Yeosu BBQ restaurant with refillable wasabi shiitake: Gasyukgo Hakdong

Today I visited a meat restaurant near Yeosu Hakdong City Hall where you can meet the fantastic combination of top-quality aged Korean native pork and Dolsan mustard leaf, a local Yeosu specialty! With its generous side dish spread and grilling service, Gasyukgo Hakdong is popular for group gatherings and date courses 📝

Where is Gasyukgo Hakdong, and where do you park?

It's located right on Seonso-ro near Yeosu City Hall, so it's very easy to find, and parking support is available for customers using nearby stores, so it's great to visit by car!

The indoor space is very spacious and clean, with comfortable table seating, making it a very satisfying atmosphere for family meals or group dinners! Before you visit, let me briefly summarize the hours and location info for easy reference!

📌 Location and basic details

• Location: 59 Seonso-ro, Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, Gasyukgo Hakdong
• Located on Seonso-ro near Yeosu Hakdong City Hall
• Nearby alternative parking and store parking support available

📌 Opening hours

• Daily from 17:00 to 23:00
• Last order at 22:30
• Open year-round

Gasyukgo Hakdong menu and prices

• Gatyukgo full plate 700g ₩69,000
• Gatyukgo half-plate 500g ₩49,000
• Aged pork belly 150g ₩15,000
• Aged pork neck 150g ₩15,000
• Yukhyangsal 150g ₩15,000
• Gabrisal (skirt meat) 150g ₩17,000
• Gatyukgo fried rice ₩4,000
• Gat kimchi stew ₩6,000

The gatyukgo half-plate: 500g of meat for 49,000 won for two

There were two of us, so we ordered the gatyukgo half-plate 500g for ₩49,000, a great-value set that lets you try pork belly, yukhyangsal, and pork neck all together!

After ordering, a southern-style table spread started getting set up, and every single side dish combination was designed to bring out the flavor of the meat spectacularly.

The steaming egg custard in a stone pot was fluffy and soft like pudding, gently soothing our stomachs before we even started on the meat 💡

Tableside grilling by the staff and the texture of the aged pork

Grilled to a nice golden-brown by the friendly staff right at our table, the gatyukgo half-plate meat had truly excellent texture 🥩

The moment I put a piece in my mouth, the distinctively springy yet chewy texture was outstanding, and I couldn't stop exclaiming in admiration!

Juicy meat juices trapped inside the thick cut burst out, filling my whole mouth with savory richness. Grilling mushrooms, pineapple, and shishito peppers alongside it and eating them together with the gat kimchi on the grill meant every single piece to the last bite was perfect, never getting tiring!

Gat kimchi and the wasabi shiitake mushrooms we refilled

Gat kimchi, a Yeosu specialty, exploded with a spicy, refreshing savoriness the more you chewed it, cleanly cutting through what could otherwise be a greasy meat flavor!

In particular, the wasabi-mixed shiitake mushroom side dish that came as a basic banchan (side dish) was an absolute cheat code, a delicacy that left us in awe.

The chewy texture unique to shiitake mushrooms, the savory-salty seasoning, and the nose-tingling kick of wasabi came together perfectly!

It was so delicious that we ended up refilling it once without a second thought. Wrapping a thick piece of meat and this wasabi shiitake mushroom side dish together in lettuce made for an absolutely perfect pairing we could have eaten endlessly!

Corn ice cream to finish the meal

After finishing our meal, we got to enjoy sweet, cool corn ice cream for dessert, making for a perfectly clean finish! With the heartfelt southern-style spread, the legendary wasabi shiitake mushroom side dish, and the springy, chewy aged meat, it was a thoroughly satisfying time!

If you're looking for a proper spot for aged pork belly and specialty cuts near Yeosu Hakdong City Hall, be sure to stop by Gasyukgo Hakdong 😊