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Korean

Tongyeong Sikdang

통영식당 Tongyeong is a port city on Korea's south coast and sikdang simply means restaurant — the sign now reads 'Jeongsik (formerly Tongyeong Sikdang)'.

Compiled from 1 blog posts read in fullSources →

A home-style set-meal place in an alley near Togok Market in Yeonsan-dong, Busan, serving a single dish, a doenjang-stew set, for 6,000 won a person. We read just one post, dated 15 October 2026, written after a breakfast visit. One tray carries rice, doenjang stew, dried-pollack soup and about ten side dishes, and guests collect it from the kitchen themselves. The writer says the sign now reads 'Jeongsik (formerly Tongyeong Sikdang)'.

Data as of · Published ·

Location & hours

What sets it apart

  1. The one post confirms the set is 'still 6,000 won': the writer had assumed an older blog showed a pre-increase price, but found it unchanged. Ordering is just saying how many people you are once seated.
  2. The post describes a mix of regular tables and a raised floor-seating area where you take your shoes off, with more than eight four-person tables.
  3. When the writer visited, the elderly owner was running the place alone and kept worrying that there was nothing for the writer's teenage child to eat.

What 1 bloggers said

1/1Most ordered
doenjang-jjigae jeongsik
1/1Most-said good thing
Friendly staff
0/1Posts disclosing payment

We read all 1 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (1) and “Large portions” (1).

What they liked

Friendly staff1 of 1 posts
Large portions1 of 1 posts

Things you can check on site

  • Seats to sit and eat 1 of 1 posts
  • Floor seating 1 of 1 posts
  • Shoes off at the door 1 of 1 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The most ordered dish is doenjang-jjigae jeongsik (된장찌개 정식) — 1 of 1 posts.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

Who came, and with whom

  • Came with children 1 of 1 posts
  • Family visit 1 of 1 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Tongyeong Sikdang is

We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.

Getting inside

No post says which floor the restaurant is on.

Nobody mentions a step at the entrance or wheelchair or stroller access. That means we don't know, not that there is no access.

No post mentions where the toilet is or whether it is split by gender.

No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.

How to read these posts

  • Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 1 posts

When the posts appeared

10
Month by month
MonthPosts
2026-101

What we do not know

  • Everything here rests on a single post from a single visit; nothing has been cross-checked against other writers.
  • Opening hours come from one post only: Monday to Saturday 07:00-14:30, closed Sundays. We have no second post to confirm them.
  • The only price we have is 6,000 won from one October 2026 post. The phone number 051-753-0297 comes from that same post, and nobody says whether reservations are taken.
  • Nobody describes getting there by subway or bus; the post only places it near Yeonsan Library, opposite the tonkatsu shop Gwangseong.
  • Nobody mentions waiting; the one post describes a weekday-morning visit.
  • The only company on record is a parent with a child; we have no posts from solo diners or groups of friends.

Sources (1)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

  1. [부산 연제구|연산동] 토곡의 6천원 백반 맛집 통영식당, 이게 바로.... 2026-10-15 · viagem️

Of 361 candidate posts we opened 10 and kept 1 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.