Chinese
Hongneunggak
홍릉각 Hongneung is the local place name (as in nearby Hongneung Forest); -gak, 'pavilion', is a common ending for Korean-Chinese restaurant names.
Compiled from 17 blog posts read in fullSources →
A small Korean-Chinese restaurant at 90 Yangnyeongsi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, in a lane at the edge of Gyeongdong and Yangnyeongsi markets. People come for the yukmi ganjjajang — noodles with a separate dry-fried sauce of minced pork and onion, 9,000 won a head with a two-portion minimum — and for sweet-and-sour pork stir-fried in its sauce (25,000 won); a single bowl is the yukmi jjajang at 8,000 won. It opens for four hours at lunch and closes Mondays and Tuesdays. We read 30 posts dated 30 January 2026 to 13 October 2026; 17 record an actual meal, the other 13 are multi-restaurant lists or write-ups.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 동대문구 약령시로 90-2 (제기동)90-2 Yangnyeongsi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-969-7787
- Typical spend₩8,000 – ₩25,000
- Floor areaFloor area 20 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 13 wrote 11:00–15:00.
| No day given | 11:00–15:00 | 13 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 14:30 | 6 of 7 posts |
| Closed | 월요일, 화요일 | 15 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 queue. Of the 17 visit posts, 13 say they waited and one, on a weekday lunch, says there was no wait. The waits recorded are 10, 10, 10 and 30 minutes, an hour, over an hour, and an hour and twenty minutes. One couple arriving around 1 p.m. on the first day of the Chuseok holiday counted more than ten parties ahead; another found a queue at 11:20 on a weekday. Several posts describe a sign-up sheet at the door where you write your party size, name and order in advance, and three say the kitchen stopped taking orders because ingredients ran out before last order.
- Because orders go on the waiting list, three posts say food arrived soon after they sat down; none complain of slow service. Three posts also mention chairs outside for those waiting.
- It is tiny. Fourteen posts call it cramped. Where seats are counted, five posts say 12, one says 12 to 14, one says about seven two-person tables, and a summer 2025 visit says about four tables. Several posts note the tables are pushed together, so you may end up sharing with strangers.
- The jjajang is not sweet. Nine posts say it has little or no sweetness and none call it salty — six say it isn't, and one found the bean paste salty on its own but mild once mixed into the noodles. The two posts that mention sweetness are both about the sweet-and-sour sauce, and one notes you can ask for it less sweet. One post warns that fans of a punchier jjajang may find it bland.
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- The sweet-and-sour pork is neither poured nor dipped but stir-fried together with its sauce. Eight posts call the batter crisp and five say the pork pieces are thick. Writers keep describing the sauce as clinging to the meat rather than pooling. One post alone describes it as chewy glutinous-rice batter.
- Portions divide opinion: three posts found them large — one says two portions of ganjjajang would feed three — while one summer 2025 visit found them small and recommends the large size or extra rice.
- Where companions are mentioned, five went with family, three as a couple, one with a friend; two posts brought children.
- Four posts mention friendly service — one notes a single server handling the room while very busy, and another was allowed a single ganjjajang portion on a weekend after asking.
What 17 bloggers said
yukmi ganjjajang
Crispy batter
We read all 17 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (14) and “Had to wait” (13).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Sweet | yes 2 · no 9 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Seats to sit and eat 7 of 17 posts
- Waiting area 3 of 17 posts
- Takeout 1 of 17 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 5 of 17 posts
- Date 3 of 17 posts
- Came with children 2 of 17 posts
- Came by car 2 of 17 posts
- With a friend 1 of 17 posts
- Group visit 1 of 17 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.
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 17 posts read) |
|---|
Nobody says what floor it is on or whether there are stairs. We don't know.
Nobody mentions a step at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — we don't know, which is not the same as saying there is a problem. Posts do repeatedly say the room is small and the tables close together.
Only one post mentions the toilet: you take a key and walk down the alley to the right, so it is outside the restaurant. Nobody says whether it is separated by gender or how big it is.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 themselves2 of 17 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way15 of 17 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 13 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.
| 2026-10-07 | 5 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-09-28 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 14 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- No post describes actually arriving by subway or bus. Walking times such as nine minutes from Cheongnyangni Station exit 1 or 13 from Jegi-dong Station exit 2 are copied information and we did not count them.
