Solo dining in Yeouido: hairtail set with grilled pork side added

Today I visited a Korean restaurant in Yeouido that's also great for solo dining — Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Bansang Yeouido 🐟

Location and hours of Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Bansang Yeouido

• 📍Location: B1 142, 143-ho, 86 Gukjegeumyung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• ⏰Hours: 11:00–21:00 (break time 15:00–17:00)
• 🅿️Parking: Available

What I ordered: grilled hairtail set with added pork

The menu has all kinds of clay-oven grilled fish sets~ They grill the fish in a clay oven over a whopping 500 degrees, so it's crispy outside, tender inside! I went for the 'grilled hairtail set' as my fish set, and

From the side add-on menu I ordered 'added grilled pork' 👉👈 Since this is a Yeouido Korean restaurant, I was too curious about the pork taste not to add it 🤤

A self-bar with even tteokbokki, plus japchae and lotus root refills

And there's also a self-bar~ There was even tteokbokki (spicy stir-fried rice cakes) on the self-bar, I was shocked 🫢 And the japchae (stir-fried glass noodles) side dish was refillable too! The lotus root there was so delicious I refilled it twice 👉👈

The grilled hairtail set, five fists' worth of fish

And then my ordered grilled hairtail set arrived — a spread that made me understand why this place is called a Yeouido Korean restaurant 😳 Truly the best spread for someone who loves Korean food >_<

I've never seen a grilled fish place serve hairtail this big,, the size of the grilled hairtail was really enormous 🫢 I think it's about five of my fists in size 😳

Lettuce for wrapping also came out with it! I came solo today, but I think this is such a great, hearty meal for office workers around Yeouido 🤤 It's not in the photo, but there's also a solo-dining table, and a lot of people were dining alone here after work.

And each table has ssamjang (seasoned soybean paste) and wasabi already on it — being able to grab it yourself without calling staff felt so nice 🤭

How was the side grilled pork?

Not knowing the hairtail would be this huge 👉👈 I'd already ordered the pork side dish (though honestly, even if I'd known the hairtail was huge, I probably still would've ordered it..)

Maybe because it's a Yeouido Korean restaurant, but the pork looked mouthwatering from the visuals alone 🥺🤤 So glossy and vivid,, 🩷 I've been eating pork every weekend for two weeks straight now 🤤 I should note down Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Bansang Yeouido as a good spot for pork too >_<📝

So today's solo-dining spread was complete~ It came out so generously that even solo, I was 100% satisfied 🤤

Pork really is love~~🤤

Maybe because the hairtail is grilled in the clay oven, it really came out crispy outside and tender inside 🤤🐟🤍 You know how putting this over rice means a whole bowl disappears in no time?!?!? 🤤🤤

But if you add the pork too, it's two bowls gone 👉👈🤭 Wrapping the pork in lettuce like this was so delicious 💗

A bit embarrassing, but here's the photo of an empty hairtail plate and empty pork plate 👉👈 As someone who loves Korean food, this was a Yeouido Korean restaurant that hit exactly my taste 🤤 If you're craving grilled fish Korean food, give it a visit 💗