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Huiraeseong

Name: Huiraeseong
Address: 서울특별시 종로구 삼일대로30길 49 (익선동), 종로구, 서울특별시, 03132, KR

희래성 An old neighbourhood Chinese restaurant at the mouth of the Ikseon-dong hanok lanes, known for half-and-half bowls and its own delivery riders.

Data as of 2026-09-30 · Published 2026-10-01 · Compiled by Gilpost

Huiraeseong sits where the Ikseon-dong hanok lanes begin, on the road between the old Nagwon arcade and Jongno 3-ga station. It has been on the register since 2000, and what people notice first is the faded sign and the delivery scooters parked across the front. The delivery is not farmed out to an app — the riders are the restaurant's own. Writers describe a counter with several telephones, an owner who identifies callers by their apartment number, and a neighbourhood map on the wall that the riders check before they go. The menu is an ordinary neighbourhood Chinese one, but the heart of it is the half-and-half bowls: sweet-and-sour pork on one side, black-bean noodles or spicy seafood soup or fried rice on the other. Most posts give the hours as ten in the morning to ten to nine at night, Monday to Saturday, closed Sundays. The posts we read run from March 2025 to September 2026.

짜장면 — **Jjajangmyeon** noodles in black bean sauceAn AI drawing of Jjajangmyeon as a dish. Not a photograph of this shop, and not drawn from this shop's menu. © Gilpost · no unauthorised reproduction

The basics

Address	서울특별시 종로구 삼일대로30길 49 (익선동) 49 Samil-daero 30-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Phone	02-742-1113 as written in the posts 02-762-4468 as registered on the licence
Typical spend	₩7,500 – ₩12,000
Floor area	135 m²
Status	In business

5 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Of 14 posts: 8 wrote Mon–Sat 10:00–20:50, 3 wrote Daily 10:00–20:50, 2 wrote 10:00–20:50.

Open		10:00–20:50 2 of 14 posts last seen 2026-08
Open	Mon–Sat	10:00–20:50 8 of 14 posts last seen 2026-08
Open	Daily	10:00–20:50 3 of 14 posts last seen 2026-04
Break		없음 2 of 2 posts last seen 2025-12
Closed		Sunday 10 of 10 posts last seen 2026-08

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.

These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. Place — check hours

What sets it apart

Almost everyone who goes eats the sweet-and-sour pork, and more of them meet it inside a half-and-half bowl than order a plate of it. The sauce arrives poured over, the old way, and four writers separately make the same point: it stays crisp anyway. Two say the batter is thin, two that the sauce leans sour rather than sweet. One writer had heard the sauce started being served on the side for deliveries — but nobody eating in reports getting it that way.
The food comes fast. Two writers timed it — four minutes, five minutes — and a third simply says it barely had time to arrive. Nobody reports waiting. One does note the exception: the pork tossed in the sauce in the pan takes a little longer.
Things arrive that nobody ordered. Four writers were given fried dumplings for nothing — one had ordered lightly, one asked for something to go with the drink and six came on the house — and not one of them was charged. The rice and half-and-half dishes come with a bowl of the spicy broth, and one writer asked for a refill and got it. Five posts mention that kimchi appears if you ask, one of them surprised to find kimchi in a Chinese restaurant. Aprons and water are self-service, three say.
The praise here mostly takes the form of saying it is nothing special. Four writers land on the same thought in different words: not a remarkable taste but a sound one; nothing distinctive, just good; never famous, but there are memories. Another puts it as not refined, exactly what Chinese food tasted like when he was small. The prices match that register — the half-and-half bowls sit in the low eleven thousands, and only two of the larger dishes have a price anywhere in these posts.
They disagree about the size. The two writers who actually counted come down on the small side: one lists two tables for six and two or three for four; the other says six or seven tables in the room. Two others call it roomy, one adding that the tables are far enough apart not to feel cramped. The ones who counted said small; the ones who said roomy did not count. Two mention a separate room at the back, one of them recommending it for a work dinner.
Two kinds of customer are mixed in here. One works or lives nearby: a man who says the place has never let him down in all his years working in Jongno, another whose office is round the corner, a woman who calls it the Chinese place at the end of her street, a student on a shift in the neighbourhood. The other kind came to look at the hanok lanes and walked in because of the sign — found while wandering, drawn in by the front, an unexpected discovery in an unfamiliar area. The first kind orders the fried black-bean noodles; the second orders a half-and-half. One writer watched the regulars at the next table order before they had finished sitting down.
This is a place you reach on foot from the subway. Several writers say Jongno 3-ga station is walkable, though they disagree on the exit — two say exit 3, one says exit 6. One puts it three minutes' walk between the hanok lanes and Seosunra-gil; another places it on the way out of the Nagwon arcade towards Ikseon-dong.

