Hyangsu Garden | 美食信息 | K-Travel Mate

Hyangsu Garden is a barley rice set meal restaurant near Haemi I.C., which is the gateway to the Taean Peninsula. It is about 1 km from Haemi I.C. and within a 5-minute walk from Haemieupseong. The restaurant has been operated since 1995 by the family of Mr. An Jongsok, a local resident. A part of their home was remodeled to create a comfortable atmosphere like that of a hometown house, and the neat meals are prepared personally by the owner couple. They use traditional soybean paste and red pepper paste made from native Korean soybeans sourced from the Seosan and Taean areas, properly aged. Perhaps because of the special taste of their pastes, the barley rice set meal served with ssamjang and soybean paste stew is the most popular. The barley rice set consists of barley rice mixed and cooked just right with rice steamed in a pressure cooker, served in a large bowl, accompanied by 10 kinds of fresh leafy vegetables. Along with 3 to 4 side dishes, spinach, soybean sprouts, bellflower root, zucchini salad, and mushrooms are seasoned in perilla oil and served separately on a large plate. Mixing the barley rice with red pepper paste and wrapping it once more with fresh leafy vegetables adds a fragrant flavor to the ssam, making it an even greater delicacy. The ssamjang is noted for its flavor from vegetables ground and stir-fried into it, and the fresh, fragrant taste of the leafy wraps is well enjoyed.