Weekday lunch lettuce wraps, Asan fish grill: Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo

Does everyone love grilled fish? I sure do. Lately I've been craving good side dishes and home-style food, so I went to Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo Asan Tangjeong Branch, an Asan Tangjeong restaurant known for its loaded self-serve bar and tasty mackerel : )!

Where is Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo in Tangjeong, Asan, and where do you park?

26 Handeulmulbit 6-ro, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Building 1 Hours 11:00–21:00

For parking, just drive into the Ramada Encore building. Around 11am on a weekday there were plenty of open seats.

The dining room at this Asan Tangjeong restaurant was really spacious and comfortable — the interior was so clean it seemed perfect for family visits or group gatherings!

Such a restaurant-like vibe haha. Right by the entrance there was also a table area a bit separated from the main hall.

Menu prices and what comes in the value set for two

Asan Tangjeong restaurant Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo menu Hearth-grilled mackerel set 16,000 Hearth seasoned mackerel set 16,000 Hearth-grilled Spanish mackerel set 17,000 Hearth-grilled atka mackerel set 17,000 Aged kimchi mackerel stew set 17,000 Jeju grilled hairtail set 26,000 Korean set meal 13,000

We ordered the value set for two.

It's the atka mackerel and seasoned mackerel set, and we also ordered pot rice and steamed rice, plus zero-sugar cola to drink!!

What's on the free self-serve bar? Stir-fried pork, japchae and baby tableware

The self-serve bar at Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo Asan Tangjeong Branch was really varied and great. Lots of side dish options, and the vegetables looked super fresh too. Such a clean self-serve bar!! It seemed really well maintained.

There was even a microwave and baby dishware set up on one side, so it looked like a great spot to visit with kids too.

There aren't separate plates for the self-serve bar — you just use the plate that comes with your meal, so once the dishes arrive, take your plate over and fill it up! A self-serve bar packed with all the good stuff: rolled egg, stir-fried pork, tofu, japchae and more ~!

There was also a coffee corner, and my favorite tangy-sweet omija tea and clean barley tea were both ready to go. Drinks are also self-serve, help yourself~!

Ice cream is available for dessert but has to be purchased separately — just a heads-up that it's not free!

I loved that every table had wasabi and soy sauce ready to go, so you can refill anytime you need more~ The wasabi was individually packaged too, so clean and nice!?

I filled a plate with one of each side dish. There were so many kinds I couldn't fit them all, but I got most of them ~!

The soup was seaweed soup! We ordered one pot rice and one steamed rice, and both the rice and the soup were really tasty : )

How does the seasoned mackerel taste in a lettuce wrap with ssamjang?

The seasoned mackerel came out first! Wow, other than braised mackerel I'd never had mackerel with seasoning grilled right onto the skin — it was so novel and delicious. Maybe because of that light seasoning, it was seriously good~!!! The mackerel had a lot of flesh and was nice and savory! Next time I want to try the plain grilled mackerel too!

The fish was so good that I wrapped it in lettuce with what I think was thick soybean paste. Wrapped up like this it was seriously delicious — Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo Asan Tangjeong Branch really delivers.

Is the grilled atka mackerel moist enough to eat over rice?

And the atka mackerel was really, truly moist — that was its defining feature, and it was so good. Soft, easy to flake off the bone, absolutely delicious. They say it's rich in oil, which is why the flesh is so plentiful and moist : )!

I love atka mackerel and hadn't had it in ages, so I ended up eating most of it myself. Laid gently over rice, it melted in my mouth.

The rice was so good and the grilled fish was so tasty at this Asan Tangjeong restaurant. I love the soy sauce and wasabi combo, so I dipped the fish in soy sauce again and again.

I thoroughly enjoyed wrapping up the seasoned mackerel and the atka mackerel at Busan-e Tteun Godeungeo Asan Tangjeong Branch. The owner was kind, the self-serve bar was generous, and the moist grilled fish was so good I want to go back. It's in Tangjeong, parking is easy, and every dish came out neat and delicious — if you love grilled fish, definitely check this place out!