Couple set and grilled kimchi at Hanam Doeji Jip, Nowon Korean BBQ

A tableside-grilled Korean BBQ restaurant near Seokgye Station: Hanam Doeji Jip Seokgye branch

A Nowon-gu favorite where staff grill the pork belly for you, Hanam Doeji Jip Seokgye branch! It's practically the original (?) of tableside-grilled restaurants, so it's suuuper famous. I had such a delicious meal here last time that I decided to come back again.

The atmosphere and a good spot for group dinners

The inside looks like this. Each table has a plastic sheet laid down, which feels nice and hygienic! It was pouring rain that day, and there was a table having a group dinner. There are a lot of new apartment construction sites near Seokgye Station, so this place seems great for company dinners!!

Hanam Doeji Jip Seokgye branch menu and prices

✔️ Main menu

Fresh pork belly / premium cuts / fresh short rib / skirt meat / pork jowl / five-layer pork belly / grilled makchang (pork intestine) / thick beef brisket / Korean cold pork belly. Except for pork jowl (₩18,000), everything is ₩17,000 per serving.

✔️ Side menu

• Korean pork kimchi stew / Korean pork gochujang stew / beef brisket doenjang soup
• Water naengmyeon (cold noodles) / pollack sashimi naengmyeon / janchi guksu (banquet noodles) / kimchi noodle soup
• Kimchi fried rice bento / flying fish roe steamed egg / house-made sausage, and more

What set menus are available

There are set menus too.

• Assorted platter (fresh pork belly + premium cuts + fresh short rib) ₩49,900
• Cold pork belly set (frozen pork belly + doenjang soup + rice) ₩50,000
• Couple set (pork belly + pork jowl + doenjang soup + rice) ₩50,000

Last time I had the assorted platter with gochujang stew, but this time I was craving pork jowl, so I ordered the couple set!

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The side dishes were bean sprouts, wild garlic leaves, seasoned radish, kimchi, and dressed lettuce, plus garlic, ssamjang (dipping sauce), salt, and mustard!

Pork belly and pork jowl, the taste of tableside grilling

Pork belly and pork jowl~.~ They put it on the grill, cut it up nicely, and grill it well. As I always say, having someone else grill your meat is thrilling — the best. All I have to do is eat~~! Of course my husband grills for me at home too, hehe.

Once the meat is nicely grilled, they gather it to one side. All I have to do is eat it up fast!

First bite dipped in salt! Second bite dunked deep in myeolchijeot (fermented anchovy sauce). Hanam Doeji Jip's myeolchijeot is so tasty. Juicy, sizzling with fat, savory pork belly with an umami explosion from the myeolchijeot — heavenly.. ♡

Fresh lettuce topped with wild garlic leaves and wrapped around the pork belly — what else needs to be said~~ I don't usually wrap my meat in lettuce much, but wrapping it with wild garlic leaves like this is heavenly. Hanam Doeji Jip's pork belly especially has such a great meat-to-fat ratio that it's even better for wrapping haha.

Pork jowl goes with mustard sauce

And the pork jowl!! It's bigger than it looks, so I cut it in half to eat! Haha. Pork jowl has this crunchy, slightly grainy texture that I love. It's fatty too, but because it's crispy and grainy, it's not greasy at all! It pairs really well with mustard sauce~~~

Signature grilled kimchi and beef brisket doenjang soup

Once all the meat is grilled, they grill kimchi (fermented cabbage) for you too. I'd say this is Hanam Doeji Jip's signature move haha. Why is this so good???

Wrapping rice up with the kimchi is pure heaven. This kimchi is a total rice thief.

Beef brisket doenjang soup (₩7,000). Loaded with tofu, onion, and zucchini, this doenjang soup might be the perfect pairing with pork belly. The beef brisket in it adds just the right amount of savoriness too! But it's not greasy — it's rich and clean-tasting.

Finally, we added one more serving of pork belly! Ate so well and got so full, haha. Gotta go again next time~~~