If you walk out of Hoegi station exit 1 and take the first left, there is an alley full of restaurants whose main menus are same - Pajeon, the green onion pancakes. If you happen to be there on a rainy day, get ready there might not be any vacant seats since in Korea, people say we should eat pajeon on a rainy day.
There are approximately 10 restaurants inside the alley, the settings are also a special - usually crowded and smoking is allowed. Some restaurants are bit dark and dirty (well some seem purposely make the place old and dirty), and the one of them I went to has a squeezed second floor where we cannot stand up fully since the ceiling is very low; we have to walk with bending knees.
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| The incredible sencond floor |
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| The ice water is also a special - pull water into a bowl with a big ice in it |
There is a reason for this place famous for pajeon - very cheap price and very delicious pajeon and Korean rice wine. Within the Korean rice wines, I loved the Dongdongju more than Makgolri.
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| Rice wine served in its bowl |
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| Pajeon is not just made of green onion, it always come with squid inside. Every restaurant has different style of their own ajungmas' cooking - try and compare which is your style. |
Pajeon with rice wine, perfect! Wanna be better? You can order some other dishes which can company the pajeon to improve the experience. Additional recommendations.
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| Spicy chicken soup with potatos in it - eat the crispy pajeon, drink the hot soup |
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| Korean style salad - turbo and vegetables with sour and little spicy sauce |
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| If the squid in pajeon cannot satisfy you, get another fried squid! |
Looking forward to the next rainy day, squeezing in the pajeon restaurant with a bowl of Dongdongju~ha
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