Beomeo-dong Daegu Korean restaurant with tablet ordering: Banwoldang

Looking for a hearty Korean meal in Suseong-gu, Daegu, I visited Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch. Located in the Beomeo-dong food alley, it's easy to reach and serves a generous spread built around fire-grilled squid pork stir-fry, smoky with real charcoal flavor.

Where is Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch and how do you get there?

Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch sits on the 1st floor at 22 Beomeocheon-ro, Suseong-gu, Daegu. It's between Eorininsegye and Suseonggu-mindongjang stations on Daegu Metro Line 3, right along the covered Beomeo stream food alley — a 5–10 minute walk from either station.

Inside Banwoldang Buja Sikdang: atmosphere and seating

A clean white sign is visible from a distance. Behind the modern brick building's ground-floor exterior, the interior is wrapped in soft yellow lighting, creating a warm and cozy mood.

Wood-toned tables, white walls, and muted brown accents give the space a polished feel. Two- and four-person tables are arranged well, and a room-style group section sits further inside, so you can pick seating that fits your group size. Banners by the entrance advertising appearances on KBS Saengsaeng Jeongbo and MBC Oneul Jeonyeok show at a glance that this is a well-known spot featured on TV multiple times.

Menu and prices at Banwoldang Buja Sikdang

The menu at Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch is kept tight, down to four items.

• Stone-plate Buja Seokgalbi ₩14,000
• Fire-grilled squid pork stir-fry ₩14,000
• Fire-grilled squid stir-fry ₩13,000
• Fire-grilled pork stir-fry ₩12,000

There's the stone-plate Buja Seokgalbi, low-temperature aged in a special soy sauce marinade; the fire-grilled squid pork stir-fry combining 24-hour aged pork with squid cleaned fresh daily; the fire-grilled squid stir-fry that shows off the chewiness of plump squid; and the fire-grilled pork stir-fry, aged meat stir-fried over high heat — pick whichever suits your taste.

All menu items require an order for 2 or more people, and a free soybean paste hot pot (cheonggukjang jeongol) comes with any order.

Ordering on the T-order tablet and the side dishes that come with it

A T-order tablet is set up at every table, so you can sit down and browse menu photos at your own pace. On the tablet you choose the menu, quantity, spice level, and rice type all at once, and pay directly through it.

Once the order goes through, four side dishes arrive first: stir-fried seaweed stem, seasoned bean sprouts, spicy radish salad, and fried burdock chips, all made fresh each morning and light on the palate.

Before the main dish arrives, the complimentary soybean paste hot pot bubbles away on the burner. As the savory doenjang aroma spreads, you naturally start craving a bowl of rice.

Fire-grilled squid and pork stir-fry: both on one hot stone plate

What I ordered this time was the fire-grilled squid pork stir-fry — essentially fire-grilled squid and pork stir-fried together. Arriving at the table sizzling on a hot stone plate, it combines 24-hour aged pork with squid trimmed fresh daily, and it's arguably Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch's signature dish.

The deep red sauce soaks into both the pork and squid, topped with a mountain of white enoki mushrooms — the visual alone is appetite-triggering. Sprinkled with fragrant sesame seeds and carrying a heavy charcoal-grilled aroma, my mouth was watering the moment it landed on the table.

Since the sauce can splatter, they give you an apron while you wait, which only builds anticipation. Ordering for 2 or more is required, but the portion is generous enough to share comfortably.

The sauce is rich but not overwhelming, addictive in a way that kept my chopsticks reaching back — a true rice thief of a dish. Thanks to the intense fire-grilling, that charcoal flavor seeps deep into the sauce, so even the standard spice level never felt bland.

The deep-sea squid, trimmed fresh every morning, is plump and wonderfully chewy. It barely has any fishy smell, so even people who aren't usually into squid could eat it comfortably.

The savory depth of the aged pork combined with the fire-grilled aroma means one bite piled onto black rice makes a whole bowl disappear in no time. Alternating between pork and squid keeps the texture changing bite to bite, so it never gets old.

What I liked most was getting to enjoy pork and squid together on one plate. Compared to ordering just squid or just pork, having both ingredients together made the meal feel much more satisfying.

Mixing black rice into the leftover sauce to finish

And of course, it ends with rice. Mixing chewy black rice into the leftover sauce makes for sauce-soaked rice that tastes amazing. Tossing in the seasoned bean sprouts, radish salad, and seaweed stem too brings out even more savory depth.

With just one order of the fire-grilled squid pork stir-fry, I got to wrap it in lettuce, mix it into rice, and use up every last bit of the sauce — plenty of ways to enjoy a single dish, which felt very satisfying.

Who should eat at Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch?

Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch is a directly-run branch bringing the flavor of the original Banwoldang location to Suseong-gu. With a clean interior, convenient tablet ordering, a generous spread, and that fire-grilled aroma, it works well for family meals as well as lunch or dinner with coworkers.

If you're after a hearty Korean meal in Beomeo-dong, Daegu, or searching for good restaurants in Suseong-gu, Beomeo-dong, or fire-grilled pork stir-fry in Daegu, this place is worth a visit.