Paju Garam-maeul BBQ restaurant: shiitake wasabi pork neck, Tannae

I paid a visit to Tannae Paju Main Branch, famous as the original hotspot on the Unjeong food street. It's a Garam-maeul restaurant my family and I go to whenever our schedules line up haha 😁

It's the only place in Unjeong that does charcoal pre-grilling, and they only use carefully selected white pork!

Where is Tannae Paju Main Branch, and what are its hours?

• 73 Garam-ro, 1F Unit 103, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Weekdays 17:00–23:00 / Weekends 16:00–23:00
• No days off
• Parking available

We finally had a free weekend as a family, and it was just as delicious as always 👍

Parking at Tannae Paju Main Branch and what the dining room is like

Tannae Paju Main Branch does have parking attached to the building. It fits about 6 cars, but of course you can't park there during peak dinner hours, right??

That's why there's a street parking lot right in front. If you dine at Tannae Paju Main Branch, you get 90 minutes of free parking.

The rate is ₩600 for the first 30 minutes, then ₩250 every 10 minutes after that.

There's an unmanned payment machine, so you just pay by card.

I don't like crowds, so I showed up around 5:30pm.

Dinner hour hadn't even started yet, but 5-6 tables were already filled 😮 True to its reputation as a Garam-maeul, Unjeong favorite, people show up right at opening.

Did you know the biggest feature of Tannae in Unjeong is that the owner personally does the pre-grilling??

For the record, meat tastes better on charcoal than on white charcoal, and better on white charcoal than on a gas stove. You'll find that out the moment you come to Tannae Paju Main Branch, haha.

You can feel the heat of the charcoal that never stops, 24 hours a day. The clean pork flavor and chewy texture of the white pork, combined with top-tier grilling, is a combination that simply can't taste bad.

This cut is the pork neck, and I was drooling just taking pictures of it. So today I decided to order pork neck and give it a try 😁

They also have baby chairs on hand, which makes it easy for family dinners.

What is on the self-serve side dish bar, and what comes free with your order?

The self-serve bar at Tannae Paju Main Branch is lined with side dishes that are both similar to and different from other grill houses in Unjeong.

From lettuce, cabbage, and onion sauce to shiitake wasabi, which you won't find anywhere else!! Shiitake wasabi isn't exactly a sauce, but eating it with the meat cuts the richness while still letting you taste the meat's own flavor — it's my favorite.

There's also plain wasabi, so you get to enjoy the meat in various ways.

You can order meat starting from 2 servings for your first order. If you order 2 servings of meat as your first order, you get a free doenjang jjigae or kimchi jjigae!

And by leaving a Naver receipt review, you can also snag a free naengmyeon or ramyeon. Pay after you've eaten everything and you'll see just how good the value is at this Unjeong grill house. That's why I think it's also a great spot for company dinners in Unjeong.

Eating pork neck and seasoned king-size grilled pork with shiitake wasabi

Today it was just me and my parents, three of us, so we first ordered 2 servings of pork neck only. All the side dishes that come with the table setting are also available at the self-serve bar.

Fermented anchovy sauce also comes out with the meal, and you just simmer it on the charcoal for about a minute.

The 2 servings of pork neck, pre-grilled by the owner, arrived. The charcoal fire is stronger than you'd expect, so just set the meat on the side and eat slowly.

The pink-looking part is the fat, and it was chewy and delicious.

This time I picked the crab doenjang jjigae. Personally, I think kimchi jjigae suits my taste more than doenjang jjigae.

Even writing this post now, seeing this makes my stomach growl. Shiitake wasabi + green onion kimchi + pork neck — a genuine three-way showtime for the mouth~~

Two servings wasn't quite enough, so we ordered 300g of the seasoned king-size grilled pork.

Even after finishing 2 servings of meat, the charcoal fire showed no signs of dying down.

This is the bibim naengmyeon we got through the Naver receipt review. Pork ribs really do go perfectly with naengmyeon.

I went with water naengmyeon since I needed to help digestion and my throat was dry. They're ₩6,000 each, but since it's free with a Naver receipt review, there's no reason not to do it if you're visiting Tannae Paju Main Branch, right??

Why Tannae is worth it for a family dinner or work dinner near Unjeong

Tannae Paju Main Branch is an Unjeong grill house located in the Garam-maeul food street. It's a restaurant where you can taste white pork personally selected by the owner along with the seasoned king-size grilled pork! And since it's grilled on charcoal, there may be people who haven't tried it, but there's no one who's tried it only once.

If you're looking for a grill house that's good for family dinners or company gatherings, Tannae Paju Main Branch could be the perfect spot. With so many side dishes and sauces, there's also the fun of trying it in various ways!