Tienmimi Hongdae

• 소롱포8 ate it
  sorongpo₩10,000

  Soup dumplings served with shredded ginger. Posts kept mentioning the broth inside; one father called it plain meat dumpling.

  10,000 won for four.

• 홍소육덮밥8 ate it
  hongsoyuk deopbap₩15,000

  Soy-braised pork over rice with bean sprouts and bok choy, served with egg soup. One post found it salty, another too small.

  15,000 won à la carte.

• 블랙딤섬8 ate it
  beullaek dimsum₩11,000

  Squid-ink wrapper filled with pork, prawn and squid. One post liked it but doubted it was worth the price.

  11,000 won for four.

• 날치알새우딤섬7 ate it
  nalchial saeu dimsum₩11,000

  Prawn dumpling with a see-through wrapper topped with flying-fish roe, often the first dumpling of a set.

  11,000 won for four.

• 티엔 세트6 ate it
  tien set₩50,000

  Per-person set of four dim sum, cucumber salad, garlic steamed prawns, guobaorou, fish-fragrant eggplant with meatballs, a rice or noodle dish and a dessert dim sum; minimum two people. Six posts ate it; one said it is the set most tables order.

  50,000 won per person in every post from May to October.

• 마라크림새우6 ate it
  mara keurim saeu₩36,000 · ₩39,000

  Large fried prawns in a mala cream sauce under puffed scorched rice. Posts kept saying the mala is very mild.

  39,000 won when ordered; one October menu list showed 36,000 won.

• 동북꿔바로우6 ate it
  dongbuk kkwobaro₩28,000 · ₩32,000

  Sweet-and-sour fried pork in the Tien set. Two posts were told to cut it and let it cool because the vinegar is sharp; one waited so long for it that they had to rush.

  32,000 won in two posts, 28,000 won in one menu list.

• 어향육사덮밥5 ate it
  eohyang yuksa deopbap₩15,000

  Shredded pork in fish-fragrant sauce over rice; posts noted wok smoke and mild heat.

  15,000 won à la carte.

• 흑초이베리코갈비4 ate it
  heukcho iberiko galbi₩38,000 · ₩40,000

  Fried Iberico pork ribs in black-vinegar sauce. All four posts that ordered it called it the best dish of the meal, crisp outside and juicy inside.

  40,000 won when ordered; one October menu list showed 38,000 won.

• 누룽지기스면3 ate it
  nurungji giseumyeon₩15,000

  Clear chicken broth noodles with scorched rice; one post compared it to samgyetang broth.

  15,000 won à la carte.

• 딤섬 세트2 ate it
  dimsum set₩40,000

  The cheapest set: six dim sum, cucumber salad, garlic prawns, seasonal greens, tomato noodle soup or braised-pork rice, and dessert dim sum. Both posts that ordered it chose it to try every kind of dumpling.

  40,000 won per person, minimum two people.

Sides, and what comes with it

• 마늘새우찜14 ate it
  maneul saeu jjim₩12,000 · ₩13,000

  Prawns steamed over glass noodles with garlic sauce, often the first plate of a set. Several posts named it the best thing they ate; one said the noodles alone were salty.

  13,000 won for four in four posts; two posts listed 12,000 won.

• 오이무침11 ate it
  oi muchim₩9,000

  Cucumber dressed in chilli oil, the first plate of most sets. Many said it cuts the richness; one got a stomach ache that night.

  9,000 won à la carte per a copied menu list.

Sweet things

• 디저트 딤섬8 ate it
  dijeoteu dimsum₩10,000 · ₩11,000

  Chilled banana wrapped in kataifi, fried and drizzled with condensed milk, the last course of every set. One found the banana frozen hard, another creamy.

  Listed at 11,000 won in one post and 10,000 won in another.

• 찹쌀공4 ate it
  chapssal gong₩20,000

  A giant puffed glutinous-rice ball, made only to advance order. Two posts liked the chew; two found it greasy and tough and left most of it. One said you must ask for it at the end of the meal.

  20,000 won, reserved separately by text message.

To drink

• 맥주5 ate it
  maekju₩10,000

  Tiger, Tsingtao and Harbin by the bottle; one post missed Korean soju.

  Tiger bottle 10,000 won in one post.