Chinese
Taehwajang
태화장 Taehwajang is written 泰華莊 on the sign — 'great', 'China/splendour' and 'manor house'; posts say the place opened in 1954 as Cheonhwagak and took this name in 1971.
Compiled from 23 blog posts read in fullSources →
An old Chinese restaurant occupying an entire three-storey building in the Jeong-dong backstreets, five to ten minutes' walk from exit 3 of Daejeon Station. The menu runs from 7,000-won jjajangmyeon and 8,000-won jjamppong to banquet dishes and set menus from 25,000 won a head, but what people actually come for is the off-menu menbosha (50,000 won for 13–14 pieces) — 18 of the 23 diners ordered it. It is a place for sharing dishes on lazy-Susan tables, in the hall or in private rooms. We read 30 posts dated 8 September to 23 October 2026; 23 describe an actual visit. The other 7 are multi-restaurant lists or rewrites of TV and map information, and we did not count them.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address대전광역시 동구 중앙로203번길 78, 1,2,3층 (정동)78 Jungang-ro 203beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon
- Phone042-256-2407
- Typical spend₩7,000 – ₩50,000
- From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaStatus In business
When it opens
Of 15 posts: 8 wrote 11:30–21:00, 3 wrote Daily 11:30–21:00, 3 wrote Mon–Sat 11:30–21:00.
| No day given | 11:30–21:00 | 8 of 15 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 11:30–21:00 | |
| Mon–Sat | 11:30–21:00 | |
| Sunday | 11:30–20:30 | |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 12 of 13 posts |
| Closed | First and third Monday of the month | 14 of 14 posts |
Rows without a count: 3 of 15 posts.
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
- Expect to wait at weekends. Nine posts say there was a queue and four say there wasn't. Recorded waits: 15 minutes on a Saturday at noon after registering on the Tabling kiosk at the door (46 parties ahead), 30 minutes at a weekend lunch, and 10 minutes loitering outside at 7:30 on a Saturday evening after the list had already closed. One weekend visitor got in via remote queueing near 2 pm and saw entry close minutes later; another was told the weekend dinner slots had filled by lunchtime. The four no-wait visits were a weekday noon, a weekday opening, 7 pm on a Saturday, and straight after the weekend afternoon break. Posts say remote queueing opens at 12:00 for lunch and 17:30 for dinner.
- There is a separate waiting room. Six posts mention it: a space signed as a waiting room beside the car park, plenty of chairs, strong air-conditioning in summer and heating in winter.
- Twelve posts say portions are large. A single menbosha is 'the size of my fist', and two people won't finish a plate — six posts took leftovers home, with sauce packed too. Because menbosha comes in only one size, several posts suggest going with three or four people.
- Five diners ordered the gogi twigim, fried pork eaten with salt instead of sauce. Six posts call the frying crisp — the pork, the sauce-on-the-side tangsuyuk and the house-made dumplings.
2 more
- Six posts went with friends and six with family. Four were groups of four, seven or ten — one booked a room for ten a week ahead. Two brought children, and one noticed high chairs.
- Three posts walked from Daejeon Station: about 500 m from exit 3, five to ten minutes on foot.
What 23 bloggers said
menbosha
Large portions
We read all 23 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (12) and “Roomy” (8).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 9 · no 4 |
|---|---|
| Expensive | yes 3 · no 6 |
| Heavy / greasy | yes 2 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 9 of 23 posts
- Waiting area 6 of 23 posts
- Takeout 6 of 23 posts
- Private room 4 of 23 posts
- Reachable by transit 3 of 23 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 23 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 23 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 23 posts
- Valet parking 1 of 23 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 23 posts
- High chairs 1 of 23 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
13 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 13 of 23 posts |
|---|
Thirteen posts mention parking: a dedicated car park right beside the building, with an attendant according to two posts and valet parking according to one. It fills up — one weekday visitor arriving just before noon found it nearly full, another called it congested. One post (11 October 2026) listed alley or public parking instead.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 6 of 23 posts
- With a friend 6 of 23 posts
- Group visit 4 of 23 posts
- Came with children 2 of 23 posts
- Came by car 1 of 23 posts
Where it 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.
From the station
Three posts walked from Daejeon Station: about 500 m from exit 3, five to ten minutes on foot.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 9 of 23 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 23 posts read) |
It isn't just the ground-floor hall. Nine posts ate upstairs or describe the upper floors: the third floor is a banquet-style room full of round lazy-Susan tables (one post saw a stage), and the second floor seemed reserved mostly for booked groups. One post counted about fifteen four-seat tables in the ground-floor hall, and one sat at a free ground-floor table. Nobody said whether you reach the upper floors by stairs or lift.
Nobody wrote about a step at the entrance, wheelchair or pram access, or a lift to the upper floors. That means we don't know, not that there isn't one.
On toilets we only have a copied info block saying 'inside' and one post calling them pleasant. No one described where they are or whether they are separated by gender, so we counted nothing.
