Gilpost · Jeungpyeong-gun, Jeungpyeong-eup
Tteoktwi Dakgangjeong
떡튀닭강정 A husband-and-wife counter inside a country market in Jeungpyeong that fries boneless chicken to order and rolls six-flavour gimbap packs; almost everyone carries it away.
Korean · Jeungpyeong-gun, Jeungpyeong-eup
Data as of · Published ·
Ddeoktwi Dakgangjeong is a fried-chicken-and-gimbap counter inside Jangtteul market in Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong — a pale green building right beside the market's third car park. A husband and wife run it: he fries out front, she rolls gimbap inside. Boneless thigh is part-fried in advance and fried again once you order, and a sign on the wall says as much: the secret of this market's good food is cooking it on the spot. Sauced chicken is ₩12,000 medium, ₩15,000 large; a pack of six little gimbap rolls, each a different filling, is ₩5,000. Half past nine to eight, every day, no closing day. There is a room to eat in, but almost nobody does — of the twenty-seven people we read, not one sat down to a meal. The shop moved within the market in spring 2026. The posts we read run from April to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 충청북도 증평군 증평읍 중앙로8길 16 16 Jungang-ro 8-gil, Jeungpyeong-eup, Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do |
|---|---|
| Phone | 043-836-6669 |
| Typical spend | ₩500 – ₩15,000 |
| Floor area | 48 m² |
| Status | In business |
When it opens
Of 23 posts: 23 wrote Daily 09:30–20:00.
| Open | Daily | 09:30–20:00 23 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | 없음 3 of 3 posts last seen 2026-07 |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- It is fried after you order — seventeen posts say so, none says otherwise, and they agree on the method: part-fried pieces are fried a second time and then tossed in sauce. So you wait: ten minutes in one post, fifteen in another, twenty when one writer phoned ahead. Eight turned the wait into a spectacle — the frying happens out front, and nine say they could see for themselves that the oil was clean. Two put the order in and walked a lap of the market.
- Twenty-six carried it away, and nobody sat down to a meal. Where they ate it tells you what the place is for: seven as a late-night snack at their lodgings, six at home, four in the car, two at a campsite or by a stream, one as a picnic in the nearby park. Four say it does not go soggy as it cools and two say it is better cold — one of them was told so by the owner. That is not to say the room goes unused: one writer arrived at four in the afternoon to find people well into a meal, and older regulars having a drink with it on a wet afternoon.
- The queue is an evening thing. Of the five who waited, two name the hour — ten past six on a Friday, six on a Saturday — two report fifteen minutes because of the people ahead of them or a line at the counter, and one was sent off round the market while earlier orders cleared. The three who found it quiet all came in daylight: three in the afternoon, four in the afternoon, and one who was told she had arrived just before a big pre-ordered batch was due.
- Nine writers were struck by the reservation board on the wall — 'a whole month of May and it's packed', 'filled in solid', 'the counter wall covered in takeaway order slips'. One was shown it by the owner himself. Two say group orders go in by phone a day ahead, and four found him frying outside for a group order that day. It delivers too: three name the apps, two saw a courier come and go while they waited.
- Nobody calls it dear. All fourteen who discuss price come down on the cheap side — 'far kinder than the chains', 'six little rolls for five thousand won', 'better a ₩15,000 box of this than ₩26,000 of dry boneless chicken'. One compares across towns: in Sejong a single small roll costs more than a thousand won. The cheapest thing recorded is the ₩500 pickled radish, the dearest the large box at ₩15,000. Five note a 10% discount on the local tour pass; six say the national and county gift vouchers and the government support card are accepted.
- It is a husband-and-wife shop. Seven writers talk about the owners, and the specifics overlap: on a hot day they were waved inside to wait in the cool; they were told to use the third car park just behind; the owner spoke first to the people waiting and explained where their order stood; two were handed a piece straight out of the fryer to taste; one was given a soft drink by way of apology for a sold-out filling. One reports being told that if a single filling is missing the mixed gimbap pack is not sold at all. Nobody reports a poor reception.
- Two people say it is not worth a trip. Two out of twenty-seven, but worth recording: 'honestly, not a must-go, not amazing — just chicken gangjeong as we all know it', and 'nothing special, not somewhere to seek out, just worth a go if you pass it'. The second also found the plain fried piece he ate straight from the bag slightly hard. Both nonetheless say it is cheap enough to be a good snack or late supper.
- Five writers noticed the origin-of-ingredients board, and all five call it thorough — but not one of them copies down what it actually says. On the chicken itself, five posts say only thigh meat is used and five that it is brined fresh each day. Both come reported as things the owner said, so they are not something we have verified.
