Abbaee Wang Soondae

Best Soon Dae place around in North OC. (Boudin for your non-​Korean speakers). Everytime I get a hankering for Boudin sausage soup, this is where I go. I highly recommend it!

Taste healthy and very korean soondae stew that I was looking for.
They put Kimchi in the stew so it taste very traditional korean soondae stew.
Try soondae stew here.

Best Soondae restaurant in OC. As authentic as it gets. I love it that they offer so many different varieties of Soondae. Must try if you are a fan authentic Korean cuisine.

Omg. This is pretty good authentic soondae restaurant. I ordered soondae jungsik which is soup and soon dae combo (comes w good number of assorted soondaes). I don’t get the review about the smell. It must be the soondae smell.
This place reminded me of my old days in Skorea ordering soon dae as a kid. I will come back w friends next time.

This is the spot for those days when you’re craving soondae. I love how Abbaee Wang Soondae features such a wide variety of soondae. Before dining here, I did not know there were different types of soondae, and had only tired the common black colored soondae. My sister and I tried the large order of the assorted soondae, which were all very delicious. We also tried the soondae tang, which was rich and flavorful, and featured just the right amount of heat. I’m not sure why people are complaining about the service here. Sure, it’s not the most friendly place, but they are attentive, and I’ve had worst service elsewhere. I would definitely come back again and again!

love their jokbal (sliced pigs feet)! My GF and I would get a plate here to-​go when we are having a girls night in for some munchies with our drinks. Always hits the spot!

C8 it’s expensive and Looks like shit smells like shit taste like shit, it’s really bad.

Classic soondae as well as the street kind. The best is to get the combination soondae to share and then a soondae soup for yourself. Delicious! The thing that sticks out is that the soondae soup has both kinds of soondae as well. Great so you don’t get bored, and every bite is so delicious it leaves you wanting more! Luckily the portions are hefty so you do have more! I love this place and come back every time I visit the area!

I always have excellent service here and delicious memory filled dishes!!! If you like soondae, this is the place!

I can honestly say it was really gross. Don’t come here. Market soondae tastes better and it is way cheaper. Plus it smells really bad

Hey this is such a horrible customer ever. I currently work in japanese sushi restaurant. The old man who served us never answered when we add rice cakes. My mom got mad at that point. There were only two tables including us. Spicy rice cake was horrible too. It was almost brown

If you like soon dae this place is perfect. It taste clean and doesn’t smell like some do.
Great soon dae try it!

was craving bossam (steamed pork belly) after test driving cars in the area, and Unilocaled this place. this restaurant is known for its blood sausage (soondae). they have at least two main varieties of soondae, one with more veggies cooked into the sausage, and the other the more traditional kind with vermicelli noodles.
i liked the fact that they had a smaller portion of bossam, which usually costs around $ 25 – 30 at other korean restaurants in ktown or in the BP/​la habra area. the bossam jung sik (the plate which comes with rice, soup, banchan, and wraps) was only about $ 15.
ended up ordering the soondae as well for about $ 10. they packaged the order well to go.
an added plus was this was a mom and pop/​husband and wife run operation who were pretty friendly and were watching the dodgers/​hyun jin ryu game on the television.
recommended if you’re looking for korean comfort food in the area with a home-​y feel.

Best Korean boudin (soondae) in OC. Hands down. Family owned. Very nice people.

aged strip mall setting… flies buzzing in circles inside… drab peach and turquoise interiors… late weekday breakfast, early lunch… here for the food and not caring about atmosphere… soondae-​gook jungshik set meal $ 15.11…basically, a sample of everything. banchan, sides, basic and good… tasty kimchi and sweet tangy seaweed… fish and radish banchan good… soondae gook, pork intestine stuffed blood sausage soup, delivered bubbling hot and bright red… flavored and fully pre-seasoned…too much kimchi masking the actual taste of broth… soondae too soft and dissolving… sample platter of all meat parts and sausages revealing abbaee soondae having soft potato texture… prefer slightly chewy and holding better shape… chapsal soondae better… pork meat parts good in salty shrimp brine dip…

Good soondae but honestly if you get the regular one then it tastes the same as the market ones. But I really appreciate when they give the side meats like liver and intestine.
As for the other flavors, there’s a lighter colored one and a spicier flavored one, they are pretty good but they are pricy. This place is fine for once in a while, but much like most Korean joints, this place will cost you for authenticity.

I sort of have an obsession with soondae, the Korean black pudding, or boudin. I suppose it’s just nostalgia over eating that good stuff back on the streets of Seoul along with ttukpoki (spicy rice cakes) and odeng (fish cake stick). Never mind if you can’t relate…
Anyway, as soondaes go, this place stands out quite a bit. They don’t just have the standard seoul street soondae (the black one), but they have three other versions as well. It’s definitely a must try, at least once anyway. I found that the normal black one was definitely still the best.
We also tried the jokbal, which was a fun gelatinously rubbery delicacy. I know, sounds amazing right? :P (Yes, these dishes deserve to be on the Bizarre Foods show.) It was really good, but I didn’t like the fact that it’s served cold. Is that normal? I would’ve preferred it warm.
I still like the standard top places better — Seoul Soondae, 8^th Street Soondae, etc. But it’s definitely worth a try at least once.

