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Cheonmimi Sinsa Branch, Seoul: A Chinese Dinner on Blue Wave Plates in Gangnam

A round blue-and-white plate with a wave-and-flower rim holds shrimp, broccoli, bok choy, pale pieces and brown pieces that look like mushrooms in a glossy sauce, with small black side-dish bowls and a white teacup behind it.
A stir-fry of shrimp, broccoli and bok choy on a blue wave plate, December 2021.
How to order Address & map

Cheonmimi Sinsa Branch (천미미 신사점) is a Chinese restaurant in Sinsa-dong (신사동), Gangnam, Seoul. This post follows a December 2021 dinner there, from a stir-fry that looks like jeongabok (전가복), a dish of abalone, shrimp and greens, to jjajangmyeon (짜장면), noodles in black bean sauce.

Cheonmimi Sinsa Branch prints its name as 千美味 on its menu cover and paper placemats, according to a May 2022 blog photo. A May 2025 blog post places the restaurant near Garosu-gil (가로수길).

Cheonmimi's blue wave plates

The cover photo shows one of the restaurant's blue-and-white plates, with waves and white flowers around the rim. It holds shrimp, broccoli and bok choy, pale pieces with dark ruffled edges that look like abalone, and a round green nut that looks like a ginkgo nut. A June 2018 blogger describes the shop's jeongabok as abalone, shrimp, mushrooms, bok choy and ginkgo nuts in a mild sauce, which fits the plate.

On a blue wave plate, a dark glossy block that looks like braised pork is topped with enoki mushrooms and shredded white scallion, beside a pile of stir-fried bok choy.
A dark block that looks like braised pork, topped with enoki mushrooms and shredded scallion, beside stir-fried bok choy.

The second plate has the same pattern and carries a dark, glossy block that looks like braised pork, topped with enoki mushrooms and shredded scallion, with stir-fried bok choy beside it. The same 2018 blogger lists dongpo-yuk (동파육), braised pork belly with bok choy.

Bone-in fried pieces and jjajangmyeon (짜장면)

A black plate with a thick white rim holds bone-in fried pieces with puffy white batter on the bone ends, in a glossy dark sauce with diced red, green and yellow vegetables.
Bone-in fried pieces with puffy white batter on the bone ends, in a dark sauce with diced vegetables.

A black plate with a thick white rim holds bone-in fried pieces with puffy white batter on the bone ends, in a glossy dark sauce with diced red, green and yellow vegetables. The photo does not show the menu name.

Pale yellow noodles coiled in a white bowl with a few sprouts on top, next to a white bowl of dark sauce with large pieces of onion.
Pale noodles in one white bowl, dark sauce with onion in another.

One white bowl holds pale yellow noodles coiled round with a few sprouts on top, and a second holds the dark sauce with large pieces of onion. Jjajangmyeon is eaten by stirring the sauce through the noodles.

Hours and prices as listed in 2025

Cheonmimi Sinsa Branch's hours differ between blog posts from different years. A June 2018 blog post calls Cheonmimi a 24-hour restaurant. Cheonmimi's hours are 11:30 to 21:30 in a May 2022 post, and 11:00 to 21:30 with last order at 20:30, open every day, in a May 2025 Tistory post. Visit Gangnam, a Gangnam tourism site, lists Cheonmimi at the same address among shops in a June 2026 Garosu-gil sale event.

In the May 2025 post, Cheonmimi's jeongabok is ₩80,000, bangbangsha (방방샤), fried chicken drumettes stuffed with minced shrimp, is ₩40,000, and tangsuyuk (탕수육), sweet-and-sour pork, is ₩32,000. Cheonmimi's lunch courses are ₩39,000 and ₩49,000.

How to order

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전가복 하나 주세요.

Jeongabok hana juseyo.

One jeongabok, please.

새우완자닭봉 하나 주세요.

Saeuwanjadakbong hana juseyo.

One fried shrimp-stuffed chicken drumette dish, please.

짜장면 있어요?

Jjajangmyeon isseoyo?

Do you have jjajangmyeon?

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