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Tosokchon (Hanok-style Samgyetang House)
A hanok-converted spot in Jongno known for a nut-enriched whose broth is unusually creamy and aromatic thanks to blended ginseng, nuts, and traditional herbs.
Gangbuk (Seoul)Korean Food > Samgyetang / Baeksuk
4.0
(173 reviews)A (ginseng chicken soup) restaurant housed in a renovated hanok near Gyeongbokgung, popular with both locals and foreign visitors. Their signature young-chicken is blended with nuts and medicinal ingredients—4-year-old ginseng, domestic jujube, pumpkin seeds, ginkgo, and black sesame—giving the broth a rich, slightly nutty depth. The kitchen emphasizes fresh, high-quality ingredients, so the dish reads as a truly nourishing meal rather than a simple tonic.
Local Tips
- •Signature samgyetang uses 4-year-old ginseng, domestic jujube, pumpkin seeds, ginkgo, and black sesame for a rich, nutty broth
- •Set in a renovated hanok near Gyeongbokgung — pleasant traditional atmosphere and often busy with tourists at peak times
- •Order the Tosokchon Samgyetang and consider adding sansam (cultured wild ginseng) for a stronger ginseng flavor
Menu
Dakdoritang (spicy braised chicken stew)30,000 KRW
Dakbaeksuk (whole boiled chicken; simple clear broth)30,000 KRW
Sansam Baeyanggeun (cultured wild ginseng root — side/add-on)6,000 KRW
Sansam Baeyanggeun ( with cultured wild ginseng root)26,000 KRW
Sansam Baeyanggeun (with cultured ginseng and black-bone chicken)31,000 KRW
(black-bone chicken )25,000 KRW
(lacquer-tree herbal chicken soup)20,000 KRW
Jeongi-gui Tongdak (rotisserie whole chicken)19,000 KRW
Tosokchon (house signature ginseng chicken soup)20,000 KRW
Haemul Pajeon (seafood scallion pancake)17,000 KRW
Practical Information
- Category
- Korean Food > Samgyetang / Baeksuk
- Address
- 5 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno District, Seoul
- Operating Hours
- Daily 10:00–22:00
- Phone
- 02-737-7444
- Website
- Visit Website →
- Facilities
- Takeout,Parking available
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Glossary
- Ogolgye
- Black-bone chicken, prized for its deeper flavor and often used in nourishing soups
- Otgye-tang
- A traditional medicinal chicken soup made with extracts from the lacquer tree, known for its warming, restorative qualities
- Samgyetang
- Ginseng chicken soup: a whole young chicken stuffed with rice, simmered with ginseng and medicinal ingredients — eaten as restorative comfort food
- San-sam bae-yang-geun
- Cultivated wild ginseng root used to flavor and enrich soups; valued for its medicinal properties
