Smile Ichon Tteokbokki: What to Order at 스마일이촌떡볶이
Choose 스마일이촌떡볶이 if you are interested in wheat-based tteokbokki with fried sides: presenter 떡볶퀸 praised both the soft rice-cake texture and the shop’s handmade fritters. For a first order, tteokbokki with gim-mari or a fried dumpling follows the combination highlighted in the source.
This K-Star Check summarizes a video and shop listings, not a personal visit. All shop prices and operating information below were checked on Oct 20, 2026; they are not a confirmation of November conditions or today’s availability.
Image credit: 떡볶퀸 YouTube channel.
What the presenter liked
The video, published on Oct 20, 2026, introduces businesses participating in the Daegu Tteokbokki Festival. The Seoul Ichon-dong shop appears from 2:47, but this guide’s practical details concern the shop rather than festival sales.
Tteokbokki is a dish of rice cakes in sauce; this shop’s version uses mil-tteok, meaning wheat-based cakes. 떡볶퀸 described their texture as soft and supple, and praised a moderately sweet sauce that coated them thickly.
Her comments emphasized the relationship between the cakes and sauce rather than extreme heat. That does not establish that the dish is mild enough for someone who cannot tolerate chili, so sweetness alone should not decide an order for a spice-sensitive child.
Why consider the fried sides?
The video describes glass noodles being boiled each morning for gim-mari, fried seaweed rolls filled with those noodles. It also shows motnani-mandu, irregularly shaped dumplings made from scratch, including their dough.
떡볶퀸 praised the motnani-mandu’s crisp outside and moist interior, recommending dipping it in the tteokbokki sauce. However, the online menu checked for the source did not establish its price or daily availability; ask the shop before making that item the reason for your visit.
Use the dated prices to plan an order
The Oct 20, 2026 Naver ordering menu listed one serving of tteokbokki at 5,000 won, cheese tteokbokki at 6,500 won, and sundae, Korean blood sausage, at 5,000 won. The tteokbokki and sundae prices also matched the in-store menu checked for the source.
The takeaway listing showed gim-mari and squid fritters at 1,000 won each, yakki-mandu—fried dumplings—at 800 won, and a boiled egg at 800 won. These are dated reference prices, not current quotations.
One tteokbokki, one gim-mari, and one yakki-mandu totaled 6,800 won using that takeaway menu. Adding sundae brought the total to 11,800 won; neither calculation represented a fixed set meal.
Finding the shop
The listed address was 서울 용산구 이촌로65가길 72, or 72 Ichon-ro 65ga-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Naver Map placed it approximately 105 meters from Ichon Station Exit 3-1; retain the Korean shop name when searching and check the listing again before traveling.
FAQs
Is motnani-mandu definitely available?
No. It appears in the video, but the source could not confirm its daily availability or price through the checked online menu.
Are the festival and shop menus interchangeable?
Do not assume so. Festival selling arrangements and the Ichon-dong shop’s menu may differ; this guide uses shop information.
Watch 떡볶퀸’s original video from 2:47
Sources: 떡볶퀸, “전국에서 떡볶이 진짜 잘하는 맛집 모음.zip” (Oct 20, 2026); Naver Place and ordering menu checked Oct 20, 2026.