Yonggeumok
용금옥
A Seoul-style chutang house trading since 1932, its loach soup built on a beef broth with tofu, mushrooms and fried bean curd.
Language
Place information
- Korean name
- 용금옥
- Address
- 24-2 Dadong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Opening hours
- not published by the operator
- Hours notes
- This record does not say when it opens. No page the restaurant publishes itself could be found, and the feature that carries its address does not carry hours. A house of the same name trades in Tongin-dong from the same root but separately today; this record is the Dadong one only.
What to eat
Chutang — Seoul-style loach soup₩12,000
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Chutang — Seoul-style loach soup selected
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