Chinese
Hyangmi
향미 Hyangmi, written 鄕味 in Chinese characters in one post, means 'the taste of home' — a hometown flavor.
Compiled from 13 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Chinese restaurant at 193 Seongmisan-ro in Yeonnam-dong, written up as a place for sharing plates — kkanpung eggplant, dumplings, yuringi chicken, stir-fried clams, beef noodle soup — with Chinese beer. Only one post gave prices (August 2026): 25,000 won for the clams or the Chongqing squid, 15,500 for shredded potato, 7,500 for xiaolongbao, and about 90,000 won for that party's whole bill. We read 29 posts dated March 10 to October 9, 2026. Fourteen were not about this place at all — 'hyangmi' is also the Korean word for flavor notes in coffee — three were roundup lists, and twelve describe actually eating here.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 성미산로 193, 1층 (연남동)193 Seongmisan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-325-5888
- Typical spend₩7,000 – ₩25,000
- Floor areaFloor area 198 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 6 posts: 2 wrote 11:30–22:00, 2 wrote Weekdays 11:30–22:00, 2 wrote Weekends 11:30–21:40.
| No day given | 11:30–22:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | 11:30–22:00 | |
| Weekends | 11:30–21:40 | |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 2 of 4 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 15:00–17:00 | 2 of 4 posts |
| Last order | Weekdays 21:30 | 2 of 3 posts |
| Last order | Weekends 21:10 | 2 of 3 posts |
| Closed | Tuesday | 5 of 5 posts |
Rows without a count: 2 of 6 posts.
1 other values
| Open | 11:30–21:40 2 of 6 posts last seen 2026-04 |
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The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.
What sets it apart
- Five posts call the frying crisp — the shrimp toast, the kkanpung eggplant, the sweet-and-sour pork (twice) and the yuringi. Seven of the twelve visits ordered the eggplant; one table added yuringi after deciding this must be a place that does fried food well. Another noted the eggplant was still good even once the batter softened.
- Seven of the visits were with friends, the most common company; two were with family (a weekend outing, a dinner with a daughter), one with a husband, and one a working lunch for six. Three men ordered two dishes and then two more kinds of dumplings because they were still hungry; two women got through five plates.
- Five posts paired the food with beer — Snow (7,000 won in August 2026), Harbin in two posts, Tsingtao, and one 5 p.m. stop for just a plate of eggplant and a beer, where the writer liked that even the glass came chilled.
What 13 bloggers said
kkanpung-gaji
Crispy batter
We read all 13 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (5) and “Juicy” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Beer served 5 of 13 posts
- Wi-Fi 1 of 13 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 1 of 13 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 7 of 13 posts
- Family visit 2 of 13 posts
- Group visit 1 of 13 posts
- Date 1 of 13 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
No post describes which floor the dining room is on; only the address says ground floor.
No one mentioned a step or stairs at the entrance, or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. That means we do not know, not that there is no barrier.
No one said whether the restroom is inside or whether it is separated by gender.
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 themselves3 of 13 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way10 of 13 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 16 posts we gathered, 3 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
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on the dumplings split. Three posts found them juicy (shrimp dumplings, guotie, xiaolongbao); one found both the fried dumplings and the xiaolongbao thick-skinned and disappointing, and another called the xiaolongbao merely average. One June 2026 writer went back despite a poor earlier memory and was let down again; an August writer noted that reviews of this place are sharply divided.
- Six posts list opening hours, all copied rather than observed. All six agree on an 11:30 opening. Closing time is given as either 22:00 or 21:40; the two posts that split by day say weekdays until 22:00 (last order 21:30) and weekends until 21:40 (last order 21:10). Four list a 15:00–17:00 break and five say it is closed on Tuesdays. Check before going.
- Only one post (August 2026) gave prices, so we do not know the rest of the menu's prices or what a meal per person runs. One post called the dish prices not heavy.
- Two posts give two different phone numbers (02-333-2943 and 010-5835-6851). No one said whether reservations are taken.
- No one wrote about waiting in line. One August 2026 weekend visit arriving at the 11:30 opening found one table already seated but no queue; a July post went in around 5 p.m. and noticed it filling up by 6. We do not know about waits at peak dinner or weekend hours.
- No visit describes the walk from a station or bus stop. One roundup list copied the listing's directions: Hongik University Station exit 3, right in front of Dongjin Market.
Sources (13)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 가을은 결혼의 계절이죠 2026-10-07 · binary는 호남선.. · via Daum
- 홍대 만두 맛집 - 향미 2026-10-06 · 쉰민이의 하루
- 연남동 향미(鄕味) 방문 후기 (feat. 메뉴, 가격, 영업시간 정리) 2026-08-24 · 깡이의, 더 나은 나를 위한 기록 · via Daum
- 6월 왜이리 바빴음? 2026-08-23 · 생존 기록 · via Daum
- [연남동] 향미 - 연남동 화교 중식당의 클래식. 2026-08-15 · IT'S MY ROOM~ · via Daum
- [서울] 연남동 오래된 중식당 향미 주말 방문 (깐풍가지, 새우볶음밥, 뀌티에) 2026-08-10 · 오늘의 인생 · via Daum
- 연남동 데이트 맛집 차례대로 뿌시기 | 야키토리 장작새, 피자 로쏘,.... 2026-07-20 · Chic Sunny's HUB
- 연희동에서 연남동까지, 그리고 실패한 저녁 식사 2026-06-25 · · via Daum
- 성시경 맛집 모음 :: 성시경 먹을 텐데 :: 내 돈 내산 찐 맛집 후기 2026-05-14 · 지구가 예쁜 이유
- [연남동 맛집] 30년 전통은 배신하지 않는다! 육즙 팡팡 소룡포와 인.... 2026-04-29 · 근본로그 | 노포 맛집과 국가유산 답사
- 61. 일상 올리기를 더 이상 미루면 안될거같아서 일상을 올려보아요 2026-04-26 · 먹죽이 · via Daum
- 홍대 연남동 중국집 향미 추천 메뉴 2026-04-05 · MYGUMI's
- 연남동 중식 맛집 향미 가지튀김 맛집/내돈내산 2026-03-10 · 쥬쥬나라 히융공주
Of 315 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 13 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.