24-hour Korean restaurants to try: Hearty dumpling soup and pork blood sausage side dishes

Text & photos byLittle Dot Paine

Today I’m introducing another restaurant in Hongdae. I didn’t do any research on this one—I just happened to make plans with a Hong Kong girl I was sharing a room with. It was her first time in Korea, so I thought, “Why not take her out for a meal?” I picked somewhere convenient. The online reviews were just okay, but I personally didn’t think it was bad, and the prices were pretty reasonable. Maybe my taste is just different from most Koreans’ (cough cough).

It’s super convenient since it’s open 24 hours—you can go anytime you’re hungry. For Koreans, blood sausage is also considered a drinking snack.

The menu is simple to order, and there are some set meals perfect for one person. The cheapest at 7,000 KRW is the blood sausage soup with rice, the next at 8,000 KRW is a larger portion, and at 9,000 KRW it becomes a full set meal.

There are actually photos of all the dishes, making it easy to choose, and there’s also some simple Chinese text.

We ordered the 9,000 KRW set meal. This one serves the blood sausage on a separate plate.

Those who don’t eat blood sausage can still enjoy the dumpling soup.

If you’re in a group of two or more, you can also order stir-fried blood sausage—9,000 KRW per serving.

We got the dumpling soup for 7,000 KRW plus the 9,000 KRW blood sausage set meal, and that made for a full table—very generous portions.

Honestly, I thought the 7,000 KRW dumpling soup was pretty good. The portions were huge, and the broth was rich.

The dumplings were quite large too.

The filling was pretty easy to enjoy as well.

Before eating the blood sausage hot pot, remember to add a bit of shrimp paste—it adds saltiness.

The soup itself is almost flavorless, so you’ll want to add the shrimp paste on top.

They also give you a separate plate of blood sausage. The pork liver wasn’t great.

The blood sausage is interesting—it comes in three flavors. I doubt everyone will love it, but I found it quite unique. I personally thought it was pretty good, and each type really did have a distinct flavor. I felt it tasted even better when dropped into the hot soup. A lot of people say blood sausage has a certain smell, but to me, that’s just its natural flavor, so I didn’t mind. If you’re sensitive to the taste of pork, you might want to skip the blood sausage. Regular dipping sauces like those used for tteokbokki can mask the flavor, but this version is meant to be eaten more or less as is.

(By the way, opinions on the taste of pork are really divided. I’ve had some that smelled awful, but generally, I can handle the taste of pork.)

Also, the plain boiled pork is a great deal.

The soup also contains offal—I especially love pork heart, which was delicious.

The ingredients are pretty generous too.

Final thoughts: I’m not sure if this is the kind of blood sausage place most Koreans would like, but I found the 24-hour availability very convenient. In terms of taste, having tried many blood sausage soup places, I found this one quite acceptable. The location is handy, and the set meals are hearty even for one person. The friendly service also left a good impression on me. If I lived nearby and was on my own with no particular craving, I’d definitely consider coming here for a set meal or some dumpling soup.

?Gong?? Myori Blood Sausage
Korean map via Naver
Phone: 02-3144-3547
Address: ?? ?? ?? 18, 16
Business Hours: 24 hours (closes at 23:30 Sundays, reopens at 10:30 Mondays)
Coordinates: 37.556754, 126.925436

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