Miss Jokbal Hongdae 미쓰족발 홍대점

Instead of the usual lettuce wraps, the trotters come with a large plate of salad and a bowl of kimchi kalguksu, knife-cut noodles in kimchi broth. The original jokbal, braised pork trotters, has chewy skin and little porky smell, while garlic jokbal is heaped with minced garlic sauce that reads sweet before it reads sharp. Evenings bring a wait at this shop in the busy streets off Exit 9 of Hongik University Station.