Hong Yeon just opened last week and I am shocked I am making this post before social media shares it out. The main rush of why I wanted to share this now is because through the month of September for their grand opening, they are selling bowls of jjajangmyeon for only $10 each. Hong Yeon is located on Isenberg and took over the Maple Garden restaurant spot. Parking is HORRENDOUS. Small lot that is hard to maneuver around, street parking exists but was barely available when I went.

My coworker was nice enough to offer a ride here for lunch one day. I write this with a bit of shame because I should have come here with Chan first since he’s the one that told me about it! But shoot, I couldn’t resist $10 noodles and a free ride. Besides! I gotta report back to you folks right? If you go to their yelp page, I uploaded the entire menu in pictures so you can check that out.

Must have sides for jjajangmyeon! No other banchans by the way…maybe for now?

Sweet and Sour Pork | $32.00 (!)

The price is a bit shocking (a lot not a bit). It’s a nice sized serving but is it worth $32? I don’t know…we enjoyed it a lot. The pork was fried perfectly crisp, not a thick batter and not hard crunchy – light and crispy! We enjoyed it very much. They do have lunch combos that combine noodle and sweet sour pork for $24 – that’s a much better deal in my eyes.

Jjajangmyeon | $9.99 (Opening Special)

Sprinkle on that gochugaru! I like that they serve up the fine gochugaru – I didn’t want the coarse powder to affect the texture of this dish.

Noodle Pull!

So it was super busy when we were there during peak lunch hours but they were able to move us customers into seats very quickly. And I assume they just had them all ready because our jjajangmyeon came out basically right when we ordered it. The noodles were perfectly cooked, a nice bounce to them! Lovely sauce, mild in taste but delicious. Pretty sure it’s chock full of MSG but that’s okay, I will suffer for delicious food! We all enjoyed this meal very much. Service was also very good but it was the grand opening so I will have to judge service on when they’ve been open for a while. If you want to get the special price, I highly suggest you go early and during lunch. I’m just so glad we have another northern chinese restaurant to eat at!

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