Palyujeong Haejangguk Street

Gyeongju Haejangguk Restaurant, open 24 hours a day, located near the Tomb Park

Most of the restaurants on Palyujeong Haejangguk Street have been demolished, and only one restaurant, Gyeongju Haejangguk, remains open today.

Hello, in Korea, when you have a hangover you eat a hangover soup called haejangguk. Palyujeong Haejangguk Street is about 1.4 kilometers away from the main road facing Gyeongju Express Bus Terminal towards the Tomb Park.

The former view of Palyujeong Haejangguk Street

There are many different hangover soups in different regions of Korea, but Gyeongju's Palyujeong Haejangguk is made with a broth made from dried pollock roe, dried shrimp, dried anchovies, and kelp, and is topped with boiled bean sprouts, memilmuk (buckwheat agar), mojaban (seaweed), and sour kimchi, and is seasoned with minced garlic and sesame oil, resulting in a unique-tasting haejangguk.

Palyujeong on Haejangguk Street was named after the eight brothers of the Choi family, who played an active role in the Imjin War and the Keicho War, who lived and studied in the Confucianism of the Yi Dynasty in a pavilion with eight trees planted in it.

Around 1950, when the Korean War broke out, haejangguk specialty restaurants started popping up here, and currently there are over 10 stores open 24 hours a day at Palyujeong Haejangguk Street. The haejangguk used is a soft buckwheat tofu-like dish that is rare even in Korea, so be sure to give it a try when you visit Gyeongju!

Gyeongju Haejangguk Restaurant