Self-serve bar mayo wrap combo at a Gwangju BBQ buffet: Sin Jjukkumi

I've been craving spicy food lately, so I went out for jjukkumi (stir-fried octopus) after a while. This time I visited Sin Jjukkumi Unlimited Refill Duam Branch in Duam-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju.

I thought this was a jjukkumi-only place, but it turns out there's an all-you-can-eat menu where you can eat fresh pork belly and shaved pork belly along with it. I love both jjukkumi and meat, so this was perfect for me!

Where is Sin Jjukkumi Duam Branch, and what are the hours?

Sin Jjukkumi Duam Branch is at 1F, 4 Bamsil-ro 181beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. It's right on the street so it wasn't hard to spot while walking by, and being in the Duam-dong restaurant alley makes it easy to visit.

• 🚗 Parking: Available on nearby side streets
• ⏰️ Hours: Tue-Sun 16:00-23:00, closed Mondays

Since it opens in the late afternoon, it's a good time slot for having dinner with a drink or two.

What the dining room at Sin Jjukkumi Duam Branch looks like

Walking inside, the space was bigger than I expected. There are several tables and the spacing between seats is fairly generous, so it's good for visiting with a group. I saw a family having a meal together and also a table of friends eating. Everything was neatly arranged overall, so I could sit and eat comfortably.

How much is the all-you-can-eat course at Sin Jjukkumi?

Sin Jjukkumi Duam Branch runs an all-you-can-eat self-serve bar. The menu is basically split into two options.

• 🌶️ Sin Jjukkumi + self-serve bar unlimited refill — adults/middle-high schoolers ₩21,500, elementary schoolers ₩15,000, ages 6-7 ₩6,000, age 5 and under free
• 🥩 Sin Jjukkumi + fresh pork belly + shaved pork belly + self-serve bar unlimited refill — adults/middle-high schoolers ₩23,500, elementary schoolers ₩15,000, ages 6-7 ₩6,000, age 5 and under free

They were also running an unlimited soju and beer event. Unlimited drinks are ₩10,000 per person, with a 2-hour limit. Unlimited drinks, so all you drinkers in Duam-dong, gather here!! hahaha

What's on the self-serve bar in Duam-dong?

We ordered the ₩23,500 menu that day so we could eat jjukkumi, fresh pork belly, and shaved pork belly all together. After ordering, we checked out the self-serve bar first.

There were wrap vegetables like lettuce and perilla leaves, along with pickled radish, bean sprouts, garlic, ssamjang (dipping sauce), and more.

You can also help yourself to jjukkumi, fresh pork belly, and shaved pork belly. It's great being able to bring back just as much of whatever ingredient you want, so you can try a bit of everything. I especially love wraps, so I grabbed plenty of perilla leaves and lettuce haha

The split grill: jjukkumi and pork belly cooked at once

I brought the food over and put it on the grill, and since the grill is split in half, one side stir-fried the seasoned jjukkumi and shaved pork belly while the other side grilled the fresh pork belly.

Thanks to that, I could grill pork belly while the jjukkumi was cooking.

Once the spicy jjukkumi smell started rising, I thought, yep, glad I came haha. Love that spicy smell!!

How I ate it: jjukkumi and shaved pork belly in a perilla wrap

Add in the bean sprouts, onion, and garlic too!

Jjukkumi and shaved pork belly taste great eaten together straight, and they also work well wrapped up.

My favorite combo is perilla leaf + jjukkumi + shaved pork belly + pickled radish + corn kernels + mayonnaise!!! I switched things up, sometimes putting pork belly on the wrap veggies, sometimes pairing it with jjukkumi. Since it's all-you-can-eat, it was great being able to pile on plenty of mayo with the perilla leaves.

If you visit in the evening, a lot of people pair jjukkumi with soju or beer. Since they happen to be running the unlimited drinks event, if you're planning to eat with drinks, Sin Jjukkumi in Duam-dong could be a good spot for a group dinner. Jjukkumi itself is pretty spicy, so it pairs well as a drinking snack, doesn't it??

Is Sin Jjukkumi Duam Branch worth it? Final verdict

I visited that day because I was craving spicy jjukkumi after a while, and eating jjukkumi together with fresh pork belly and shaved pork belly turned out to be a more varied menu than I expected. It was especially fun that the grill is split, so you can stir-fry jjukkumi while grilling fresh pork belly at the same time.

Being able to grab as much wrap vegetables or side ingredients as you want from the self-serve bar made it fun to try out different combinations. It's a solid place to visit in the evening for a meal with a drink, so if you've been looking for a Duam-dong restaurant, a Duam-dong bar, or a Duam-dong place to eat, this one's worth checking out.

That day I ate the most of the jjukkumi and shaved pork belly combo haha. When I'm craving spicy food again, I think I'll be reaching for this menu again!