Jangmo Jip Restaurant — Restaurant in La Palma

Sometimes, when the mood strikes, I just have to get me some tang.

But, not just any tang will do. Some are dirty, some have been around the block. That's why I go to Jangmo Jip for a bowl of their renowned sullungtang.

Having shopped at Super 1 Mart & dined at Soy Tofu in the same plaza on many occasions, I've never taken a glance at Jangmo Jip. Maybe it's the lack of English signage, maybe it's my tunnel vision. Who knows?. However, on a rainy, El Nino day, my appetite called for hot soup other than the usual soondubu or pho.

As I sat myself down, I was greeted with hot barley tea & banchan. The kimchi was excellent. I have plans to make kimchi at home, to go along with my other homemade fermented products of milk kefir & kombucha, and this is how I want the end product to be. Salty, crunchy, slightly sweet.

I asked the cashier/server for sullungtang w/ Korean noodles Simple, clean-tasting & comfort food in a nutshell. I added salt & green onion to taste, which meant about 3/4 of the container of green onion. As sullungtang being rather bland, I ran an audible and poured some of the kimchi chili powder sauce into my soup to spice things up. Not an authentic method by any means, but delicious regardless. The bowl was large & quite filling, after having the banchan (2 helpings of kimchi), barley tea & steamed rice.

Complimentary sikhe to finish the meal

Service was good. The kind Korean woman handled calls, the register & table service in stride. Before I could ask for more banchan, she came to my table and asked "more?". You mind reader you ;p

Seating for about 30 people via tables. A quaint place that I'd expect to find off a back alley in Seoul. Parking is in a private lot at the Super 1 Mart shopping center. Jangmo Jip is located on the right of the bank.

Call me Jangmo Jangles, because Jangmo Jip indeed has some killer sullungtang to soothe the soul. My bowl was inexpensive, filling & wonderful, w/o much of a wait. Service was good & being so close to home, Jangmo Jip is another delicious food destination I can go to for some Korean comfort food.

Highly...

When I think of a small mom n pop shop, Jang Mo Jip is the definition of it! This is my first time here, and I was immediately impressed by the food here. This hole in the wall shop offers a smaller selection of food with it specializing more in soup-and-rice dishes. Honestly, I appreciate a smaller menu because to me it means they hone in on perfecting their dishes and it prevents decision fatigue for the indecisive customer (like me).

We had to try the bossam because I was craving it very badly! I love eating boiled pork belly topped with kimchi, garlic, jalapeno and ssamjang sauce and then wrapped in lettuce It's so good! And the Sam Kye Tang was even more satisfying with it's rich and thick chicken broth flavor It melted in my mouth alongside with the purple rice we got. They also provided complimentary sides (aka banchan) which is why I love eating out at Korean restaurants because of their fermented veggies.

Everything about this mom n pop shop were good. The only 2 cons I had was that they do NOT let you take leftover side dishes (kimchi, radish & seaweed). Not sure why this policy exist but makes me sad that these sides gets thrown to the trash if you do not finish them during your meal there. And the menu had obscured prices so I didn't know how much they cost until they bought out...

I don't usually write bad reviews but, I had to let people know about this. I tried "Sam-Jae-Tang" for first time and I decided to change my ratings here because I believe this place don't deserve any business at all. "Sam-Jae-Tang" is an authentic korean food contains Gin-Seang, young chicken and other herbs. You eat on very hot day so you can maintain your health but this place gave me a boiled chicken in the plain beef soup. I asked serving lady Gin-Seang is missing in the soup? The way how "Sam-Jae-Tang" should be. She replied that Gin-Saeng is too expensive and they use it very very little but it's in the soup. Are you kidding me? Then, they should lower the price. I paid 14 bucks for chicken soup. I am korean and I know exactly how it should be. Its un-ethical and gimmicky. I will not eat here any longer. I wish I can give minus star. To those non-koreans, please go some place else. Korean friends, you guys are idiots referring this place. This restaurant is playing with their food. Who knows what they are doing to cut down cost. It's shame how they do business. It's food. The most important things in our lives. As human beings, we...