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Hongmyeong, Seoul: Fried Dumplings and Chinese Plates near Hakdong Station

Fried dumplings with crimped edges lie in a row on a rectangular bamboo tray lined with a paper napkin, with a small white bowl of pickled vegetables at the left, a deep white oval bowl of fried pieces at the right and metal tongs across the tray.
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Hongmyeong (홍명) is a Chinese restaurant in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, and the Korea Tourism Organization names its ganjjajang (간짜장), black bean noodles with thick-cut onion, as the signature dish. The same listing puts the restaurant about a one-minute walk behind Hakdong Station. My photos, from a June 2022 evening, show other plates: fried dumplings, fried pieces, fried rice and a cold dish.

Hongmyeong's gunmandu on a bamboo tray

The cover photo above shows gunmandu (군만두), fried dumplings, lying in a row on a rectangular bamboo tray lined with a paper napkin. A small white bowl of pickled vegetables sits at the left, a deep white oval bowl of fried pieces at the right, and metal tongs lie across the tray.

A reviewer on Tistory, a Korean blogging platform, writes in August 2025 that Hongmyeong's handmade fried dumplings (수제군만두) can be ordered only after 5 p.m. Another reviewer, writing in December 2024, says Hongmyeong's handmade dumplings (수제만두) are ordered only after 5 p.m. and only with at least one dish (요리), and found them sold out on a summer weekday evening after waiting nearly two hours.

Other plates from the same table

A white oval plate piled with battered fried pieces streaked with orange, with small dishes of pickles and sauces beside it.
Battered fried pieces on a white oval plate.

On a white oval plate, battered fried pieces are streaked with orange, with small dishes of pickles and sauces around it. I can't tell from the photo whether this is tangsuyuk (탕수육), sweet-and-sour pork, or guobaorou (꿔바로우), crisp pork in a sweet-and-sour sauce. The August 2025 reviewer's menu list includes both.

Fried rice with shrimp, topped with a fried egg, on a white plate with a mound of dark sauce at one side.
Fried rice with a fried egg and a mound of dark sauce.

A plate of fried rice with shrimp is topped with a fried egg, and a mound of dark sauce that looks like black bean sauce sits beside it.

A wide white bowl of clear, pale broth holding a tomato wedge, a dark oval piece, a folded piece of yellow egg, strips of carrot and cucumber, pale strips and shrimp.
A cold dish in a clear, pale broth.

A wide white bowl holds a cold dish in clear broth: a tomato wedge, a dark oval piece that looks like a mushroom, a folded piece of yellow egg, strips of carrot and cucumber, pale strips that look like squid, and shrimp. I can't name it from the photo. The same menu list has a cold appetizer plate, oppum naengchae (오품냉채).

Hongmyeong's ganjjajang, according to the tourism listing

The Korea Tourism Organization's listing says Hongmyeong's ganjjajang keeps its crunch because thick-cut onion is stir-fried only briefly with black bean paste. The listing also names Hongmyeong's jjamppong (짬뽕), a spicy noodle soup, with a long, large octopus and yusanseul-bap (유산슬밥), rice with a thick stir-fry sauce, as popular, and says people queue at Hongmyeong from opening time. None of these dishes is in my photos.

Before you go

  • Hongmyeong keeps a handwritten waiting list at the entrance, and the August 2025 reviewer says you write your name, your order and your party size on it.
  • The December 2024 reviewer advises writing your name as soon as you arrive and deciding your order beforehand.

How to order

Show this to the staff

간짜장 하나 주세요.

ganjjajang hana juseyo

One ganjjajang, please.

수제 군만두 하나 주세요.

suje gunmandu hana juseyo

One order of handmade fried dumplings, please.

대기 명단에 이름 적었어요.

daegi myeongdane ireum jeogeosseoyo

I wrote my name on the waiting list.

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