- Name: 참나무장작누룽지통닭구이 (Chamnamu Jangjak Nurungji Tongdak-gui). The sign says 본점, main branch
- Address: Unit 115, 1F, 173 Misagangbyeonjungang-ro, Hanam, Gyeonggi-do (경기 하남시 미사강변중앙로 173, 1층 115호) · Google Maps
- Visited: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, early evening. Our family of four
- Wait: about 30 minutes (we arrived around 5 p.m.)
- What we ordered: nurungji chicken 22,000 won, cheese corn chicken 26,000 won, school-style tteokbokki 7,000 won, Coca-Cola 500 ml 2,500 won, draft beer 500 cc 5,000 won
- Total: 62,500 won
- Hours: weekdays 17:00 to 24:00, Saturdays 15:00 to 24:00 (chalkboard at the door, October 2025); DiningCode lists 17:00 to 24:00 (DiningCode listing)
- My rating: 4.4 / 5
- Info checked: September 23, 2026
Chamnamu Jangjak Nurungji Tongdak-gui (참나무장작누룽지통닭구이) is a nurungji chicken restaurant in Misa, Hanam, just east of Seoul. The name means “oak firewood nurungji roast chicken”. We went as a family of four on an October evening, waited about 30 minutes for a table, and ordered two chickens, a tteokbokki and drinks. The cheese corn chicken was the best thing we ate, there was a lot of nurungji under both chickens, and our two kids loved it.
What nurungji chicken is
Nurungji (누룽지) is the crispy layer of rice that forms at the bottom of a pot. Nurungji chicken is a whole roasted chicken served on a hot iron plate on top of a bed of that rice. You pull the chicken apart with tongs and eat it with the rice underneath, which soaks up the juices from the chicken.
The restaurant’s own description on the DiningCode listing says the chicken is roasted over oak firewood for an hour and a half. It also recommends eating it in the restaurant, on the hot stone plate, rather than taking it home, because the chicken cools quickly.
The wait
We got there around 5 p.m., which I thought was early, but there were already a lot of people, and we waited about 30 minutes before we sat down. Our receipt was printed at 6:16 p.m. at table 4. Much of the seating is under tents in front of the building, with plastic chairs and tables, and there is more seating inside.
How ordering works
You order on a tablet at the table. The screen has tabs for main dishes (메인메뉴), sides (사이드), alcohol (주류), drinks (음료) and side dishes (반찬메뉴), each with photos and prices. There is also a button for calling a staff member.
The two chickens
We ordered two chickens: the plain nurungji chicken (누룽지통닭, 22,000 won) and the cheese corn chicken (치즈 콘닭, 26,000 won), which is the same nurungji chicken with cheese and sweet corn on top. That is the only difference between the two. Both came on round black iron plates, still steaming.
The cheese corn chicken was very good. The meat was soft enough that it melted in the mouth. With both chickens, what I liked was how much nurungji there was underneath. It is the part you keep eating after the chicken is gone.
The table also gets a tray with three sauces for dipping, and a plate of seasoned vegetables on the side.
School-style tteokbokki
We added a school-style tteokbokki (학교앞떡볶이, 7,000 won). The name means “tteokbokki like the snack shops in front of schools”. The menu description calls it the sweet and spicy tteokbokki people remember from the snack shops outside their elementary schools, and the tablet notes that it takes 10 to 15 minutes. Ours came in a green bowl with rice cakes and fish cakes in a red sauce. To drink, we had a Coca-Cola and a draft beer.
Our son and daughter, both in elementary school, loved it.
Under the tents
A lot of the restaurant is outdoors. In front of the building there are two white tents with clear plastic walls, strings of lights along the roof, green artificial turf on the ground and green plastic chairs, and there are fans for warm evenings. A chalkboard by the door lists the opening hours: 5 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 3 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays (the Sunday line is hard to read in our photo). DiningCode lists only 17:00 to midnight, so check the current weekend hours before you go.
If it is your first time
A few things from our visit that might help. Even at 5 p.m. we waited about 30 minutes, so go early and expect a line. For four of us, we ordered one plain chicken, one cheese corn chicken and a tteokbokki. The tteokbokki takes 10 to 15 minutes according to the tablet, so order it together with the chickens. And eat the chicken while the plate is still hot, which is also what the restaurant recommends.
The full menu
The menu is short. These are the dishes on the DiningCode listing and the table tablet, with our receipt prices where we ordered them.
| Dish | Korean | Price (won) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurungji chicken | 장작누룽지통닭구이 | 22,000 | we ordered it |
| Cheese corn chicken | 장작치즈콘닭구이 | 26,000 | we ordered it |
| Yeolmu jjolbaengi | 열무쫄뱅이 | 21,000 | spicy, sweet and sour chewy noodles with young radish kimchi |
| Cheese octopus legs | 치즈 문어족 | 10,900 | octopus legs on mozzarella |
| Fish cake soup | 겨울만 오뎅탕 | 21,000 | winter only |
| School-style tteokbokki | 학교앞떡볶이 | 7,000 | we ordered it |
| Drinks on the tablet | Korean | Price (won) |
|---|---|---|
| Draft beer, 500 cc | 생맥주 | 5,000 |
| Coca-Cola, 500 ml | 코카콜라 | 2,500 (our receipt) |
| Jinro tonic water, 300 ml | 진로토닉워터 | 2,000 |
| Bokbunja (black raspberry wine) | 복분자 | 13,000 |
Finding it
The restaurant is on the first floor at 173 Misagangbyeonjungang-ro in Misa, Hanam. The DiningCode listing notes that it faces the park side of the building and can’t be seen from the road, so walk around to the park side if you don’t see it. The listing also says parking is free and that there is outdoor seating.
More family meals in Hanam
- Shabu 20 in Gamil, all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu with a buffet
- Damga Hwaro-gui Gamil, charcoal BBQ
- Pildong Hambak at Starfield Hanam, hamburger steak
I’d go back for the cheese corn chicken. If you go on a busy evening, expect to wait, as we did even at 5 p.m.
For all our Hanam reviews grouped by area, see our Hanam restaurant guide.