What 22 bloggers said

We read all 22 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (8) and “Crispy batter” (6).

What they liked

Friendly staff8 of 22 posts

Crispy batter6 of 22 posts

Large portions4 of 22 posts

Would return4 of 22 posts

Clean3 of 22 posts

Food comes quickly3 of 22 posts

Not spicy3 of 22 posts

No wait2 of 22 posts

What they struggled with

Unremarkable4 of 22 posts

Expensive1 of 22 posts

Where they disagree

Returning customer	yes 4 · no 5
Roomy	yes 2 · no 2

Things you can check on site

Complimentary starter	5 of 22 posts
Reachable by transit	5 of 22 posts
Private room	2 of 22 posts
Beer served	1 of 22 posts
Free refills	1 of 22 posts
Origin labelling posted	1 of 22 posts
Cooked to order	1 of 22 posts

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

The most ordered dish is tangsuyuk (탕수육) — 17 of 22 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

간짜장7 ate it
ganjjajang
Black-bean sauce fried to order with onion, served beside the noodles rather than on them.
**Not one post gives a price.** One writer contrasts it with places that reheat a made-up sauce: here the paste and onion go into the pan when you order. Another watched the regulars at the next table order it before they had finished sitting down, and a third reckoned half the room was eating it. One dissenter, from September 2026, says it is not really the old style and is hard to tell from the ordinary black-bean noodles.
탕짜면 (탕수육+짜장면 반반)4 ate it
tangjjamyeon₩11,000 · ₩11,500
Half sweet-and-sour pork, half black-bean noodles, in one bowl.
**The one price that moves:** ₩11,000 in June 2025, ₩11,500 in October 2025 and again in August 2026. One writer's only complaint is mechanical — the noodles are long and slippery and the steel chopsticks lose them, so she ended up with her face in the bowl.
탕볶밥 (탕수육+볶음밥 반반)4 ate it
tangbokbap₩11,000 · ₩12,000
Half sweet-and-sour pork, half fried rice, with a bowl of spicy broth alongside.
₩11,000 in August 2025 and ₩12,000 in August 2026; a January 2026 post prices the large at ₩12,000 including a ₩2,000 upgrade, which would put the base at ₩10,000. **We cannot tell which of the three is current.** Two call the rice dry and separate the way it should be; one found it a little wet.
탕짬면 (탕수육+짬뽕 반반)3 ate it
tangjjammyeon
Half sweet-and-sour pork, half spicy seafood noodle soup.
**Nobody gives a price.** One writer praises the squid in the broth; another complains, happily, that a half portion here is nearer four-fifths of a whole one.
볶짬면 (볶음밥+짬뽕 반반)2 ate it
bokjjammyeon₩11,000
Half fried rice, half spicy seafood noodle soup.
Priced by one post in August 2026. One writer notes the broth is not hot at all.
볶음밥1 ate it
bokkeumbap
Plain fried rice, with black-bean sauce alongside.
**No price given.** One post ordered it alone and found the portion big; the others met it inside a half-and-half. Two call the grains dry and separate; one found it wet.
짜장면1 ate it
jjajangmyeon₩7,500 · ₩9,000
The plain black-bean noodles. A large is ₩1,500 more.
**One post, from September 2025, gives ₩7,500, or ₩9,000 for the large.** The same writer says the portion is not generous — **the only such complaint we found,** against four posts saying the opposite. He also catches ginger in it.
희래성특면1 ate it
Huiraeseong teukmyeon₩11,000
The noodle dish that carries the restaurant's own name: squid and prawn with mushroom, onion and pepper in a sauce thickened with starch.
**One writer ordered it and one writer priced it** (August 2026). She had eaten the dish elsewhere and found this version notable for its savouriness. That is one person's word.
삼선짬뽕1 ate it
samseon jjamppong
The spicy seafood noodle soup with extra shellfish and squid.
**No price.** The one writer came for it the morning after drinking, and notes the vegetables are still crunchy — the pot is on the fire briefly.
쟁반짜장1 ate it
jaengban jjajang
Black-bean noodles served on a wide platter.
**No price.** The one writer ordered the large, thought at first it was two portions, and found chilli flake and whole garlic in the sauce.
잡채밥1 ate it
japchaebap₩11,000
Glass noodles and pork over rice.
Priced once, in April 2026. The writer says it is seasoned well enough not to need a sauce poured over it.

