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Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari @ Dongdaemun, Seoul Korea

February 12, 2016 by summerkid_summergirl

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

After checked in our luggage in Hongdae Room Plus Hostel, we took our first dinner in Seoul at Dongdaemun famous whole chicken – Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari (Jin Ok-hwa Original Chicken Restaurant/ 陳玉華奶奶一只雞/ 진옥화할매원조닭한마리).

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari direction

Where is Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari? Align at Seoul subway Dongdaemun exit 9, walk straight for 5 minutes, turn left after IBK bank, you will reach a street with lots of local stalls. Walk along the street for like 1 minute, you will come to a stretch of restaurants on your right. There are many eateries in there. Turn right and walk until you see the sign board of Jin Ok-hwa Original Chicken Restaurant, with portrait of founder on it.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

We have been hearing a lot about Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari, highly recommended by some of our friends too. But looking at the food picture of whole chicken immersed in a bed of soup, we were skeptical initially on how delicious it could be.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

However, with a long queue in front of the shop once we reached Jin Ok-Hwa and reading on its history that they has been serving dakhanmari since 1978 with interviews by mass media, we had to say that Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari certainly doesn’t go famous for no reason. Today, this “dongdaemun whole chicken” in soup is popular not only among locals, but also tourists from different countries including Taiwan, China, Europe, Malaysia and more.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

To dine in, first take a waiting number if the restaurant is full house. Staffs will lead you inside when reaching your turn. Once seated down, the pot of chicken has already ready on your table, portion depends on number of guests. LOL. Fire turned on, boil the soup, and cook the chicken.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

You can add on sticky rice, white rice, noodles and potatoes by informing the staff. We had a portion of sticky rice. After a while, staffs came over, cut the chicken into large pieces, told us we could have the sticky rice stick first, and enjoyed the chicken after 10 minutes.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

Summergirl loved the sticky rice, well-soaked with flavours of chicken soup. Still chewy after boiling for some time, but of course getting “fatter”, more plump with more soup infused in it.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

All these years, Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari has no compromised on the quality of their chicken. They use only fresh, unfrozen chicken that is 35-days old. Smaller size, softer meat. The chicken is first boiled to half-cooked in kitchen, oil scooped off and go to second boiling in front of customers.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

Comparing to the chicken, we actually like the soup more. Clean and mild in taste, helmed with nourishing sweetness released from chicken. We first had it plain, but when looking around, many locals mix the soup with kimchi (*self-service at the counter, you can get iced water there too), while some had it together with Jin Ok-Hwa hot sauce.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

We followed too haha. Kimchi wasn’t Summerkid favourite but the hot sauce was awesome, fiery hot and spicy, opened up the appetite and greatly enhanced the whole pot of dish. However seeing that it was our first meal in Korea and we couldn’t judge the side effect yet, we took in small amount. Glad that we didn’t end up rushing in and out of toilet the next day lol. But the chilli sauce is really good, homemade by Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari.

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari at Dongdaemun Seoul Korea

We had a quick walk around the street after dinner. There are quite a number of restaurants selling whole chicken in soup too. Some eateries are grilling fish, and we even saw dog dishes (no no , and more no if you asked us to try) offered in a restaurant.

Comments: Nice chicken soup, adding sticky rice cake is a must. Chicken is good but still, it is just chicken, cooked in its freshest state, getting the most original flavour of a chicken.

Address:
Jinokhwa Halmae Wonjo Dakhanmari
(Jin Ok-hwa Original Chicken Restaurant/ 陳玉華奶奶一只雞)
18, Jong-ro 40ga-gil , Jongno-gu,
Seoul, 03197, South Korea.
Opening hours: 10:30am − 1am (last order 11:30pm)

How to go: Align at Dongdaemun Station (Line 1, 4), Exit 9, walk straight till you see IBK bank. Turn left after passing the bank. Walk along a street with many stalls for 1 minutes until you see an alley with many restaurants in it.

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