Daebak Donkkaseu in Mandeok: big portions, prices not what they were

I had not eaten pork cutlet for a while and started craving it, so I went at about 3 on a Thursday afternoon. I lived in Mandeok for a long time. I have known this place since it was in an alley inside Mandeok Market.

After a short appearance on the pork cutlet episode of a TV food show, it got more guests, and then it moved out of the market to its current building. People still line up after the move.

I had the pork cutlet with rice. A small serving of hand-pulled dough soup comes with the cutlet.

What stands out here is the generous portion. It is closer to a neighborhood restaurant than a place you travel to for outstanding taste.

Here is one way to handle the large portion. Ask for the sauce on the side, eat about half, then ask for a container and take the rest home. Of course, if you can finish it alone, eating it all there is better.

I remember the dough soup being refilled without limit when the place was in the market. Now it seems to be served once, but that is my guess from what I saw.

When I want Korean-style pork cutlet there are few other places nearby, so I do expect to go again. But it used to be a place that was easy on the wallet. As I remember it, the cutlet costs more than twice what it did before the move. I used to order the cutlet with spicy chewy noodles, and now that combination comes to more than 20,000 won. So I have gone less often since the move.