Samgyeopsal (삼겹살): Best Korean Barbecue in Seoul, Korea

Coming back to South Korea meant we'd have an opportunity to eat all of our favorite Korean dishes and at the very top of that list was going out for a classic Korean barbecue. One of our favorite types of Korean BBQ (Gogigui - 고기구이), in terms of unmarinated cuts of meat, is Samgyeopsal (삼겹살 - fatty slices of Korean pork belly. With that in mind we hit up a local spot specializing in this dish.

Our feast, aside from all of the wonderful Korean barbecue, included a huge array of side dishes including lettuce (상추), raw garlic (마늘) and dipping sauces such as ssamjang (쌈장). Additionally, we had kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew), salad, pickled vegetables and seafood and a whole lot more. This was a feast of feasts - a Korean meal we soon won't forget.

If you're visiting Korea we highly recommend you try Korean barbecue. In our opinion it was one of the top things to do in Seoul.

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Samgyeopsal (삼겹살): Best Korean Barbecue in Seoul, Korea ( 고기구이) Travel Food Video Transcript:

So for today's lunch we are going to be having Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) and that is a Korean pork belly that you cook yourself at the table. It is like really fatty pork, so it is going to be nice and crisp. Yeah, it kind of reminds me a little bit of Canadian bacon except more thickly sliced. Bacon for lunch.

Um, but yeah I should also mention if it sounds a little bit windy in here it is because we've got the AC blasting and there is fans on in every single direction. The fans are going and the TV is on. So yeah, that is a sign that it is a really hot day here in Korea.

And guys this is basically your classic Korean barbecue (고기구이). Ummm, it should be fun.

Our side dishes have also arrived. Do you want to give us a tour of the table?

Sure, so let's take a look over here. So we've got some different pickled basically vegetables over here. And this over here is the garlic. This is one of my favorite things. Oh yeah. One of my favorite things to add to the Korean barbecue. And I believe this is called manul (마늘) and then we have something called ssamjang (쌈장) which is a mixture of the red pepper paste, the gochujang (고추장) and the doenjang (된장) sauce. So it is kind of like a mixture of the two. Awesome sauce.

Over here we've got the kimchi (김치) of course.

Yeah, and I didn't mention this over here is kind of like a dipping sauce for the samgyeopsal (삼겹살).

So we're just cooking it now. It is sizzling. And it is going to be ready to eat soon.

So they came and helped us out a little bit. And they basically cut the meat into little pieces so that they can cook a little bit further and get nice and golden.

Waiting for it to turn golden and crispy. I like mine really burnt. Yeah, me too. Which is kind of strange because like if I'm eating steak or something else like that I tend to like it a bit more rare. Yeah, a bit more raw. But with Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) I find it tastes optimum when it is like charred a bit.

Okay, so time to make this happen. Let's assemble your first bite. It sure is time. I can't wait for this. So I'm grabbing my piece of Samgyeopsal (삼겹살), the Korean pork belly and you know what I am going for a super one here so I'm putting my garlic, my manul on here, a little bit of ssamjang put that right like that and a little bit some salad.

Oh man. That is so good. It has been ages since I've had Korean bbq and I have to say this place is really nailing it. This is the real authentic deal. We're here in Seoul, Korea now and we're having like just an amazing Samgyeopsal (삼겹살) experience.

Taste the garlic. You can taste the samgyeopsal (삼겹살), the ssamjang sauce.

Guys that was a glorious Korean barbecue. Like the best Korean barbecue.

So let's talk about the price point for that. Okay, so the price point was that was 10,000 per person. So ten thousand Korean Won. So it came to twenty thousand Korean Won in total which is 20,000. And that is roughly about 17 to 18 US dollars right now. So excellent value. Yeah and we still have food left over. Especially the side dishes. We still have some banchan (반찬) to take care of but we've taken care of the principle bbq which was the main mission here.

This is part of our Travel in South Korea video series showcasing Korean food, Korean culture and Korean cuisine.

Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network