comforting bowl—and a self-serve station for extra banchan. The side dishes are part of the meal’s draw: one account singles out a warm rolled omelet, while another notes that the annex’s first servings are self-serve. This is not a place built around elaborate presentation. Its pleasures are more everyday and generous: a hot pot set down at the table, a choice of small savory sides, and the freedom to help yourself to more. Come for the brisket doenjang-jjigae if you want a hearty centerpiece, or the squid rice bowl for a saucier, spicier lunch. The annex offers a practical, welcoming kind of Korean comfort—especially when hunger is running ahead of the clock.