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No. 33 in the world · November 2026

Jaha Son Mandu

Buam-dong · Seoul, South Korea

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A photo like it · Piotrus (CC BY-SA 4.0) (mandu, not from Jaha Son Mandu)

The one to order

Manduguk (dumpling soup) and the steamed mixed mandu

The line to expect: Weekend lunch waits; go on a weekday.

Delicate handmade mandu in a hillside house above the city, worth the taxi up.

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Korean pork, tofu and kimchi mandu

Korean pork, tofu and kimchi mandu

1 hr 15 min · About 36, 4 to 6 people. Korean dumplings with a lighter, tofu-rich filling and plenty of kimchi and glass noodles, steamed, pan-fried or dropped into soup (manduguk).

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