Eungam-dong Gamja-guk Street

If Jangchung-dong has jokbal (pig trotters) and Cheongjin-dong has haejang-guk (hangover soup), Eungam-dong has gamja-tang (pork back-bone stew). At Eungam-dong Gamja-guk Street in Eungam-dong Daerim Market, you can visit any restaurant and find gamja-guk specialty shops that won't disappoint. In Eungam-dong, gamja-tang is called gamja-guk, with gamja-tang being the formal term and gamja-guk the colloquial one. To emphasize that it is a commoner's food that anyone can enjoy, it is called gamja-guk in Eungam-dong. Gamja-guk began to be sold in Eungam-dong from the mid-1980s. A restaurant in Daerim Market started selling gamja-guk made by simmering pork bones in broth with potatoes and aged cabbage, and as its popularity spread, gamja-guk (gamja-tang) specialty restaurants began to appear in other areas from the late 1980s. The original gamja broth recipe, which reportedly used a large amount of pork bones and potatoes to achieve a proper broth flavor, is absolutely inimitable elsewhere. If you want to experience the difference of the original gamja-guk, head to Eungam-dong Gamja-guk Street today.

Address: 172 Eungam-ro, Eungam-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul