SEOUL · DONGDAEMUN · 東大門
Blue crab from Korea's west coast, steeped in a house marinade of medicinal herbs, fruit, vegetables and mushrooms, then aged three days under refrigeration. Sunmine Haengbok Gejang sits 200 m from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station — soy-marinated crab (ケジャン), served as a full Korean table.
What travellers search for
Everything here begins with how the crab and the marinade meet. We pick female blue crab heavy with roe, then give the aged soy marinade the time it needs to reach the meat inside the shell.
BEST
96,000/ 1kg
Blue crab from the west coast, and a house marinade built from medicinal herbs, fruit, vegetables and mushrooms. Three days of refrigerated ageing lets the marinade settle into the crab, and the depth it gains is what makes you reach for another spoonful of rice.
Soft crab meat, the savoury edge of soy, and the unhurried last spoonful — rice stirred into what remains in the shell. That moment is the happiness this table is built around.
“What we want to put on the table is the satisfaction of every one of those moments.”
Three Happy Sets, three sets for one, plus à la carte dishes and extras — the full price list for this Dongdaemun gejang house. Every item is listed in Korean, English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese, and prices are in Korean won (KRW).
Built for sharing — the usual choice for a group eating in Dongdaemun.
Simple Happy Set2~3peopleBEST
Includes · 2 soy-marinated female crabs + braised beef short ribs
138,000
Family Happy Set3~4people
Includes · 3 soy-marinated female crabs + braised beef short ribs
174,000
Luxury Happy Set4~5people
Includes · 4 soy-marinated female crabs + braised beef short ribs + steamed egg
215,000
Every set includes — marinated crab + soy-marinated shrimp + salt-grilled shrimp + fried-egg bibimbap
Soy-Marinated Female Crab Set1peopleBEST
36,000
Spicy Marinated Crab Set1people
23,000
Soy-Marinated Shrimp Set1people
22,000
Warm rice under soft crab meat, and the careful spoonful that mixes whatever is left in the shell. The time it takes to say “this is good” to the person across the table and find your bowl already empty. That moment is the happiness Sunmine Haengbok Gejang wants to hand you.
CHAPTER · 01
Warm rice under soft crab meat, and the careful spoonful that mixes in whatever is left in the shell. The time it takes to say “this is good” to the person across the table and find your bowl already empty. That is where the happiness Sunmine Haengbok Gejang wants to hand you lives.
CHAPTER · 02
The taste here begins where the crab meets the marinade. Blue crab from the west coast, and a house marinade built from medicinal herbs, fruit, vegetables and mushrooms. Aged three days under refrigeration, it settles into the crab and gains the depth that makes you reach for one more spoonful of rice. Soft crab meat, the savoury edge of soy, and the unhurried last bite — what we want to put on the table is the satisfaction of every one of those moments.
CHAPTER · 03
A pause for lunch in the middle of a busy Dongdaemun day, a meal with family and friends, or a traveller's first taste of Korean gejang — we hope there is a seat here for all of them. Comfortable alone, good company in a group. For those who already know it, a taste worth coming back for; for those meeting it the first time, a good memory of Korea. A table you rise from feeling well fed, and a plate of gejang that comes to mind again long after you have left Dongdaemun. Crab marinated with care, adding a little happiness to your day.
A second-floor hall of marble-topped tables, window seats, and the message cards guests leave behind. A place to sit down properly in the middle of a Dongdaemun shopping day, a few minutes from Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
Inside Dongdaemun Fashion Town, on the second floor of 38 Eulji-ro 43-gil — the building with the Ediya Coffee and bakery at street level, between Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station and Dongdaemun Station.
2F, above the Ediya Coffee and bakery
서울특별시 중구 을지로43길 38 2층
10:30 — 22:00
Every day · Last order 20:40
37.56769, 127.00769 · 04564
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Show this to a taxi driver or ask a passer-by — the restaurant's name is written below in all four languages, with the Korean address to point at.
서울특별시 중구 을지로43길 38 2층
2F, 38 Eulji-ro 43-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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House notes
A few things worth knowing before you sit down.
Soy-marinated female crab with roe, spicy marinated crab and soy-marinated shrimp are packed by the kilogram. Plenty of guests stop in mid-trip to take some with them, and plenty send it home from Dongdaemun.
For courier delivery or questions about carrying it out of the country, please speak to our staff or ask at the counter — they will explain how it is packed and how to keep it on the way out of Dongdaemun.
Ask staff or the counter about courier and overseas carry-out
Location, hours, what is on the table and how takeout works — the questions we are asked most before a visit to Dongdaemun, answered first.
On the second floor of 38 Eulji-ro 43-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, inside Dongdaemun Fashion Town — the building with an Ediya Coffee and a bakery at street level. It is about 200 m (a 4-minute walk) from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station on Lines 2, 4 and 5, and about 350 m (6 minutes) from Dongdaemun Station on Lines 1 and 4.
Open every day from 10:30 to 22:00, with last order at 20:40. No regular weekly closing day is listed, so for public holidays please call 02-2268-2059 before you come.
Soy-marinated female crab with roe — ₩96,000 per kilogram. Female blue crab heavy with roe is steeped in the house soy marinade and aged three days under refrigeration. Dining alone, most people start with the Soy-Marinated Female Crab Set at ₩36,000; in a group, with the Simple Happy Set at ₩138,000 for two to three people.
Yes — there are three sets for one. The Soy-Marinated Female Crab Set is ₩36,000, the Spicy Marinated Crab Set ₩23,000 and the Soy-Marinated Shrimp Set ₩22,000, and each comes with marinated crab, soy-marinated shrimp, salt-grilled shrimp and fried-egg bibimbap. As the brand story puts it, this is meant to be a comfortable place to eat alone.
Menus are provided in Korean, English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. The menu page on this site is available in the same four languages.
Yes, takeout is available: premium soy-marinated female crab with roe at ₩96,000 per kilogram, spicy marinated crab at ₩54,000 and soy-marinated shrimp at ₩33,000. For courier delivery or carrying it out of the country, please ask our staff or the counter.
Dining time is 80 minutes. A KRW 3,000 charge may apply for leftover food, and water, aprons and the salad bar are self-service. Wi-Fi is open with no password.
There are two. Post the restaurant to your Instagram feed or story and tag @happygejang__official, or scan the in-store QR code and leave a Google review — either one gets you a complimentary soft drink. Both offers are printed on the in-store menu.
