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.

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The front of Yonggeumok at night: an illuminated sign reading 용금옥 since 1932 above a small tiled gateway, the plaque 湧金屋 and the house number 24-2 over the door, the interior visible through the open wooden door, and a standing banner beside it reading 서울식 추탕 용금옥.

Place information

Korean name: 용금옥
Address: 24-2 Dadong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Opening hours: not published by the operator
Hours notes: Opening hours could not be confirmed. No page published by the restaurant itself could be found, and the article used to confirm the address gives no times. A restaurant of the same name in Tongin-dong shares its roots but now trades separately. The restaurant described here is Yonggeumok in Dadong.

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