Korean BBQ in South Korea - 372 Restaurant Picks | Page 8

The brisket gets nothing but salt and pepper before a long, low smoke, and it tears along the grain when lifted with a…

The sign says galbi, but nearly every table is grilling woo-samgyeop, thin beef brisket slices that arrive soaking in c…

A regular of more than 15 years always orders one serving fewer than the number of people at the table. Portions are bi…

Staff grill the aged hanu at the table, and the aged kkot-deungsim (marbled ribeye) bursts with juice on the first bite…

Raw hanwoo beef, already dressed in gochujang, sits heaped over rice slicked with sesame oil in the saenggogi bibimbap.…

A footbridge over a small stream leads to a long glass-walled building under one big roof, winner of a 2019 Gangwon arc…

Daepae samgyeopsal, pork belly shaved paper-thin, has been grilled here in Janghang-dong, Ilsan, for more than 20 years…

Staff grill the thick pork for you at this branch near City Hall Station, turning and cutting it, and will dice pieces…

There is no samgyeopsal here, only pork's lesser-known cuts, grilled yourself over a charcoal briquette. Galmaegisal (s…

Grilled meat and Pyongyang-style cold noodles share the table at this Mapo barbecue house on Samgae-ro. A round of pork…

The annex trims the main building's list down to sirloin and tenderloin, and most seats are in private rooms. Among the…

At lunchtime nearly every table at this second-floor butcher's restaurant has a bowl of galbitang, packed with meat. Fo…

Only pork galbi is unlimited at the base price, while beef cuts such as kkotsal, sirloin and galbi-sal, along with pork…

Thick pork belly cooks on a huge shared iron plate right beside the Hoeyagang River. Staff, sometimes the owner, grill…

Among Hyeopjae's black pork places, this one doesn't mix belly and neck into a bulk geun order; each cut is sold by the…

Beef is grilled in the kitchen and brought to the table already cooked, in a converted old house down an Insa-dong alle…

Private rooms on the mezzanine of Gwanghwamun's Twin Tree building host a hanwoo omakase, a chef's-choice course of Kor…

Meat trimmed from around the pork ribs, sold as kkupsal, has a springier grain than belly and holds on to both juice an…

Dinner happens on a boat moored on the Han River at Mapo, where each table grills its own meat over charcoal. The onboa…

Staff grill thick cuts of Hanwoo beef and Nanchuk Matdon pork belly and neck at your table. Hanwoo yukhoe (seasoned raw…

Staff grill the hanu sirloin at the table and keep side dishes topped up, leaving little for diners to manage. Several…

Before any meat, the table fills with tomato kimchi, freshly baked barley bread, young-radish kimchi and salad, and emp…

Staff grill the thick-cut kal-samgyeopsal, knife-cut pork belly, at every table, so nobody has to tend the meat. The po…

In the seaside village of Gwideok-ri, Hallim, a gentle dog waits out front to greet whoever arrives. Heukdwaeji ogyeops…