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Dongwha Banjeom, Busan: Jjajangmyeon with a Fried Egg, Fried Dumplings and Old-Style Tangsuyuk

A white bowl of yellow noodles topped with julienned cucumber over a fried egg, beside a separate bowl of dark sauce flecked with minced meat, with a small dish of yellow pickled radish and another of white pieces around them.
Noodles under cucumber and a fried egg, with the sauce in a separate bowl.
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Jjajangmyeon (짜장면), noodles in black bean sauce, is a staple of Korean-Chinese restaurants. Dongwha Banjeom (동화반점, 東華飯店) in Busan topped it with a fried egg when I visited in July 2022. Polle, a Korean review site, lists the restaurant at 3 Heukgyo-ro 75beon-gil, Jung-gu, in Bosu-dong, which one reviewer calls well known for its book alley. Polle reviewers also name it one of Busan's three best-known Chinese restaurants, along with Hwaguk Banjeom and Oksaenggwan, a reputation rather than an official ranking.

The sauce comes in its own bowl

In my photos from July 2022, the noodles sit in one bowl under julienned cucumber and a fried egg, and the dark sauce, dotted with minced meat, comes in another. Yellow pickled radish sits alongside. Jjajangmyeon is normally eaten by pouring the sauce over the noodles and mixing.

A bowl of noodles covered in dark sauce with a few strands of cucumber showing, and a plate of battered fried pieces with vegetables behind it.
A bowl covered in black sauce, with a few strands of cucumber showing.

A Polle reviewer who ordered the dish said to be the shop's most famous, uni-jjajang (유니짜장), says the sauce also came separately, like ganjjajang (간짜장), with plenty of minced pork and little sweetness. I can't tell from my photos which menu item this bowl is. Another reviewer, writing about a different Bosu-dong restaurant, says an egg on ganjjajang is a hallmark of Busan's version.

Dumplings and tangsuyuk

A white plate of half-moon fried dumplings, pleated along the edge and fried golden to dark brown, with small dishes of dark dipping sauce and a bowl of white pieces beside it.
Pleated half-moon dumplings fried golden to dark brown.

The fried dumplings (군만두) are half-moon shaped, pleated along the edge and fried golden to dark brown. The reviewer who ordered them because they are said to be handmade found them crisp in some places and chewy in others.

A white plate of thick-battered fried pieces with orange carrot, white onion, red cabbage, green slices and dark mushroom-like pieces, with pale sauce pooled on the plate and a spoon in front.
Battered fried pieces with carrot, onion, red cabbage and dark mushroom in pale sauce.

Tangsuyuk (탕수육) is fried meat in a starch-thickened sauce. Here the thick-battered pieces are mixed with carrot, onion, red cabbage and dark pieces that look like wood-ear mushrooms, with pale sauce pooled on the plate. The same reviewer found the batter fluffy rather than crisp and the sauce sweet, a typical old-style version.

History and prices

Reviewers do not agree on its history: one says it opened in Gwangbok-dong in 1960 and moved here in 1987, another dates the opening to 1980. Polle's menu, read on November 14, 2026, lists jjajangmyeon at ₩7,000, jjamppong (짬뽕) at ₩8,000, samseon jjajang (삼선짜장) at ₩9,500 and shrimp fried rice at ₩9,500.

How to order

Show this to the staff

짜장면 하나 주세요.

Jjajangmyeon hana juseyo.

One jjajangmyeon, please.

군만두 하나 주세요.

Gunmandu hana juseyo.

One order of fried dumplings, please.

탕수육 하나 주세요.

Tangsuyuk hana juseyo.

One tangsuyuk, please.

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