Bokseonggak 복성각 - Chinese Food in Sinchon 신촌 중국집

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Bokseonggak is a Chinese restaurant that serves real Chinese food as well as the standard Korean version of Chinese food that you would find at any of the "Chinese" places in Korea.  The real Chinese food is at a much higher price than the Korean style "Chinese" food and that is not what we ordered.  Here you will find a review of the jjajangmyeon (black bean noodle), fried rice and tangsuyuk (fried pork in sweet and sour sauce).

The atmosphere in this place seems like a super fancy family style Chinese restaurant you might find in the West.  The tables are huge and spacious and it is a great place for groups.  There is even a traditional Chinese looking structure that looks like it is a built for a king with a table in it that you can dine in.  This is the ideal place for work events or large groups because there is tons of space and a classy atmosphere.

The food was also very good.  The jjajangmyeon had a ton of veggies and seafood in it as did the fried rice.  The tangsuyuk was also delicious and came with a nice blend of sauce to fried pork.  Some places put way too much sauce so that the breading becomes soggy after a while, but this place made it right.

Fried Rice

Jjajangmyeon

Tangsuyuk

Full Spread

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* Bokseonggak is in a tiny alley way and is it a bit hard to find, but it is visible from the main road that connects Yeonsei university and Sinchon Station.  Look down the alleys.

Old Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 창천동 31-8

New Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 명물1길 24

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Storefront, Interior, Food

Storefront and Food

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Gubok 구복 - Shanghai Style Chinese Food in Sinchon 신촌

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Gubok is a restaurant that serves a variety of different types of Shanghai style Chinese food and is located in close to Sinchon Station.  Although there are a few different items on the menu, their specialty is xialongbao which are the northern Chinese style dumplings especially associated with Shanghai.  I went here with a friend and we ordered the xiaolongbao along with one of the white soups.

The xiaolongbao come seven to an order and are quite large home made dumplings.  They are not massive dumplings that are completely filled with meat like the Korean style ones, but have better ratio of the breading to meat.  They are also a bit more liquid than the Korean style ones which can be a bit dry.  The soup tasted like the type of chicken soup your Mom might make you when you are sick if you are from a Western country.  It was greasy, noodley and abosolutely delicious.

The atmosphere in the place is quite like a Korean bunshik place with benches along the walls, wooden tables on chairs on the other side of the benches.  It is probably not the type of place you would be spending a lot of time, but more of an eat and go type of atmosphere.  The portions at this restaurant are not very large at all which raises the price quite a bit.  The food is great, but expensive and it is probably better to use as a snack place rather than for a full meal.

Xiaolongbao

Chicken Noodle Soup

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Old Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 창천동 13-49

New Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로4길 26

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Lots of Pics, Storefront, Interior, Food

Menu, Interior, Dumplings, Soup

Storefront, Dumplings, Soup

YinYa Chinese Tea House 인야 전통 중국 찻집 - Sinchon 신촌

YinYa is a Chinese tea place located in Sinchon that I have known about for quite a while but have never had the opportunity to go to until very recently.  This is a nice little hidden gem in the middle of Sinchon that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of Chinese tea.

The atmosphere in this place is not so different from any other quiet cafe.  There are a spread of tables, quiet music and of course Chinese tea.  The menu appears as if it is a book and is filled with extensive explanations about each of the different varieties of teas.  If your Korean is not good enough to read about tea, it may be helpful to bring a Korean speaker in order to read all of these explanations.

The wait staff is also extremely helpful and will teach you how to make the tea if you are beginner with Chinese tea.  They even provided me with a stopwatch to tell me when to remove the tea from the leaves, and explained the entire process of how to make the tea.

In addition to Chinese tea, this place also makes traditional Chinese desserts, but I did not try any of them so I cannot tell you how any of them are.

Storefront

Entrance

Tea

More Tea

Even More Tea

Dessert Menu

Tea

Closeup

Old Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 창천동 52-155 2층

New Address System: 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로11길 20

YinYa on Google Maps

YinYa on Naver Maps

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Great Tea and Dessert Pics

Pics of Drinks, Menu, Dessert

Goun Chatjib - A Chinese Tea House in Sinchon

Goun Chatjib is one of my favorite cafes in Sinchon, because of the fact that I have always really loved traditional Chinese tea.  Goun Chatjib has the full set up with all the ingredients necessary to make it in the shop, but they also sell tea pots, cups and tea that you can make at home.

There are so many different types of tea on the menu that it may be a little bit overwhelming at first.  The people who work here are extremely kind so you can ask them for a recommendation.  There are types of tea offered that I didn't even know existed prior to coming here.  They have of course white, green and black tea as well as several fermented puer varieties.  There are also a few other Chinese teas as well as tea from Taiwan.

In addition to all of this, there are also several Korean style teas as well such as ginger tea, yujacha, omijacha and several fruit teas such as a orange or grapefruit.  On top of all of this, they also have other more common teas like rooibos, peppermint, lavender, mate, chamomile, et. at.  Finally, they also have a special iced black tea (one of my favorites) and some other deserts like bingsu.  Like I said before, the menu in this place is extensive.

The atmosphere in Goun Chatjib is very quite and relaxing and on top of everything, the tea at this place is extremely affordable.  Most of the varieties range between 4,000 to 7,000 won.  The place is very clean and calming, and it is one of my favorite places to go work on my laptop during the day.

Interior

Traditional Chinese Tea

Alternate Tea Making Set up for One

Teas

Teas and Cups

More Cups

Tea Pots

Puer Teas

More Puer Teas

Milk Teas, Black Teas and Fruit Teas

Traditional Korean Teas, Fruit Teas and Herb Teas

"Hwacha" and European Black Teas

Green Teas, White Teas and Yellow Teas

Black Teas

Chinese and Taiwanese "Qing-cha" Varieties

Deserts, Bingsu and Iced Black Tea

I recently went back to this place and had their black tea affogato which was very interesting as well and wanted to add a few pictures of this.  It came with green tea ice cream and the black tea was so strong it was about as bitter as coffee.  It was quite the combination.

Black Tea Affogato

Another Angle

Old Address System: 서울특별시 마포구 노고산동 33-19 108호

New Address System: 서울특별시 마포구 신촌로20길 9 가동 108호

Goun Chatjib on Google Maps

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Nice Tea Pics

Great Shots of Interior, Tea Ceremony and Owner

Nice Pics of Tea Making

Haha - Hongdae

Haha is probably the best authentic Chinese food place I have ever been to in all of Korea.  They are especially famous for their mixed eggplant dish.  I gave that a try and was not disappointed at all.  The only other thing that we tried was a soup, and the soup was also extremely delicious.

I once again regret to inform you that I only have an admittedly quite bad picture of the soup, but for additional pictures please take a look at the other blogs I have linked to at the bottom of the page.

Menu

Soup

Ganpunggi

Stir Fried Eggplant

Shrimp Fried Rice

There are two things you should know about Haha.  First of all this place is incredibly popular and there is always a long line outside of the restaurant.  You should come prepared to wait a while for a table if you are coming at normal hours.  The second thing you should know is that the sign is nearly entirely in Chinese.  Take a look at the blogs below for pics of the storefront to make sure you find it.

Directions: 

New Address System: 서울특별시 마포구 동교로 263

Old Address System: 서울특별시 마포구 연남동 229-12

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Pics of Menu and Food

Pics of Storefront, Menu, Food