Soondae is a Korean style blood sausage made from pork and sweet glutinous rice or potato starch vermicelli noodles (dangmyeon) stuffed into an intestinal casing. It is a very popular snack food often sold by street vendors in South Korea. Those who enjoy soondae will love the variations of it prepared at Abbaee Wang Soondae.
They serve a full spectrum of soondae dishes, including the three traditional ways Koreans like to prepare it: 1) Steamed, with sides of steamed liver and stomach. 2) Boiled as a soup/​stew, Soondaetang, $ 8.99 — with fermented soybean paste (doenjang), cabbage, and more embellishments, including organ meat. 3) Stir-​fried, Soondae-​Bokkeum, $ 10.99 (S) $ 18.99 (L) — with dangmyeon, onions, garlic, perilla leaves, cabbage and mixed with fermented chili paste (gochujang).
There are four recipe variations of soondae — representing the different regions of the two Koreas where they originated — to choose from, including Abbaee Wang Soondae, $ 15.99 (S) $ 21.99 (L), Abbaee Soondae, (S) $ 12.99 (L) $ 17.99, Bultanoeun Gokisoondae, (S) $ 12.99 (L) $ 17.99 and Chapssal Soondae, (S) $ 9.99 (L) $ 15.99.
Abbaee Wang Soondae and Abbaee Soondae are the local specialty of northeastern Yonggil Province. They are both blood sausage stuffed with ground pork, glutinous rice, dangyeon and vegetables. The Abbaee Wang Soondae is golden blown in color and the Abbaee Soondae is a much darker reddish purple.
Bultanoeun Gokisoondae is a gently spiced blood sausage stuffed with ground pork, dangmyeon and vegetables. I believe this version originated from the North Hawnghae Province of North Korea. It is rustic in color.
Chapssal Soondae is made of sweet glutinous rice. The most common variant of soondae and one of the oldest recipes. This version may have originated from the ancient state of Goguryeo, which is now the northern and central regions of North Korea, northeastern parts of China and southern reaches of Russia, It is the darkest colored: an uniquely and distinctively (to this dish) blackish purple.
Kimchi and daikon pickled with soy sauce comes with every dish, along with spiced salt and salted small shrimp sauce (saeujeot) for dipping.
To sample all four varieties, I would recommend the Modum Soondae (assorted), (S) $ 16.99 (L) $ 16.99.
There are a total of 30 items on their menu. If you are not a fan of soondae, this small diner style restaurant also serves a variety of other Korean comfort foods.
Some of the other individual dishes include Gamjatang (pork rib soup with potatoes) $ 9.99, Ye Naengmyun (cold buckwheat noodle with young radish kimchi), $ 8.99, Yeolmu Guksu (noodle with young radish kimchi), $ 7.42, Doengjangjjigae (soybean paste stew), $ 7.42, Don Katsu, $ 7.99. Dwaeji Bulgogi (spicy pan fried pork), $ 9.99, Munduguk (dumpling soup), $ 8.99, O-​jinguh Bokam (pan fried squid), $ 8.99 and Nakjibokum, (stir fried octopus), $ 10.99.
I have thoroughly enjoyed trying the different variants of soondae and real fan of this restaurant. The service is quick and friendly. It is owned by a husband and wife team that are always present, in addition to at least two crew members that help take orders and prepare the dishes, including cutting the freshly steamed soondae.
It is nice to have another option to Seoul Soondae. The soondae made here may lack a little of the brooding spice and that iron rich taste of blood from soondae prepared at the famous restaurant chain. The soondae at Seoul Soondae also has a better texture: slightly chewier and more firm. Abbaee Wang Soondae, however, has a variety of different tasty soondae options that Seoul Soondae does not. And, for all soondae lovers, it is always good to have options.

Awesome soondae!
Ordered a Mixed soondae platter for $ 18 and it was enough for 4 people.
Great service and really nice/​attentive owners.
Will return again to try other items on the menu!
(Closed Sundays)

JOKBAL and SOONDAE TANG.
oh mannn… SOOO SOO GOOD.
especially on a cold night.
My mom and I decided to go on a little soondae date. one random night LOL
She was craving it. I was just… hungry.
We ordered Soondae tang and Jokbal to share.
Their side dishes were very simple. like 4 things? but it was all yummmaaayy :)
kimchi and ggakddoogi (?) (cubed radish kimchi) were really good.
but my favorite was the seaweed in ponzu sauce.
Yea. it sounds gross but oh man. it was BOMB. trust me.
They also give you a little plate of regular soondae as an appetizer.
Soondae tang: They dont have soondae in the tang. They have other «stuff» such as intestines and things I’ve never seen before. but hey. it tasted sooo good.
Jokbal: OMY. you need to get one lettuce, place one piece of jokbal, and dip one garlic in the bean paste and place that also on top and take a bite. HEAVEN :) jokbal is suppose to be served cold so. you can ask them to heat it if you want.
Everything was good except for service.
There’s not really a server working the floor.
Just a married couple and one mexican dude in the kitchen.
That’s it. Idk how they can handle everything if the place gets crowded.
oh and there’s no bell. you have to literally scream out «JUH GI YO» to get their attention.
That was the only part I minded. but other than that it was all good :)