Geomdan wine bar May course for three: Korean melon jamón, Matgim

Today I'm introducing Matgim (맡김), an omakase wine bar and pub in Geomdan new town, Incheon, great for anniversaries.

Where is Matgim, and is there parking?

Matgim is a great omakase spot in Geomdan new town, Incheon, and you get 2 hours of parking support in the building's underground garage. Here's the exterior. An omakase gem in Geomdan new town, Incheon!

The underground garage is huge too, so parking is a breeze. (2 hours of parking support)

There's also one outdoor table, so if you love outdoor seating, I highly recommend it!

What's the seating like, and do you need a reservation?

The inside is mostly bar seats, which makes it great for dates, and there's only one 4-person table, so book ahead if you're going with a group. We were three people, so we reserved the table in advance.

The bar seating is so good for dates >< The wine room is beautifully decorated too, and there's a mirror, so it's a great photo spot 📸📸📸📸📸

Matgim omakase course prices and drink rules

The omakase course comes in two options, ₩35,000 and ₩50,000. You must order one drink per person, and corkage is free for 1 bottle. They sell wine and draft beer too!!!!

Matgim's May course lineup

Matgim changes its menu every month. Here's the May lineup.

• ₩35,000: Korean melon jamón salad / grilled napa cabbage / shrimp taco / daily pasta / sous-vide pork tenderloin steak / dessert
• ₩50,000: Korean melon jamón salad / grilled napa cabbage / shrimp taco / daily pasta / cottage pie (English-style meat pie) / flat iron steak / dessert

Drinks we ordered at Matgim: mango seasonal ade and Suntory draft beer

May's seasonal ade is mango ade at ₩9,000, and the Suntory Premium draft beer is also ₩9,000. These are the drinks we ordered!

One of us was driving, so she went with the non-alcoholic seasonal ade~~~ May's is mango ade!!!! There's mango at the bottom, so give it a good stir~~~ It was sweet and fizzy and delicious. Mango is the best, right!!

I debated between wine and beer, then went with a cold Suntory draft beer!! What can I say about draft beer~~ so good.

First dish of Matgim's May course: Korean melon jamón salad

The first dish in Matgim's May course is a Korean melon (chamoe) jamón salad, served with two kinds of cheese, ricotta and burrata. It's a salad but look how gorgeous it is, right???

The melon is sweet and crisp, and there are two cheeses! Ricotta and burrata~~~~~ Eat them with the jamón for that sweet-salty combo, and the beer just goes glug glug.

What does Matgim's signature grilled napa cabbage taste like?

The second dish is Matgim's signature, grilled napa cabbage, sprinkled with bacon and topped with plenty of sauce, so the portion is really big. The more sauce the better!!!

The napa cabbage is so tender, and the sauce and bacon texture are a perfect combo. This would go so well with wine that I started craving some, haha. Next time I'll order wine.

Matgim shrimp tacos: bite-size tacos topped with cilantro

The third dish is shrimp tacos!!!!!!! They're bite-sized so easy to eat, and the cilantro on top gives them an exotic aroma~~~~~

Squeeze the lime over~~~ and one bite, nom nom. Wow, this is seriously good!!!! The shrimp is plump, the sauce is tasty, and with the cilantro it tastes like you're traveling abroad! It goes in in one bite, so good (I want more...)

May's daily pasta at Matgim is truffle mushroom pasta

The fourth dish is the daily pasta, and it was a mushroom pasta!!!! The truffle aroma hits you the moment it arrives!!! My nostrils were flaring.

Mix in the pesto thoroughly~~~ There's a lot of pasta and a lot of mushrooms. Look how big the mushrooms are!!!! Nom nom with the mushrooms. The noodles are cooked just right and the sauce is creamy and so good!

How tender is Matgim's sous-vide pork tenderloin steak?

The fifth dish is a sous-vide pork tenderloin steak, served with two sauces, orange sauce and pea purée, plus whole-grain mustard and gungchae jangajji (pickled stem lettuce). The presentation is killer!!!!

That pink color.... is this really pork??? I'm drooling~~~~ Probably because it's sous-vide, it looks super tender just from looking.

Even cutting with a knife, the meat was so tender it pulled apart along the grain, haha. The juices are insane~~ and look at that cross-section~~~ Not tough at all, really tender. It tastes like eating high-quality ham? The aroma is great too, so I think it'd go really well with wine.

Dip it in the sauce, nom nom. The orange sauce and pea purée go so well with the tenderloin. Eating it with the pickled gungchae is great too.

Matgim dessert: ice cream with coconut chips

The May course ends with ice cream topped with coconut chips the chef makes in-house. Even the ice cream looks amazing~~~

It's sprinkled with olive oil and salt too, so the sweet-salty savoriness is crazy~~

The coconut chips are crunchy with a great texture. There's a cookie underneath too, so we got to enjoy the ice cream in lots of ways, haha.

Do I recommend Matgim as an anniversary bar in Geomdan new town?

You can book Matgim through Naver and Catch Table. The omakase lineup is great and it tastes great, so try it for your anniversary >< Matgim, the anniversary omakase wine bar in Geomdan new town, Incheon: highly recommended 💙