Namwirye shabu-shabu buffet with chili soy dip and poached egg: Dadam

I was in Wirye today so I went for shabu-shabu! It's right by the Wirye central shopping street so it's super accessible. Wirye's go-to spot, Dadam Shabu Shabu!! I've been here so many times — the value is great and the broth is delicious, so this is a genuine recommendation haha.

Dadam Shabu Shabu & Wolnamssam / Hours 11:00–21:00 / Parking available / Regional gift cards accepted / Great for family gatherings

What's on the self-bar at Dadam Shabu Shabu Wirye?

Beyond the vegetables, there was so much — sweet potato rice cakes, cheese rice cakes, fish balls, kalguksu noodles, rice noodles, and more!! If a whole family comes, I feel like there's definitely something for everyone's taste haha.

The self-bar had a huge variety of shabu-shabu vegetables, Vietnamese wrap vegetables, and noodles! I love all vegetables, but I especially loved that they had white fungus mushrooms~! And they kept refilling with fresh vegetables so I could eat as much as I wanted without any guilt!!

The cheongyang chili soy dip is Dadam's real hook

And then the sauce — the soy sauce here is a total game changer!! It's not just plain soy sauce but a slightly seasoned soy sauce, and if they add minced cheongyang chili it's absolutely delicious haha. I fill two of the three compartments in my sauce dish with the chili soy sauce haha. That's how irresistible and tasty this sauce is!!

Beef chuck or beef belly: which keeps the broth clear?

There were two types of meat! Beef chuck and beef belly! We don't like when the broth gets cloudy so we ate a lot of the beef chuck — no gamey smell at all and it was so delicious haha. And the meat wasn't chewy but tender, so it's the kind of meat everyone, young and old, can enjoy haha.

There were also porridge ingredients, but we were too full to eat any — such a shame after seeing how good it looked ㅠ Since it's an all-you-can-eat buffet, we end up eating so much meat and vegetables that we never have room left for the porridge ㅠㅠ

Dessert at Dadam: milk ice cream and affogato

And this is amazing! The ice cream haha. It's really tasty milk ice cream, so I wanted more haha. I always make it into an affogato!!

I piled my plate high with vegetables haha. There was such a variety that it was great, especially the minari (water dropwort) and white fungus, which were really delicious👍🏻👍🏻 And they add mandu (dumplings) as a nice touch here and there haha.

Half-and-half broth and the rice paper wrap spread

A table full of food~ You have to pile on plenty of Vietnamese wrap ingredients too haha. I ordered the half-and-half broth, but personally I thought the clear broth was tastier! The Vietnamese wrap ingredients included carrot, cucumber, beetroot, cabbage, pineapple, young sprouts, perilla leaves, and purple cabbage~!

Since the meat is unlimited, being able to eat freely without any guilt is a total hook haha. And seriously, make sure to add plenty of minari!! Wrapping just minari and meat together is already the best!!

Poaching an egg in the broth instead of making porridge

And here's my own little hook... haha. I make a poached egg in the broth like this and it's absolutely amazing! I'm too full for porridge, but this is my method when I want to eat egg haha. So soft and tender and totally delicious haha.

Grab the ice cream before the self-bar closes

Can you see all that ice cream?! I scooped a generous amount so I wouldn't have any regrets haha. Near the end, they close the self-bar a bit early, but they let us know beforehand so we could scoop unlimited ice cream before it closed!! Honestly, I always make sure to get ice cream twice here🤣 That's how good the ice cream is, and it's really delicious as an affogato too!!

Takeout at Dadam, and a cool dining room in summer

And I heard takeout is now available too!! Check the takeout price, and if you're planning to eat at home I'd recommend getting it to go!! I think I'll come back at least once when the weather cools down haha. Honestly, shabu-shabu isn't the easiest thing to eat in summer, but the restaurant is really cool inside and the flavor keeps coming to mind, so it's a place I just had to visit no matter what haha.