Tacoma Cheong Gunk Jang

Only if I wasn’t living an hour away from them, I would visit them every week haha. Love their food so authentic and flavorful every time. My best friend took me here in 2018 and since then I am hooked. This place is a must for authentic Korean food!!

“Wow”. -my girlfriend and I during the whole experience. If you go remember there will likely be a language barrier. Be patient, they aren’t being rude. Also you pay at the front when you are done eating. We walked in and were the only non Koreans so you know it’s good. Fortunately someone at the next table gave us some recommendations, she also acted as our food guide for the meal. I ordered the spicy beef and pollock soup. Gf had the soft tofu kimchi soup (I will be ordering this next time). The banchan was plentiful and amazing. We were fortunate to have each dish explained by our volunteer food guide. As hard as we tried we could not finish, there was just too much amazing food to eat! All for less than $20 for two people! We did receive “Americanized” treatment, given ice water vs tea (everyone else was given tea) also the banchan had some more ambitious dishes substituted. Don’t take this personally, it’s because other Americans are less ambitious.