Insadong Dumplings That Are Worth The Wait In Seoul

While exploring Insadong on a rainy Sunday morning, I stumbled upon Bukchon Sonmandu, a local Insadong dumpling restaurant and couldn’t resist stopping by and trying the gullim and steamed pork and kimchi dumplings.

I haven’t had gullim before so wanted to give it a try. It’s essentially a meatball of the meat filling of a dumpling consisting of (I think) ground pork, onion, green onions, garlic. These were tasty. Nice, juicy, freshly made, these were easy to put down.

I also got the steamed pork and kimchi dumplings. Both were very good. Dumpling skin was perfect with great texture. The pork dumpling filling was very similar to the gullim, perhaps with a slight twist, with a little more green onion.

The kimchi dumpling was my favorite of the bunch. The kimchi added a little spice, crunch, and flavor to the ground pork mix. It provided a burst of flavor to the mix and was very delicious. I only wish I had more hot sauce and soy sauce to dip all these wonderful gullim and dumplings in!

Overall, this was a very satisfying experience. I loved the number of different options that were available. Many of which I hadn’t tried before. The dumplings were all quite different from one another with varying flavors and textures from their fillings. With very affordable prices, everything varied from about $3.50 – $5.50 USD, Bukchon Sonmandu is certainly worth a stop for some Insadong dumplings.

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