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Somun Restaurant

Somun Restaurant

소문식당

Traditional

About

Cozy Korean diner tucked inside Myeonggok Market, serving hearty home-style baekban and dishes paired with freshly made kimchi and banchan sold on-site.

Tucked just inside Junggok-dong’s Myeongok Market, Somun Sikdang operates with the unpretentious warmth of a neighborhood canteen. The dining room is compact, holding roughly six tables where market vendors, solo diners, and weekend cycling groups gather over affordable, homestyle spreads. Running a dedicated banchan side-business out of the same kitchen, the owners supply local households with scratch-made sides and house-cured kimchi—a trade that immediately reveals itself on the dining tables. A meal here revolves around the generous cluster of daily side dishes. Depending on the morning's prep, plates might feature seasoned seaweed stems, crunchy dried shrimp, stir-fried zucchini, spicy green onion kimchi, or freshly dressed geotjeori alongside bowls of house broth, such as kelp soup or clean mallow doenjang-guk. The banchan lineup carries an unmistakable, seasoned mother’s touch that easily empties a bowl of fresh white rice on its own. Beyond the everyday baekban tray, the kitchen turns out classic Korean comfort mains. The jeyuk bokkeum arrives fast and fragrant, thoroughly infused with smoky wok char and tossed with thick cuts of green onion and cabbage in a balanced, peppery glaze. Seafood is handled with equal care: sizeable whole mackerel (jaban godeungeo) and atka mackerel (imyeonsu) arrive crisped on the grill, flaky and free of fishiness, with seafood occasionally pulled straight from the market fishmonger steps away. For soupy warmth, the menu branches into hearty one-person stews like deep-broth yukgaejang loaded with beef and scallions, alongside single-order budae jjigae and bubbling earthenware bowls of steamed egg. The atmosphere is distinctly grounded in market hospitality, attended by warm matrons who frequently slide extra tastes of dotorimuk onto the table with cheeky touches like bikini-printed aprons hung for guests. Somun Sikdang delivers genuine, unstinting Korean home cooking rooted in market freshness and seasoned craft.

Menu

  • Homestyle Baekban가정식 백반₩8,000
  • Spicy Stir-fried Pork제육볶음₩11,000
  • Grilled Fish생선구이₩13,000
  • Budae Jjigae (Spicy Sausage Stew)부대찌개₩11,000
  • Spicy Stir-fried Squid오징어볶음₩11,000
  • Soft Tofu Stew순두부찌개₩9,000
  • Soybean Paste Stew된장찌개₩9,000
  • Kimchi Stew김치찌개₩9,000
  • Cheonggukjang청국장₩11,000
  • 한방오리백숙(예약메뉴)₩80,000
  • 한방닭백숙(예약메뉴)₩70,000

Local tips

  • Side dishes and various house-made kimchis are sold separately to take home.
  • Unlike many places, single portions are available for stews like budaejjigae.
  • Table seating is limited with around six 4-person tables, catering well to solo diners.

Opening hours

Sunday
10:30–21:00
Monday
10:30–21:00
Tuesday
10:30–21:00
Wednesday
10:30–21:00
Thursday
10:30–21:00
Friday
10:30–21:00
Saturday
10:30–21:00

Every day 10:30 - 21:00

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