Dalnimine (달님이네) is a small home-style lunch restaurant on Achasan-ro 13-gil in Seongsu, Seoul, with a handwritten menu of set meals, stir-fries and snack foods. I went for lunch on a weekday in May 2026 with a coworker, and we shared the Spam and fried egg plate and jeyuk bokkeum. The Spam and eggs were very good and the portion was huge, though the price is on the high side for this menu. The jeyuk was good too, on the sweet side.
- Name: 달님이네 (Dalnimine), Seongsu
- Address: 31 Achasan-ro 13-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul (서울 성동구 아차산로13길 31, DiningCode) · Google Maps
- Visited: May 6, 2026, lunch, a coworker and me
- What we ordered: Spam and fried eggs (스팸&후라이, 15,000 won), jeyuk bokkeum (제육볶음, 11,000 won) and rice (1,000 won a bowl on the board). I did not keep the receipt, so I have not given a total
- My rating: 4.4 / 5
- Info checked: September 24, 2026
A weekday lunch in Seongsu
I work in Seongsu, and lunch there usually means finding somewhere quick near the office. On May 6, a coworker and I walked over to Dalnimine at the start of lunch hour. The shop is small, so there was a short wait of about five minutes before a table opened up.
Inside, it is a narrow room with a few wooden tables and chairs, a glass door onto the street and an open kitchen at the back with a TV above it. One wall has a print of Van Gogh’s sunflowers, and another has a row of printed photos of the dishes with a vertical banner for 콩국수 (kongguksu, cold soybean noodle soup). DiningCode tags it as an old-style, homey lunch place.
The menu board
The menu is handwritten in marker on a whiteboard. These were the prices when we went:
| Dish | Korean | Price (won) |
|---|---|---|
| Set meal with rice and side dishes | 백반 | 8,000 |
| Spicy stir-fried pork | 제육볶음 | 11,000 |
| Spicy stir-fried small octopus | 낙지볶음 | 12,000 |
| Spam kimchi fried rice | 스팸김치볶음밥 | 9,000 |
| Spam vegetable fried rice | 스팸채소볶음밥 | 9,000 |
| Ramyeon | 라면 | 5,000 |
| Tteokbokki | 떡볶이 | 6,000 |
| Rice cake and dumpling soup | 떡만두국 | 8,000 |
| Rice cake soup / dumpling soup | 떡국 / 만두국 | 8,000 each |
| Rolled omelet | 계란말이 | 13,000 |
| Spam and fried eggs | 스팸&후라이 | 15,000 |
| Chewy spicy noodles | 쫄면 | 8,000 |
| Cold soybean noodle soup | 콩국수 | 10,000 |
| Rice | 공기밥 | 1,000 |
| Soju, beer / soft drinks | 소주, 맥주 / 음료수 | 5,000 / 2,000 |
Extra fried egg, cheese, rice cake, egg or fish cake can be added for 1,000 won each, according to the board. It also says every dish can be taken away (모든 메뉴 포장 가능합니다) and that phone orders are accepted. Next to the board is an origin notice from Seongdong-gu, which lists the rice and eggs as Korean and the octopus as from China.
Spam and fried eggs
스팸&후라이 is exactly what it sounds like: thick slices of pan-fried Spam and fried eggs on one big plate. Ours had a row of thick Spam slices leaning against fried eggs with crispy, lacy edges. Spam is a common side dish in Korea, eaten with rice, and this is that idea turned into a main dish for sharing.
It was very good, and the portion was huge for two people with rice. The one catch is the price. At 15,000 won it is the most expensive item on the board, more than the jeyuk and more than a full set meal, so you pay for that size.
Jeyuk bokkeum
Jeyuk bokkeum (제육볶음) is pork stir-fried with onion in a red chili sauce. Here it came on a round plate topped with sesame seeds, next to a pile of shredded cabbage with ketchup and mayonnaise squeezed over it. It was good, and sweeter than some versions I have had.
Rice came in a steel bowl with a lid, and a small dish of ketchup came to the table too.
Side dishes
Four small side dishes came with the meal: cabbage kimchi, stir-fried mini sausages with green pepper, and two seasoned vegetable dishes.
Other dishes on the board
We only tried two dishes, but the rest of the board is typical of a Korean home-style lunch place. Nakji bokkeum is small octopus stir-fried in a spicy sauce, usually eaten over rice. Tteok-manduguk is a clear soup with sliced rice cakes and dumplings. Jjolmyeon is chewy wheat noodles mixed with a sweet and spicy sauce and vegetables, and kongguksu is noodles in cold ground soybean broth, a summer dish, which is why it has its own banner on the wall. Ramyeon here means instant noodles cooked to order. At 5,000 to 6,000 won, the ramyeon and tteokbokki are the cheapest ways to eat here.
Reading the board
- 백반 (baekban): a set meal of rice, soup and side dishes that changes with what the kitchen is cooking.
- 볶음 (bokkeum): stir-fried. 제육 is pork, 낙지 is small octopus.
- 볶음밥 (bokkeumbap): fried rice.
- 후라이 (hurai): fried egg, from the English word “fry”.
- 국 (guk): soup, as in 떡국 (rice cake soup) and 만두국 (dumpling soup).
- 추가 (chuga): extra, for add-ons like cheese or another egg.
Tips
- Timing: it is small, so expect a short wait at the start of the office lunch hour. We waited about five minutes.
- What to order for two: the Spam and eggs plus one stir-fry, with rice, was a lot of food for two people.
- Takeaway: the board says every dish can be packed to go.
- Language: the menu is handwritten in Korean only, so the table above may help.
Would I go back?
Yes. Both dishes were good, and the Spam plate is big enough to share. If you are eating alone and watching the budget, the 8,000 won baekban or one of the fried rice dishes is the cheaper way in. I am giving it 4.4 out of 5.
For more places to eat around Seongsu, see our Seongsu restaurant guide, which compares all the places I have reviewed there.
More places we eat in Seongsu:
- Dammion, 24-hour gukbap
- Seokam, stone-grilled pork
- Mongttang Saenggogi, pork belly BBQ