I went out to the Namdong Industrial Complex to renew my driver’s license. You can book a slot and all that, but honestly, just showing up at the licensing center first thing in the morning is the way to go.
The driver’s license center…
The Incheon center is really far away… It’s a hassle, but it’s only once every few years, so you just have to get it over with. Anyway, after renewing I was heading home, and since it was just before lunchtime I dropped by a tteokbokki place in the Namdong Industrial Complex nearby. If you put yourself on the waitlist through CatchTable on the way over, you get to eat pretty much as soon as you arrive, so even though the wait is really long, getting in wasn’t hard at all. You do have to time the wait and the drive just right, though…
The place
Funny that there’s such a popular spot in this neighborhood…
Odeng
I ordered it because I love it, and it was pretty good.
Menu
I went with the jjolbokki.
Inside
It looks really well kept.
Jjolbokki
It’s a slightly sweet wheat-flour tteokbokki. The texture and the flavor itself aren’t bad, and it’s cheap too. But it’s a bit bland, I guess – it’s not good enough to beat the tteokbokki at Miro Sikdang. With more green onion and a longer, richer simmer, it’d be more my style. Anyway, plenty of people love this style of tteokbokki, so my taste can’t be the yardstick – everyone’s idea of good tteokbokki is different.
Jjolmyeon
The jjolmyeon was tasty, but not easy to eat with chopsticks.
Industrial complex scenery
Walking around, it really is an industrial complex. Incheon is quite a place.
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