- Fifteen visit posts give opening hours, mostly copied from info blocks: 13 agree on 11:00–15:00 and all 15 on Monday–Tuesday closing. Last order is 14:30 in six and 14:50 in one. Some list posts give different hours (11:30–15:30, or closed only Tuesdays) and we did not count those. Posts note it can close early when ingredients run out.
- Prices are consistent across the September–October 2026 posts. Two people sharing two portions of yukmi ganjjajang and a sweet-and-sour pork pay 43,000 won. One post calls the prices reasonable; another says the 20,000-won seafood jjamppong may feel expensive next to the rest.
- Six posts give the phone number, 02-969-7787. Nobody reports making a reservation; one post's line about bookings being cancelled after 15 minutes reads as copied promotional text and we did not count it — everyone else signed the waiting list.
- One info block in a post about a summer 2025 visit says children are not admitted, but that is copied text and we did not count it. Two posts from September–October 2026 went in and ate with their children. Check before going with kids.
- Seven visit posts from 14–26 September 2026 reproduce the same apparently house-supplied lines about the chef's 60 years of training under an overseas-Chinese master and pork bought fresh each day. None disclose sponsorship. We counted what they ate but not those lines. Four identically titled list posts from 6–7 October were not counted. Stories of an earlier name and a change of owners also appear only as hearsay, so we did not count them either.
Sources (17)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 서울 청량리 경동시장 맛집 60년 전통의 중국집 홍릉각 탕수육과 육.... 2026-10-13 · 우징맘의 육아일기✨️
- 청량리 경동시장 맛집 4군데, 출장 외근 중 방문한 가성비 맛집 2026-10-06 · 출장 중, 한끼 한밤
- 하루 4시간만 여는 경동시장(제기동) 맛집✨ 웨이팅까지 하는 깔끔.... 2026-09-28 · 보통의 식주록 : NORMAL LOG
- [청량리 맛집] 홍릉각 - 육미짜장의 원조 청량리 중국집 홍릉각 2026-09-26 · 희희낙락 세상여행
- 청량리 중국집 홍릉각 육미간짜장 웨이팅 맛집 2026-09-26 · 은은쀼 꽁냥꽁냥 신혼생활
- 청량리 중국집 홍릉각 육미간짜장부터 인생 탕수육까지 2026-09-26 · 얼렁뚱땅 동그랗게 살기
- 청량리 중국집 웨이팅 맛집 원조 홍릉각 웨이팅 삼선간짜장 고기튀.... 2026-09-26 · 프라하의 제품리뷰,초등공부, 맛집리뷰
- 청량리 중국집 홍릉각 2026-09-25 · 낭만빼면 시체
- 서울-청량리맛집) 강하게 남는 60년 중식 노포, 웨이팅해서 먹어볼만 한 육미짜장,삼선짬뽕[홍릉각] 2026-09-24 · 뚜벅뚜벅 카스테라의 지구 정복 프로젝트 · via Daum
- 청량리 중국집 원조홍릉각 고기튀김 리얼후기 2026-09-24 · 80년간의 세계일주 Part2
- 청량리 중국집 육미간짜장 삼선짬뽕 탕수육 맛있게 먹고 온 원조 홍.... 2026-09-24 · 쭌이의 소소한 일상!
- 청량리 중국집 홍릉각, 경동시장에서 가장 유명한 중국집을 찾아가.... 2026-09-23 · 써니원의 맛집, 술, 일상, 생활정보
- 청량리 중국집 [홍릉각] : 삼선간짜장 2인분에 볶먹 탕수육 후기 2026-09-20 · 촤콜맅의 식도락 여행로그
- [제기동] 홍릉각 2026-09-19 · [3345] :: [최고의 중식을 찾아서]
- 서울 간짜장 맛집 원조 홍릉각, 경동시장 짜장면과 볶먹 탕수육 후기 2026-09-15 · 이런 잉여 또 없습니다 · via Daum
- 청량리 중국집 맛집 홍릉각 주말 대기시간부터 육미짜장·굴짬뽕·.... 2026-09-14 · Young's daily
- [청량리]홍릉각:: 서울 원탑 짜장면맛집 추천 2026-01-30 · 조이폴리오✨ · via Daum
Of 263 candidate posts we opened 46 and kept 17 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.