Daegu Korean lunch of Seoul-style bulgogi and meat mandu: Taegyeongok

I had Seoul-style bulgogi for a Korean lunch near Jung-gu Office in Dongin-dong, Daegu. Taegyeongok is one of the few places in Daegu where you can try Seoul-style bulgogi!

Where is Taegyeongok in Daegu, and where do you park?

Taegyeongok is opposite Jung-gu Office in Daegu, right next to Sincheon Halmae Tteokbokki, the neighborhood's famous spot. It's a newly opened Korean restaurant serving neat, tidy food, and the place with the Chinese-character sign is Taegyeongok.

Taegyeongok has no private parking lot, but the Dongin private lot is a 2-minute walk away. It's cheap at ₩1,900 for 1 hour and ₩3,700 for 2 hours, and free after 7pm on weekdays and all day on Sundays. The Jung-gu Office lot is free on weekends, so there are plenty of cheap or even free places to park!

Inside Taegyeongok: tables and seating

The moment you step inside Taegyeongok, there's mouthwash, toothpicks, hair ties and more ready for you.

This is part of the view looking from inside toward the entrance! To the right of the entrance there are tables for 2 and 4.

In the corner there are three 4-person tables side by side, so groups of up to 12 can eat together. It seems good for gatherings and company dinners too!

There are even 2 bar seats for solo diners and couples! The restaurant runs long along a glass wall, so I think the window seats are the best at Taegyeongok!

What's on the Taegyeongok menu?

For one person, the mains are four neat Korean set meals: hanwoo yukhoe (raw beef) bibimbap, hanwoo yukhoe mul-hoe (chilled raw beef soup), Hamheung naengmyeon (cold noodles) and beef gukbap (rice soup). The popular dishes are Seoul-style bulgogi and suyuk (boiled pork)!

Rice isn't included with the Seoul-style bulgogi, so note that there are options to add rice and udon noodles!

Taegyeongok's 4 basic side dishes

Taegyeongok served 4 basic side dishes.

Chili peppers, quail eggs.

Kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) and seasoned greens. That's the four!

How do you eat Seoul-style bulgogi?

Here's what I ordered at Taegyeongok that day.

• Seoul-style bulgogi, small
• Added udon noodles
• 2 bowls of rice
• 3 mandu
• Coke Zero

Out came the Seoul-style bulgogi, which you don't often see in Daegu! My companion even said they'd never eaten anything like it, it's that unfamiliar in Daegu.

It's usually known as "mountain-pile bulgogi": the bulgogi is grilled on a dedicated bulgogi pan with bean sprouts piled on top! Around the edge, vegetables like napa cabbage, onion, carrot and bean sprouts cook in the broth. Once the meat is cooked, you move it down to the broth side and eat it together with the vegetables. That's Seoul-style bulgogi!

Since it's beef, the bulgogi cooks fast. The vegetables go into the broth to cook, and once the meat is done to this point, you move it down into the broth and eat it with the vegetables!

How were the meat mandu and Seoul-style bulgogi?

While the bulgogi was cooking, the 3 meat mandu and the udon noodles arrived!

I tried the Taegyeongok meat mandu first. They're big and packed full, so they should go well with the bulgogi broth.

The Seoul-style bulgogi broth was really delicious, and the seasoning on the meat was great too. The vegetables were fresh and crunchy, so even the texture was good! The meat was so good I wanted more, but there's no extra-meat option, which was a shame.

Finishing with udon noodles in the leftover bulgogi broth

After you finish the meat and vegetables, you put the udon noodles into the leftover broth and cook them.

I'd only ever had glass noodles with bulgogi before, but udon soaks up lots of broth, and maybe that's why, the broth was so good that the udon was delicious too~ Rice plus udon makes for a really filling meal!

Is Taegyeongok worth a return visit?

After trying the Seoul-style bulgogi at Taegyeongok, I think the other Korean mains will be clean and tasty too, so I'd love to come back next time!! You can have Seoul-style bulgogi near Jung-gu Office in Dongin-dong, Daegu, so I recommend stopping by!