Jaha Son Mandu

자하손만두

Handmade dumpling soup with Inwangsan views, since 1993

Hours

11:00–21:00 (last order 20:15); closed Mondays

Address

12 Baekseok-dong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

A converted house at the foot of the Bugak Skyway in Buam-dong. The dumplings have been shaped by hand since 1993 from the owner's grandmother's and mother's recipes. The broth is seasoned with house-made soy sauce and no MSG, so it stays light. The signature is a tteok-mandu soup with three-color dumplings tinted by spinach, carrot and beet, plus jorengi rice cakes. You sit shoes-off with a view of Inwangsan.