Jongno, Daegu BBQ: rainy Friday at a window seat, Suyeong Naengsam

What kind of BBQ restaurant is Suyeong Naengsam in Jongno, Daegu?

Suyeong Naengsam Daegu Direct Store (수영냉삼 대구 직영점) is a naengsam (frozen pork belly) BBQ restaurant in Jongno, downtown Daegu, where you can eat meat while watching a baseball game. I found it while looking for a spot to meet up downtown, and it turns out it's a favorite of Na PD and other celebrities, haha. And there's baseball! So good. A really fun, delicious visit, and here's my review!

• Mon–Thu 16:00–24:00
• Fri–Sat 16:00–01:00
• Closed 2nd and 4th Sundays
• Reservations accepted, group seating available

Jongno has lots of great restaurants, and if I had to pick one, it'd be Suyeong Naengsam. I went a little after 6 on a Friday and it was already quite busy, and it filled up completely while we were eating. Such a popular place~

Is Suyeong Naengsam good for group dinners?

Suyeong Naengsam Daegu Direct Store is quite spacious, so it can take groups and company dinners. It rained that day, so sadly we couldn't catch the Samseong Lions game, but we happily munched on meat while watching a game from another stadium.

It goes quite far back, so groups are no problem! The place is fairly clean, and the owner and staff were friendly too.

A window seat at Suyeong Naengsam on a rainy Friday

I sat by the window, and can a BBQ place get any more romantic?! T_T Eating meat while listening to the rain is the absolute best!!!

Suyeong Naengsam menu, prices and ordering rules

The menu is shaved pork belly (daepae), pork belly (samgyeopsal) and pork neck (moksal), and that's it! The price is a really cheap ₩7,900. You can't call it anything but a super good-value BBQ place. The first order starts at 4 servings, and extras start at 2 servings!

I heard the shaved pork belly is the one to get here, so that's my pick! Thick cuts are great too, but sometimes you really crave shaved pork that cooks fast on the grill!

Which side dishes are best at Suyeong Naengsam?

All the side dishes were good, but my top recommendation is the pa-kimchi (green onion kimchi)!! They said they make it themselves, and it was really delicious. I'd go back just for this~~

You get the other sides from the self-bar, and I diligently kept fetching more pa-kimchi, of course~~ The vegetables, kimchi, garlic, lettuce, everything is fresh!

Shaved pork belly for 4 at Suyeong Naengsam: portion and taste

This was 4 servings of shaved pork belly, and the portion is really big. They say the cut with the odol-ppyeo (crunchy cartilage) is the tastiest and most premium, and it had exactly that!!!! The meat is a nice rosy red too, so it looks great.

Because it's shaved, there's no waiting for it to cook and you can eat right away, which I loved. The taste? Need I say more, it melted in my mouth. Even though it's shaved pork, it wasn't greasy and had no gamey smell at all.

As soon as the grill heats up, you lay the meat down, it goes sizzle and cooks in an instant, and sprinkling lots of pepper is the golden rule!!! My first bite was dipped in oil-and-salt sauce, so nutty and rich, a festival in my mouth.

They gave us separate salt and pepper shakers and explained we could sprinkle them on as we eat. The lettuce and green onion salad (pa-jeotgari) was good too, so I wrapped everything up neatly and ate it all.

Suyeong Naengsam's must-try: grilled kimchi and bean sprouts

The real highlight at Suyeong Naengsam was this grilled kimchi and bean sprouts. You have to grill the kimchi in the pork fat and eat it together, and that's when you go, "Now that's a proper meal~~" Put grilled kimchi on a nicely cooked piece of meat, dab garlic in ssamjang (dipping paste), wrap it all in lettuce, and all the stress piled up today just melts away~~~

It was even better because it was aged kimchi (mukeunji)...

Finishing with DIY kimchi fried rice at Suyeong Naengsam

The final highlight at Suyeong Naengsam is the self-made kimchi fried rice! You have to end with the K-dessert, fried rice! I chopped up the leftover meat, added pa-kimchi and garlic, and scraped the pan right down to the bottom, and I had nothing left to wish for. Pa-kimchi, napa cabbage kimchi and meat all stir-fried together, and it was really delicious! What's more popular than the meat? The kimchi fried rice. Koreans must have fried rice, right?

There's a receipt review event too, so please do visit Suyeong Naengsam, the Jongno BBQ place! Great value and a great mood, so I'll probably go again. Today's menu choice was a total success >_<