Table Notes · written by a restaurant owner
Chinese food, Korean style, in Nonhyeon 🌶️ Yongyong Seonsaeng
Visited 8 Oct 2026 · Yongyong Seonsaeng Nonhyeon
🌶️ A mala hot pot buried under a mountain of chives, yuringi topped with lemon and vegetables and stone-plate jjajang at Yongyong Seonsaeng in Nonhyeon, Gangnam, on 8 October 2026.
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Disclosure: the editor runs this restaurant. This is an operator's own note, not an independent review, and the visit was not unannounced.
- Place
- Yongyong Seonsaeng Nonhyeon · Nonhyeon, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Nearest station
- Sinnonhyeon Station (Line 9)
- 📍 Where and when
- Yongyong Seonsaeng Nonhyeon branch (용용선생 논현점), Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 📍 A short walk from Sinnonhyeon Station (Line 9).
- 🍽️ What I ordered
- Yurimgi (유림기) ₩21,400 · chive mala hot pot (부추마라전골, listed as 대창마라전골) ₩27,900 · mala dumplings (마라만두, 6 pieces) ₩6,900 · stone-plate jjajang (돌짜장) ₩22,900, or ₩1,000 more for the mala version 🥢
- 👀 What an owner notices
- The staff are friendly and the room is spacious. Prices are low enough that ordering several dishes to share is the easy way to eat here 🙌
- 💡 Tip for visitors
- Curious about Korea's own take on Chinese food? Order with the QR code at your table — it works in other languages, so picking dishes is easy 📱
- 🎬 One scene
- Chives piled like a small mountain on the pot, yuringi with lemon and vegetables beside it. Under the red lights the dishes keep arriving until the table is full 🔥
How to order here in Korean
Lines that come in handy at the table (the QR menu also has other languages).
| Say this | Sounds like | Means |
|---|---|---|
| 부추마라전골 하나 주세요 | buchu mara jeongol hana juseyo | One chive mala hot pot, please |
| 유림기 하나 주세요 | yurimgi hana juseyo | One yuringi, please |
| 돌짜장 마라로 해 주세요 | doljjajang marago hae juseyo | The stone-plate jjajang, mala version, please |
| 계산할게요 | gyesan halgeyo | I'd like to pay |
See this restaurant → Yongyong Seonsaeng · Gangnam · Nonhyeon · Hong Kong-style pub · ₩30,000
Prices and details as of 8 Oct 2026.
Written by Harrison Hong, who runs four restaurants in Seoul. This is the operator's own record of a restaurant he runs — not an independent consumer review. Prices are menu prices recorded on the visit.