Wife's first frozen pork belly: three textures compared at Minari
Minari Naengsam is a frozen pork belly (naengsam) restaurant near Munjeong Station in Songpa, Seoul, where minari (water celery) is grilled alongside the meat. On this visit the writer and his wife, trying naengsam for the first time, ordered flower naengsam, regular naengsam and cheek pork jowl side by side to compare tenderness and chew, finishing with doenjang stew and hairtail-jeotgal fried rice. It's a solid pick if you want the fast-cooking, keep-eating rhythm that makes naengsam fun.