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15.230 Al Tang

By katch4246 on 22 August 2024

Cycle 15 - Item 230

22 (Thu) August 2024

Al Tang

3.0

at Jigane

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

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Although the previous post on this restaurant dates back to 2 years ago (see most recently 13.303 Haemul Tang Bokkeumbap), I've been eating there on occasion - if I happen to be on my own, at lunch time, in the neighborhood, nothing to eat at home. The food is consistently good, healthy, cheap - and even better, the business is not part of a franchise.

Got a call on the drive home after work that everyone else was in the mood to order pig's feet (jokbal) for dinner, so I made a detour.

Here, the soup also includes a piece of pollack (dongtae).

Al Tang is a Korean dish. Fish eggs - specifically whole sacs of pollack roe (I've never encountered anything but) ("al = egg") - boiled in a spicy broth, seasoned with garlic + onions + gochugaru, plus tofu + radish + bean sprouts and other vegetables. Typically served in a

Along with gyeran jjim (sold separately), a very balanced, light yet hearty meal.

I was shocked to realize that the dish has never been featured on GMTD, prior to this post. Granted, it's not one of my favorites, but al tang is very common - I'm sure that I've had at least a few times over the past 15 years (maybe like this restaurant, I suppose that the experiences have simply gone undocumented). The closest thing have been seafood stews that included fish eggs, among other components (see 1.150 Haemul Jjigae; 3.087 Haemul Jjigae).

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