Eunhosikdang (Korean: 은호식당) is a historic Korean restaurant in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea.[1] It is the fourth oldest active restaurant in Seoul, having been founded in 1932. It specializes in the dish kkori-gomtang (oxtail soup).[2] It is close to the Namdaemun area, near Namdaemun Market.[1]
| Eunhosikdang | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1932 |
| Food type | Korean cuisine, kkori-gomtang |
| Street address | 28-4 Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°33′32″N 126°58′37″E / 37.5589°N 126.9770°E |
Customers reportedly wear gloves to pick up and eat the meat and bones from the kkori-gomtang. The meat can be dipped in a house sauce, and the soup has noodles in it.[3] The restaurant also serves other dishes, such as yangji-tang (brisket soup) and seolleongtang.[4]
The restaurant is reportedly the oldest in Jung District.[1] It was founded in 1932 by Kim Eun-im (김은임) as a tent restaurant in Namdaemun Market.[5][6] Eventually, she acquired a permanent space for the restaurant, which she dubbed Pyeonghwaok (평화옥); around this time she encountered Lee Myeong-sun (이명순), whom she would eventually adopt as her daughter and pass the restaurant onto.[5] During the 1950–1953 Korean War, Kim fled to Busan and temporarily reopened the restaurant there. After Kim's return to Seoul, she eventually acquired a storefront for the restaurant, which she named Eunseongok (은성옥). After the 1968 Namdaemun Market fire, the restaurant reopened under the name Eunhosikdang. Amidst plans to redevelop the Namdaemun area, the restaurant opened two branches with the intent to move out of the Namdaemun area; this never ended up happening, so it maintained all three branches. The first branch opened in the Seosomun area in 2002,[6] and the second in Yeouido in 2005.[6][7] By 2019, it was reportedly run by the fourth generation of the same family.[6] It first served haejang-guk (a dish said to cure hangovers). After government officials tried the kkori-gomtang, the dish became a hit in the store.[1]
In 2013, it was made a Seoul Future Heritage.[8]
See also
edit- Naju Gomtang Hayanjib – another historic gomtang restaurant, in Naju
References
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- ^ 오래 사랑받은 노포들, 서울미래유산 속 식당 50. mediahub.seoul.go.kr (in Korean). Seoul Metropolitan Government. 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ 오픈한 지 50년은 기본! 반세기를 넘어온 서울의 찐 노포 맛집 4 - LIFE 읽을거리. Esquire Korea (in Korean). 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ 세월을 담은 서울 음식점 4곳…90년 이상 노포 6곳 중 2곳 폐업 [투어노트]. 나우뉴스 (in Korean). 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b 은호식당 소개. 은호식당.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b c d 유, 성호 (2019-04-21). 스카이데일리, 서울미래유산으로 지정된 맛있는 노포들. 스카이데일리. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ 전, 준현 (2024-03-11). 여의도 불꽃축제 관람전 가봐야하는 여의도 맛집 Best 10 - 발품뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ 서울 미래유산 전체 목록. opengov.seoul.go.kr. Seoul Metropolitan Government. December 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-08.