Pork belly vs. neck taste test at Bucheon Korean BBQ: Cham Dwaejitgan

I've been craving pork belly like crazy lately… so I went to Cham Dwaejitgan near Sinjung-dong Station ☻

It's open 24 hours, so you can go even if you get a late-night craving for meat

We ordered Jirisan black pork belly and neck, and the staff grilled every single piece, flipping them one by one with so much care — we just got to sit back and eat comfortably ♡

With 120 seats, there's no worry about finding room even if you come as a group

📍Cham Dwaejitgan Bucheon Sinjung-dong Branch

Location and hours of Cham Dwaejitgan Bucheon Sinjung-dong Branch

• Open 24 hours
• No closed days
• 5-minute walk from Exit 3, Sinjung-dong Station
• No parking available
• 68 Jungdong-ro 262beon-gil, 1st floor, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Coming out of Exit 3 of Sinjung-dong Station, it's about a 3-minute walk from Lotte Department Store! Head into the alley between McDonald's and KFC and you'll find a whole restaurant street ꕤ The weather was great, so the vibe was insane haha

120 seats — good for group dinners too?

Even though the place is quite spacious with 120 seats, every table was full when I visited👀 I guess that shows how popular it already is as a Sinjung-dong Korean BBQ spot, wow

It looked great for two people, but also fine for friend gatherings, dates, or big group dinners and get-togethers ꔛ

Menu and prices

The pork comes in two options — Jirisan black pork and Boseong green-fed pork — and the side menu ranges from kimchi stew and doenjang stew to fried rice, soy egg rice, steamed egg, and cold noodles, perfect for wrapping up the meal!

• 🥩 Jirisan black pork — Black pork belly 160g ₩19,000 / Black pork neck 160g ₩18,000
• 🥩 Boseong green-fed pork — Pork belly 160g ₩16,000 / Flower neck 160g ₩16,000 / Cheongyeopsal 160g ₩19,000 / Gabrisal 160g ₩19,000

Sauces and side dips

The dips range from salt to wasabi to spicy sauce for dipping the meat. Spicy sauce, mushroom wasabi, three kinds of vegetables, sliced potato, garlic scapes, and lettuce and perilla leaves — the classic pork belly combo •••♡

• ✔️ Jirisan black pork belly ₩19,000
• ✔️ Jirisan black pork neck ₩18,000
• ✔️ Fried rice ₩3,000

Looking at it like this, the portion might seem a bit small, but! Once it's on the grill, they cut it into bite-sized pieces and the amount is actually just right

Staff-grilled tableside cooking

You could say the way they set the meat down was already so careful •••

How do they lay it out and flip it so perfectly? 👀

The staff really grilled every single piece with so much care ••• it wasn't just cooked and done — they checked the state of the meat, flipped it, cut it into bite-sized pieces, and kept grilling attentively right to the end ᙏ̤̫͚

They set the meat aside so it wouldn't burn and grilled potato and mushroom in that spot instead — nice touch •••👏🏻

Taste difference: black pork belly vs. neck

Can you see how golden brown it's grilled? Since it's pork belly, we dipped it lightly in salt to taste the meat as-is, and it was super delicious

If pork belly is chewy and fatty, the neck is a bit cleaner-tasting. Personally both were amazing ••• but if I had to pick one, pork belly is completely my type 😎

Ah, and the combo with mushroom wasabi was also delicious. The sharp kick of wasabi paired well with the meat and cut through the richness completely! And adding grilled sliced potato with garlic scapes on top — so good

Finishing with fried rice

So here it is — and the fried rice, even as a single serving, the portion was insane ••• 🤤 We ate it after finishing all the meat, and it was both generous and delicious, so if you come here, you have to try the fried rice!!

It's nice that you can help yourself to as much lettuce, perilla leaves, scallions, bean sprouts, and kimchi as you want~

Wrap-up

If you're looking for a great pork belly restaurant near Sinjung-dong Station in Bucheon, this is one I'd recommend! From Jirisan black pork belly to neck, the meat was delicious, and above all, the staff grilled every single piece with so much care that we could just relax and eat haha

The side dips like mushroom wasabi, garlic scapes, and sliced potato were also tasty, and with 120 seats, it's perfect for group dinners or gatherings too! Personally, pork belly was my favorite, and I definitely recommend trying the fried rice to finish ♡