No one mentioned: 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 themselves7 of 23 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way16 of 23 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 7 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.
| 2026-10-12 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 1 |
| 2026-10 | 22 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on price split. Six posts call it good value, three call it expensive, and four hesitate and land nowhere ('pricey, but worth it'). The 'expensive' comments are almost all about the 50,000-won menbosha; the 'good value' ones are about the noodle dishes and the size of the set courses. One pair paid 77,000 won for menbosha, jjamppong, sacheon noodles and a bottle of baijiu. Individual prices also differ slightly between posts — dumplings mostly 9,000 won but 7,000 in one, japchae and gogi twigim 22,000 or 23,000 (the latter on a September 2026 receipt), japtangbap 18,000 or 17,000 — and we can't tell whether that reflects price changes or copying errors.
- Whether the menbosha gets greasy is disputed: two posts say it becomes cloying, three say it isn't oily at all. Several suggest cutting it with jjamppong broth or the chilli sauce served alongside.
- Opening hours are consistent across posts: 11:30–21:00 in 14 posts, a 15:00–17:00 break in 12, and closed on the first and third Monday of each month in 14. Three say Sundays close at 20:30. One gives the break as 14:00–17:00 and one gives hours of 11:00–20:30. Most of these are copied from map listings, so check before going.
- Fourteen posts give the same phone number, 042-256-2407. On reservations: one family booked a room for ten a week ahead, another post saw a busy reservation board, and one copied note says phone bookings are for four or more. One post warns the phone can be hard to get through at peak times.
Sources (23)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 대전역 맛집 태화장 멘보샤 웨이팅 후기 2026-10-23 · HK 취향, 경험, 관점 아카이브
- 대전 태화장 2026-10-19 · 맛있는거 찾아 삼만리 블로그
- 대전 동구 중국집 태화장 멘보샤 맛집 평일 점심 웨이팅 없이 들어.... 2026-10-18 · 후들이의 재밌는 인생살이
- 대전 태화장 후기｜성시경 먹을텐데 맛집, 유슬짜장과 멘보샤, 주차 가능한 중식당 2026-10-18 · 하디서울 수트하우스 · via Daum
- 재방문 대전여행 중구 중국집 맛집 태화장 인생 멘보샤와 추천 메뉴 2026-10-17 · ❤️빵떡나라 빵떡츄❤️ · via Daum
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- 대전 중식당 태화장, 부모님 생신 가족 모임으로 다녀온 4만원 코스.... 2026-10-15 · 꽥꽥이의 리뷰리뷰
- 성시경도 다녀간 대전 태화장, 직접 먹어본 솔직 후기 2026-10-14 · 영이 하루하루
- <내돈내산> 대전 맛집 태화장 멘보샤가 맛있는 중식 맛집 오픈런 2026-10-13 · 바쁘다 바빠 예비쀼
- 대전역 중국집 태화장 : 메뉴판에 없는 멘보샤가 주인공 2026-10-13 · 방울로그
- 기행_오문창 순대국밥, 콩나물국밥집 왕관식당, 태화장, 온천칼국수, 태평소국밥 (ft. 다다르다, 시골... 2026-10-11 · cherish의 얕고 넓은 공간 · via Daum
- [내돈내산] 대전 맛집 끝판왕! 새우 폭탄 멘보샤 '태화장' 2026-10-11 · 오늘의 한켠 · via Daum
- 대전 태화장 멘보샤 맛집 인정_주말 웨이팅부터 메뉴 추천까지 2026-10-11 · 혜담-Log 우리의 시간 수집 중
- 대전 맛집 추천! 성시경 먹을텐데에 나온 태화장 멘보샤가 진짜 대.... 2026-10-11 · 링링이의 일상
- 중국집인데 멘보샤가 더 유명한 대전역 맛집? 태화장 솔직 후기 2026-10-10 · 오뭐먹? 가이드
- 대전 태화장 새우살이 어마무시가득 멘보샤 야채가득 코찡~ 양장피 .... 2026-10-09 · 자연과 술이 함께하는 자유로운 영혼의 유유자적 기록
- [대전맛집/정동맛집]태화장(泰華莊)② - 멘보샤, 잡탕밥, 잡채밥, etc. 2026-10-05 · 맛있는 낙서장
- 대전 동구 정동 맛집 태화장 추천 대전역 근처 백년가게 멘보샤 추.... 2026-10-05 · 맛집콜렉터 큐의 맛집인생
- 우당탕탕 대전 여행기 2026-10-03 · 크로네커의 주정뱅이 라이프
- 대전역 맛집 태화장｜멘보샤와 짬뽕 먹고 온 솔직 후기 2026-10-02 · 알 로 하 ^ ^
- 대전 맛집 | 멘보샤 고기튀김 잡채 인기 요리 메뉴 태화장 후기 2026-10-01 · 먹행 롤리ᰔᩚ · via Daum
- [대전역맛집] 성심당 본점 근처 맛집 대전 태화장 내돈내산 후기 2026-09-08 · 윤셰프의 미식다이어리️ · via Daum
Of 294 candidate posts we opened 47 and kept 23 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.