탕수육17 ate it
tangsuyuk₩27,000
The dish these writers ate most. As a plate of its own the small and the medium are the same price; it also comes as half of a half-and-half bowl. Old style: the sauce arrives poured over, not on the side.
Five ordered it on its own; the rest had it as half a bowl. **Six call it crisp,** and four of those specifically note that it stays crisp although the sauce is poured over. Two say the batter is thin, two that the sauce leans sour rather than sweet. Two posts eight months apart give the same price.
군만두5 ate it
gunmandu
Fried dumplings. Four writers say they arrived free.
**No price anywhere** — four were given them, one simply ordered them as a starter. One writer asked for dumplings to go with the drink and six arrived on the house; another says she had ordered lightly and they came anyway.
곱빼기 추가3 ate it
gopbaegi₩1,500 · ₩2,000
The surcharge for a large.
**It depends on the dish:** ₩1,500 on the plain noodles in September 2025, ₩2,000 on the pork-and-rice plate in January 2026. All three writers add that the regular size is already enough.
양장피1 ate it
yangjangpi₩37,000
A cold dish: sheets of starch jelly under jellyfish, squid, prawn and vegetables, tossed with mustard sauce.
**Ordered by one writer,** in December 2025, who was told to add the mustard a little at a time and taste as she went. One person's word.
짬뽕 국물 (값 없이 나옵니다)named in 7
jjamppong broth
A bowl of the spicy broth that comes with the rice dishes and the half-and-halfs.
Seven posts mention it. One asked for a refill and got one; another counted it as part of what makes the plate feel like a buffet. **Nobody was charged for it.**
기본 찬 (단무지·양파·춘장)named in 6
gibonchan
Pickled radish, raw onion and black-bean paste, put down when you sit.
Six posts. **Five add that kimchi comes if you ask** — one writer was surprised a Chinese restaurant had any. A single dissenting post, from September 2025, found the radish dried out and the paste barely a smear.

소주2 ate it
soju
Soju is served.
**No price.** Both writers came to drink: one got through three bottles between two, the other came at lunchtime to drink in daylight.
연태고량주1 ate it
yeontae gogyangju
A Chinese grain spirit.
**No price.** One writer ordered a medium bottle; another only noticed the row of them along the wall.
맥주 (카스)1 ate it
maekju
Beer is served.
**One post, no price** (December 2025): the writer opened with beer and spirit together because it was the middle of the day.

Who came, and with whom

With a friend	8 of 22 posts
Solo visit	3 of 22 posts
Date	2 of 22 posts

Getting there

Getting inside

No post says which floor it is on. Several read as though you walk in straight off the street, but not one writer actually says ground floor, and none mentions going up or down to get in. We do not count what we merely infer.

Not one post says whether you can get in with a wheelchair or a pushchair. The words for a step at the door, a level entrance, a ramp, stairs — none of them appear anywhere in the twenty-two. One writer describes a brick front with an awning on a street, but nobody describes the doorway itself. We have not checked it. Getting-in is the easiest thing in the world to invent, so we leave it empty.

