Chinese
Hyangseol Jurang
향설주랑 Hyangseol can be read as 'fragrant snow'; none of the posts explain the name.
Compiled from 7 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Chinese restaurant on an upper floor of the Hyogwang Building, 33 Dadong-gil, between Euljiro 1-ga and Jonggak stations. It is registered as Japanese, but every post describes it as a Chinese place. The dish people name is jjajangmyeon served on a sizzling iron plate, usually ordered with seafood jjamppong and sweet-and-sour pork. Two posts from March and April 2025 list the plate jjajang at 11,000 won, jjamppong at 10,000 won and a small tangsuyuk at 19,000 won. It reads as a weekday-lunch spot for nearby office workers, with private rooms for team dinners. We read 8 posts from December 2024 to September 2026, all from people who went.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 다동길 33 (다동,(3층))33 Dadong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩10,000 – ₩19,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 330 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 4 wrote Weekdays 11:30–21:00.
| Weekdays | 11:30–21:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 14:00–17:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
| Closed | 토요일, 일요일 | 4 of 4 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
- Besides the main hall there are separate rooms; five posts mention them, two placing them to the left past the kitchen corridor. One counted about eight four-person tables in the hall, and one notes the rooms are floor-seating, so you take your shoes off. Two posts went for a work group meal.
- All five posts that ordered the sweet-and-sour pork called it crisp. How the sauce comes is split: two say it was poured over, one says it was poured only over the middle so you get both textures.
- Two posts found it good value: one called it the cheapest Chinese place nearby, another compared it favourably with the nearby Iliryang on price. No post called it expensive.
What 7 bloggers said
cheolpan jjajangmyeon
Crispy batter
We read all 7 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (5) and “Roomy” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Private room 5 of 7 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 3 of 7 posts
- Lift to the floor 3 of 7 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 2 of 7 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 7 posts
- Floor seating 1 of 7 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 2 of 7 posts
- Family visit 1 of 7 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 3 (of 7 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 3 of 7 posts |
Posts disagree on the floor: of three that described going up, two say the 3rd floor and one says the 2nd. It is not in a basement; one post says a seafood restaurant occupies the ground floor.
The lift at the ground-floor entrance is tiny. Three posts mention it: one says it holds only four people and felt a bit scary, so they took the stairs down; another calls it funny and frightening; a third wondered if it was even a lift and guessed it was added later.
No one wrote about steps or wheelchair or stroller access. We only know there is a small lift — that is not the same as saying it is inaccessible.
No post says where the toilet is or whether it is split by gender.
No one mentioned: Second 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 themselves3 of 7 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way4 of 7 posts
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 3 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Only one post mentions waiting, saying there was none. Another arrived at 11:30 to free tables and saw the hall fill within about ten minutes. No one recorded an actual wait time.
- No post says the writer went alone. Of the three that say who they went with, two went as a group of colleagues and one with a sibling.
- Four posts give the same hours — weekdays 11:30 to 21:00, break 14:00 to 17:00, closed Saturday and Sunday — all in copied header blocks. No one gives a last-order time.
- Prices come only from two posts in March and April 2025; the 2026 post has none, so current prices are unknown. Then, a bowl of noodles was 10,000 to 11,000 won.
- Two posts copy the phone number 02-756-2838. Some suggest booking a room for groups, but no one says they actually made a reservation.
Sources (7)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [을지로입구역] 내돈내산! 다동 맛집 향설주랑 | 뭘 시켜도 맛있었던.... 2026-09-02 · 조금씩 채우는 하루
- 3달 차 을지로 직장인의 을지로 점심 식당 모음! 2025-11-23 · 같이 삽시다 · via Daum
- 할로윈니네놀라고만든날아니라고 2025-11-04 · 우당탕탕! 짤비의 일상! · via Daum
- [무교동 다동 맛집/향설주랑] 쟁반짜장과 삼선짬뽕, 부먹 스타일 탕.... 2025-04-09 · 소소한 일상에서 주는 행복
- [서울 중구] 을지로입구역 맛집 내돈내산 향설주량 철판짜장 탕수육 지글지글 불맛과 바삭함의 완벽 조합! 2025-03-27 · 유은 · via Daum
- [향설주랑] 종각·을지로입구 철판 짜장면 맛집 2025-03-18 · 정팔이를 기록하다 · via Daum
- 무교동맛집 을지로중식당 향설주랑 시그니처메뉴 2025-03-07 · Yohana's today · via Daum
Of 240 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 7 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.