- Two posts report a high chair — one photographed it in the corner and remarked that plenty of market shops have none. Six came with a child, but all six collected and left, so nobody actually used it. No post mentions a changing table. Four say the sauce is mild enough for a child; one family found even the mild version a bit hot for theirs, and one writer advises asking for the mildest if children are eating.
- There is something to drink while you wait. One writer describes paper cups and a coffee setup in the middle of the room for people waiting on their order; another records a sign — help yourself to water, drinks and alcohol, they taste colder that way — beside a water jug. A third notes the disposables tidily stacked to one side. No post says anything was charged for.
What 27 bloggers said
We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (15) and “Not expensive” (14).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Seats to sit and eat | yes 19 · no 3 |
|---|---|
| Returning customer | yes 5 · no 5 |
| Had to wait | yes 5 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
| Takeout | 26 of 27 posts |
|---|---|
| Cooked to order | 17 of 27 posts |
| Takes reservations | 11 of 27 posts |
| Open kitchen | 8 of 27 posts |
| Local currency accepted | 6 of 27 posts |
| Origin labelling posted | 5 of 27 posts |
| Discount offered | 5 of 27 posts |
| Prepped daily | 5 of 27 posts |
| Relocated | 5 of 27 posts |
| Air conditioned | 4 of 27 posts |
| Independent, not a chain | 4 of 27 posts |
| High chairs | 2 of 27 posts |
| Parking capacity | 1 of 27 posts |
| Complimentary tea or drink | 1 of 27 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is yangnyeom dakgangjeong (양념 닭강정) — 26 of 27 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
What to order
Sides, and what comes with it
Parking
20 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 20 of 27 posts |
|---|
The parking is the market's, not the shop's — twenty writers actually used it. Eight point out that the third car park is right beside the door; three parked at the first by mistake and walked, one of them adding a note to readers to go to the third. The three who record a fee all give ₩500 for half an hour, and separately one says weekends are free while another was handed a validation ticket for shopping at the market. One notes that except on market days — the third and the eighth — you can drive into the market itself; another says the lane is narrow.
Who came, and with whom
| Came with children | 6 of 27 posts |
|---|---|
| Came by car | 4 of 27 posts |
| Family visit | 4 of 27 posts |
| With a friend | 1 of 27 posts |
Getting there
Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.
Getting inside
Not one line about thresholds, ramps or wheelchairs appears in any of the twenty-seven posts. Nobody brought a pram either — six came with a small child, and all six collected their order and left. Being inside a market, what the approach is like and whether there is a step at the door, we do not know.
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 disclosing payment1 of 27 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 27 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way23 of 27 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 28 posts we gathered, 1 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 2 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 6 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Nobody came without a car. All twenty-seven drove, and the sentence that recurs most often is which car park they used. No bus stop, no station, no walking time from Jeungpyeong station appears in any post. How you get here without a car, we do not know.
- No post mentions a toilet at all — not whether there is one in the shop, not where the market's own might be. Since nobody stayed to eat, nobody needed to look.
- No post says which floor. Several give landmarks — the pale green building, the far end of the market, next to the third car park — but none mentions a storey or a stair. A market unit is presumably at street level, but a guess is not a finding.
- The dining room comes and goes. Sixteen posts say you can eat in; four found they could not. In June: 'there is a room but they're too busy to run it for now.' Early July: 'the door was shut, so we couldn't go in.' Late May: 'they told us the room wasn't open that day.' One May post reports that after half past six in the evening it is delivery and takeaway only, and an August one was told that as evening comes on the orders pile up and the room becomes impractical. If you mean to sit down, phone first.
- How long they have been at it changes with the post: eleven years (August 2026), fifteen (May), twenty (June). All three read as something the owner said, and they span nine years. We cannot settle it. What is firm is a 2022 market-improvement plaque on the wall, noted by three writers, and that the shop moved within the market in spring 2026 — five posts mention the move, four warning that the old address will send you to the wrong corner, one noting they closed about a fortnight to do it.
- One post declares a sponsorship — August 2026, a single tag at the end. But the same five hashtags appear in the same order in nine posts, and a few of them repeat the phrase 'Jeungpyeong market restaurant' more than ten times in one piece. We kept them all in the count: each records different orders and prices, and the things that only happen on the day — what was sold out, how long the wait was, whether the room was open, what the car park charged. Three writers state they paid their own way.
Sources (27)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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Of 276 candidate posts we opened 75 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.