I am slowly making my way through all the Korean restaurants here in Bangkok. There are lots of Korean restaurants gathered around Korea Plaza (between Sukumvit Soi 10 & 12). It’s not the most authentic “little Korea” I have found, but it will have to do for now.

We went to a Korean Chinese restaurant called Ja Gum Sung (자금성). Korean Chinese restaurants are famous for two dishes – Black bean noodles(jja jang myun-짜장면) and Spicy seafood noodle soup (jjambong-짬뽕). I knew it would be hard to beat my favourite Korean restaurant in Singapore(Dong Bang Hong), but worth a try.

 We ordered seafood Jja jang myun . The sauce mainly consists of pork, seafood, and onions( and of course the black bean sauce).

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The second dish  was the Seafood Jjambong. This was super spicy! Apparently, I found out later you can ask for less  spice (phet nit noi – my broken Thai).

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The side dishes were pretty good. My husband commented how sweet the kimchi is. Personally, I prefer it to be a bit more spicy and salty 🙂

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My husband I are usually order the above two dishes and share but here you can order half and half. It’s called Jjam Jja myun! I might have to try this one next time. (circled in the menu)

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For those of you that want to try, here is the business card.

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The entrance looks like this. It can be a bit hard to find.

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I visited Sunday around 6pm and it was full  of Koreans which is a good sign, but we were lucky to get the last table. I recommend booking  a table in advance. They do deliveries as well.