Dukkeobi Gejang (Bongsan-dong Crab Alley) 두꺼비게장 (봉산동 게장골목)
Yeosu · Old Downtown, Isunsin Square & Nangman Pocha · Meal
Bongsan-dong's crab alley is the best-known place in Yeosu to eat gejang, raw crab marinated in soy sauce or red pepper paste. At this long-running restaurant, the set meal brings rice, soup and a table of side dishes, with the crab as the centerpiece. The crab is eaten by hand: crack the shell, scoop out the flesh and mix the rich roe into your rice.
It is very salty by design, so go easy on the sauce and pair it with plenty of rice. If raw seafood is not for you, ask whether a cooked fish dish is available. Expect a wait around peak hours; staff speak little English, but pointing at pictures works.
It is on Bongsan-dong's crab alley, about 15 minutes by taxi from the Expo site. (Show a driver: 두꺼비게장)
Show this Korean name to your taxi driver or match it to signs: 두꺼비게장 (봉산동 게장골목)
- Best time to visit
- Go at opening time on weekdays, or just after the afternoon break, to shorten the wait.
- Pair it with
- Hwangso Sikdang (Bongsan-dong Crab Alley) is on the same street, and Seonokssi Main Store makes a sweet follow-up.
- Great for
- Friends, Families with kids, Parents
- Local tip
- Order the gejang baekban, a set meal of marinated raw crab with rice and many side dishes. Soy-sauce crab is mild-salty, the red-pepper version is spicy; try arriving right at opening to skip the wait.