Nobody writes about the toilet. The word does not appear once in the twenty-two posts. Whether it is inside the restaurant or out in the building, whether it is separate for men and women, we do not know. That is not the same as saying there isn't one — it means nobody wrote it down.

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 themselves7 of 22 posts
Posts saying nothing either way15 of 22 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 24 posts we gathered, 2 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

030506070809101112010204050809

Month by month

Month	Posts
2025-03	1
2025-05	1
2025-06	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	1
2025-09	1
2025-10	1
2025-11	1
2025-12	4
2026-01	2
2026-02	2
2026-04	2
2026-05	1
2026-08	2
2026-09	1

What we do not know

Five of the twenty-nine confirmed posts were not about this restaurant, and we removed them. Four are about a Chinese restaurant of the same name in Incheon — an all-you-can-eat lunch place that has been on television, and nothing to do with this one. The fifth is a night out at the bar next door, which shares this street address; Huiraeseong appears in it only as a landmark for finding the alley. This address is not this restaurant's alone. Of the twenty-four that remain, two more are machine-written pages with no record of anyone eating, and we left them out of the count: one prices a dish under the wrong name and contradicts its own hashtags.
Nobody records queueing. One post says there may be a wait at lunchtime — but that writer did not go at lunchtime; it is a guess. The two who describe what they actually saw say the opposite: one went as the doors opened and found it empty, one went after the lunch peak and found the room quiet. Another says it is always packed, and a fifth left because people kept coming in. It is clearly busy at times, but we have no record of anyone waiting for a table.
One price has clearly moved. The pork-and-noodle half-and-half is ₩11,000 in June 2025 and ₩11,500 in both October 2025 and August 2026. The pork-and-rice one is ₩11,000 in August 2025 and ₩12,000 in August 2026 — but a January 2026 post prices the large at ₩12,000 including a ₩2,000 upgrade, which would put the base at ₩10,000. We cannot tell which of the three is current. One writer calls the place expensive and one calls it cheap; the first is talking about ₩7,500 noodles he thought too small, the second about the half-and-half bowls. Only two of the larger dishes are priced anywhere in these posts.
The posts disagree about how old the restaurant is. Our register says November 2000. A September 2025 post says twenty-five years, and a September 2026 one looked it up and found 2000 — both consistent. But a February 2026 post opens with *Since 1985* and describes dropping in after films at cinemas that stood nearby. We could not settle it — the restaurant may well predate the licence it now holds. The rest of that post (its own delivery riders, no delivery apps) matches what everyone else writes.
Not one post declares a sponsorship. Seven state the opposite — that they paid. The rest say nothing about it, and saying nothing is not the same as not being sponsored. Nobody mentions a review event or a discount, and one writer notes there is no discount for eating in.
One writer says she went on a Sunday evening — in a post that states, a line above, that the restaurant opens Monday to Saturday. Ten posts say it closes on Sundays. The post contradicts itself: she may have the day wrong, or the restaurant may have opened that once. Another post gives the hours as ten in the morning until seven the next morning, in a post about a lunch. If you are going on a Sunday, ring first.

Sources (22)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

[종로2가/익선동] 희래성 - 노포 중국집 2026-09-28 · 글짓고 밥짓는 백웅재 작가
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종로 익선동 노포 분위기 중국집 희래성 2026-08-17 · 킴로그
[종로/익선동] 희래성, 간짜장 최고봉 맛집 옛스러운 느낌의 중식당 2026-05-14 · Table Archive
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11월 일상 2025-12-04 · -_- · via Daum
종로 3가 서순라길 중국집 해장 짬뽕 맛집 희래성 내돈내산 2025-12-01 · 오늘도 잘 먹곰 잘 놀곰
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희래성 짜장면_익선동 . 2025-09-16 · 동양백화점.
익선동 중식당 희래성, 노포 분위기 느껴지는 중식에서 즐긴 한 끼 2025-08-19 · 세상에서 가장 아름답게 빛나는 별
두근두근 2월 2025-07-18 · 밍..기적
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Of 283 candidate posts we opened 94 and kept 22 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.