Wondang Gamjatang
Restaurants · Myeongdong
Choose a solo bowl of pork-bone soup or a shared gamjatang pot at Wondang’s Myeongdong 1 branch. If tangy fermented cabbage is the main attraction, back ribs braised with aged kimchi offer a sharper, spicy alternative to the brothy meal.
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- Wondang Gamjatang’s Myeongdong 1 branch is a practical choice for a pork-bone soup meal, with individual bowls as well as larger shared dishes. The useful distinction is between brothy ppyeohaejangguk and the sharper fermented-kimchi flavour of braised ribs, rather than ordering by unfamiliar Korean names alone.Naver Blog+1
Choose an individual bowl or a shared pot
- For an individual meal, ask for ppyeohaejangguk: pork-bone soup served in a hot earthenware bowl. In a September 18, 2026 lunch diary, oi_oi_o recorded it at ₩11,000 and described side dishes including fish cake, acorn jelly and kimchi. For a shared meal, Polle’s current third-party menu lists Wondang gamjatang, a pork-bone hotpot, at ₩36,000–46,000. It also lists spicy aged-kimchi braised bones at ₩37,000–47,000. Those menu prices are a guide, not an operator-confirmed quote.Naver Blog+1
- If sour, well-fermented kimchi is the part you enjoy most, consider deunggalbi kimchi-jjim—back ribs braised with kimchi. The September diary described an individual ₩11,000 portion containing a large piece of kimchi, tofu and two ribs, cut with supplied scissors and tongs. The writer found it distinctly tangy. A May 5 account by 몽블랑킴 also enjoyed the ribs with aged kimchi, describing a spicy flavour without excessive sourness. Expect a spicy dish with a tangy kimchi flavour.Naver Blog+1
Expect a straightforward meal
- The appeal is a filling meal during shopping rather than a special-occasion setting. In an August 3, 2026 account, 페르소나 described a local-looking dining room with many overseas diners, plenty of meat and tasty cabbage greens, but thought the soup fairly ordinary. They appreciated the perilla-seed powder on the table. By contrast, 몽블랑킴 found the broth well balanced and the meat easy to pull from the bones. Taste the soup first, then add the powder gradually if that condiment appeals to you.Naver Blog+1
Find this branch
- Use 22 Myeongdong 7ga-gil for this branch. The individual-meal reports above refer to Myeongdong 1; similarly named locations elsewhere should not be used to choose its menu or plan a late-night arrival.Naver Blog
