Korean BBQ in Seongdong: Daedo Sikdang Wangsimni Bonjeom & More - 10 Local Picks

Nearly 60 years in, the original branch has been renovated in black tones, and diners now grill their own beef instead…

Round tables crowd a corner of Haengdang Market in Wangsimni, each set over a charcoal brazier for pork neck. The house…

Staff grill the meat at the table, and the fermented gabrisal (a fatty strip from the pork shoulder) and fermented moks…

Thick pork belly sizzles on a tilted cast-iron pot lid, its fat running off toward the rim, and staff do the grilling.…

Majang-dong is Seoul's wholesale meat district, yet Born & Bred looks and feels like a fine-dining restaurant, with a d…

The menu says saeng deungsim, fresh sirloin, but the beef is wet-aged, and it goes onto a cast-iron plate just long eno…

Diners pick hanwoo (Korean beef) cuts such as chimasal and eopjinsal at the grade they want and grill them at the table…

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

Inside the north gate of Majang Livestock Market, a butcher in business since 1987 has added wet-aging and water-aging…

Hanwoo beef sits in a display case, and diners pick the cut and weight, pay a separate table charge, then grill it them…