Eel buffet in Siheung Baegot for wedding-prep stamina: Songnim Bok

Worn out from wedding prep: an eel buffet in Baegot

We went to Songnim Bok Jangeo Unlimited Freshwater Eel Siheung Baegot Direct Branch because wedding prep had worn us out and the weather suddenly turned hot, so we wanted something for stamina. My partner loves eel. Meat, seafood, my partner eats it all, yum 🤤⭕️ Me? I'm a seafood beginner.. if it's even a little fishy..? Instantly 🤐❌

I've been eating a lot of different proteins lately as my diet excuse, and my partner once went through a phase of ordering eel nonstop. Tired from wedding prep and with the sudden heat, we decided to get some stamina food and visited Songnim Bok Jangeo Unlimited Freshwater Eel Siheung Baegot Direct Branch..!

Where is Songnim Bok Jangeo in Baegot?

The Baegot direct branch is on the ground floor of the Yuho officetel, on the inner one-way road side. Anyone who lives in Baegot has probably walked past it at some point!

We're here!

How much is the eel buffet at Songnim Bok Jangeo?

The sign says ₩29,900 for the unlimited eel, but with the ₩3,000 table setting fee it comes to ₩32,900 per person! That's the adult price. Kids (elementary school) are ₩14,000 with no separate table setting fee.

Inside the restaurant and parking

Here's what the inside looks like.

Long seating runs along both sides, so it looked great for company dinners.

There's a public parking lot right in front, so it feels open and airy. For parking, don't use that public lot, use the building's parking lot.

Basic table setting and the self-serve side dish corner

As soon as you sit down, the basic setting arrives. The mains are eel, pork belly and duck neck, with shredded ginger, scallion kimchi, pickled onion, washed aged kimchi and perilla leaves on the side!

More side dishes are unlimited at the self-serve corner. It's covered with lids when not in use, so it feels hygienic. Neat!

Is the eel at Songnim Bok Jangeo frozen?

They say the eel isn't thawed from frozen but is chilled, domestic eel. Each half eel is cut into 4-5 pieces, ready for grilling. They told us live eels are prepped at the farms and direct-sales markets every morning and brought in.

It's cheap, but unlike other all-you-can-eat places, it's NOT thawed frozen eel!! Chilled + domestic + bought daily + low price = what more could you want..❤️🔥

There's pork belly and duck neck too,

Besides the basic setting, there's eel sauce, salt-and-sesame-oil dip, ssamjang, chili peppers, raw garlic and lettuce wraps too!

There's a guide on the wall for how to grill the eel.

Eel grilled over charcoal, not gas

Songnim Bok Jangeo uses charcoal, not plain gas! Oh, and you can't see it in the photo, but the grill marks came out so nicely, and my partner grilled it for me, pressing it down firmly. Thank youuu

Can a seafood beginner eat it without the fishy smell?

Even I, a seafood beginner, enjoyed the charcoal eel with no off smell and no bones. Shall we dig in?

As a seafood beginner.. I used to dislike freshwater eel because it's slimy and squishy and the bones bother me as I eat. But the eel here has chewy skin and not a single bone showed up the whole meal! Above all, when my partner grilled eel at home there was an unavoidable fishy smell, but this fresh eel on charcoal had no off smell at all and was sooo good.

I love the ginger

Duck neck and washed aged kimchi beat expectations

The surprise find was the duck neck. The pork belly is delicious of course, but the duck neck was better than I expected! It's a bit different from chicken neck: no chewy fat, the meat itself is tender, kind of like the texture of a well-grilled king oyster mushroom.. anyway, so tender and juicy, so good.

And it's washed aged kimchi, not white kimchi, which makes it even better

My partner brushed on sauce and grilled it for me, and it was so good,, Overall, no off smells, clean-tasting, never gets tiresome, you just keep eating..

Round two: brushing on sauce and grilling just the surface

For the second refill I brought back the same eel, pork belly and duck neck. I meant to eat lots of eel, but the other meats were so good too that I grabbed the same again..

Put it on, grill, cut, cut. The other meats cook before the eel does. Eat them first while the rest keeps grilling

Enjoy it plain? Then brush on a little sauce and grill just the surface, and

it's sooo delicious

I finished with duck neck to cleanse the palate. We're on a diet so we didn't take it, but they were also running an event giving out black bokbunja wine. Don't forget to grab it!

Would we go back to Songnim Bok Jangeo?

With two or three refills, you'd quickly get your money's worth at this eel buffet. I only tagged along for my eel-loving partner, but I ate so well. From the few times we've ordered eel delivery at home, two or three refills here should easily pay off.

Above all, the side ingredients are plentiful and maybe because the fire is different, it was much ttastier.. Protein and energy recharged!❤️🔥 Chance I'll go back: 1,000,000%, highly highly highly recommended 👍