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Gyeyeolsa, Buam-dong, Seoul: Fried Chicken in a Basket, Noodles on the Side

A round woven basket lined with crumpled aluminum foil is piled with fried wings, larger pieces of fried chicken and thick golden wedges that look like potato, on a glossy orange wooden table.
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Gyeyeolsa (계열사) is a fried chicken restaurant in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Its representative dish is fried chicken served in a bamboo tray with wedge potatoes, according to VisitKorea, the Korea Tourism Organization's travel site, which also says the chicken has a thin, crispy coating.

VisitKorea's English listing names golbaengi guksu (골뱅이 국수), sea snails in a spicy seasoning served with noodles, among Gyeyeolsa's other dishes, along with dakdoritang (닭도리탕), spicy braised chicken.

The fried chicken basket

The same chicken basket from a lower angle, with two wooden tables meeting at a seam and a white bowl at the left edge.
The chicken basket at Gyeyeolsa, November 2021.

In my photos from November 2021, the chicken comes in a round woven basket lined with crumpled aluminum foil. Fried wings and larger pieces are piled together with thick golden wedges that look like the potato wedges VisitKorea mentions. A blogger who visited on June 25, 2022 says Gyeyeolsa has only one fried chicken, the plain fried one, and that the potatoes are cut big and fried together with the chicken. In that post, Gyeyeolsa's fried chicken is ₩22,000.

A plate that looks like golbaengi guksu

A large white plate with a thin dark-green line near the rim holds red-seasoned vegetables and brown chunks on one side and a heap of thin noodles with sesame on the other, with small bowls of red sauce and pale cubes and a metal bowl around it.
A large plate with seasoned vegetables on one side and noodles on the other, November 2021.

My photos also show a large white plate with a thin dark-green line near its rim. One side holds red-seasoned vegetables, with slices that look like cucumber and onion and brown chunks that look like sea snail pieces. The other side holds a heap of thin noodles with sesame on top.

Another view of the same plate, with a white bowl with a thin red ring and a navy rim holding a fork, a bowl of red sauce with sesame, a bowl of pale cubes and a metal bowl.
The same plate with small bowls of red sauce and pale cubes beside it, November 2021.

Small bowls of red sauce and pale cubes sit next to the plate, along with an empty white bowl with a thin red ring and a navy rim, and a metal bowl. The June 2022 blogger writes that the owner stressed eating the sea snail salad and the noodles separately instead of mixing them. In that post, Gyeyeolsa's large golbaengi guksu is ₩32,000.

Gyeyeolsa's hours, waiting and prices

Gyeyeolsa's hours are 12:00–22:40 and it is closed on Mondays, according to VisitKorea's English listing, which shows no update date. Gyeyeolsa's hours appear as Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00–22:50 in the June 2022 blogger's post and as 12:00–23:00 with Monday closures in the February 2025 post, so call first. The June 2022 blogger signed up on an electronic waiting list and waited about 10 minutes at a weekend lunch. Gyeyeolsa's fried chicken is ₩22,000 and its golbaengi guksu ₩25,000 (small) or ₩32,000 (large) on a menu-card photo of unknown date in the February 2025 post.

How to order

Show this to the staff

후라이드 치킨 하나 주세요.

Huraideu chikin hana juseyo.

One fried chicken, please.

골뱅이 국수 대 하나 주세요.

Golbaengi guksu dae hana juseyo.

One large golbaengi guksu, please.

국수랑 골뱅이는 따로 먹으면 되죠?

Guksurang golbaengineun ttaro meogeumyeon doejyo?

Should I eat the noodles and the sea snails separately?

The June 2022 blogger says Gyeyeolsa has no parking of its own, and the February 2025 blogger suggests the public car park at the Buam-dong community center.

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