Byeollae beef tripe BBQ right after the 4pm opening: Chodaechang

Hope everyone had a great Chuseok holiday haha. I was off starting Wednesday, and after finally getting my long-postponed health checkup done as a kind of Chuseok eve ritual~~ I crashed at home and needed a high-calorie transfusion afterward!! So here's the famous gopchang (beef tripe) spot in Byeollae — Chodaechang!

Chodaechang Byeollae Branch location, hours, and parking

Chodaechang Byeollae Branch is a charcoal-grilled beef tripe restaurant at 12-18 Byeollae5-ro 5beon-gil, 1st floor, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, open daily from 16:00 to 24:00. There's free parking in front for a few cars.

This Byeollae gopchang spot sits right among the neighborhood's other well-known restaurants. It's near Bulamsan mountain too, so it seems perfect for a meal after hiking~~?

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They have a variety of side dishes from set menus to à la carte items, so it looks like a good spot to visit with kids too!

Arriving right after opening at 4:40pm: the interior and restroom

I arrived at Chodaechang Byeollae Branch around 4:40pm, right after opening on Wednesday! There was a restroom inside too, which was so convenient.

The restroom especially showed off Chodaechang Byeollae Branch's attention to detail. All sorts of necessary items were stocked there, which I loved. They even had feminine hygiene products — so thoughtful.

The menu board, wine list, and corkage fee

Here's the menu board. Beyond the dishes themselves, you can enjoy various sauces alongside your meal!

This Byeollae gopchang spot really had a ton of wine! Plenty of other alcohol options too!

Here's the wine list at the restaurant! Just a heads up, corkage is ₩10,000 per bottle.

What we ordered and the prices

⭐️ Order list ⭐️

• Hanwoo gopchang grill ₩21,000 × 2 servings
• Galbisal grill (salt) ₩18,000 × 1 serving
• Spicy doenjang sulbap ₩7,000
• 1 bottle of beer
• 1 extra serving of hanwoo gopchang grill

Here's the basic setup — one sauce per person plus side dishes. The lettuce salad was nice and refreshing, and interestingly they even had gim wasabi (seasoned seaweed with wasabi) haha.

First toast~~~~ Dad's currently 10 days into not drinking lol + he was driving, so we toasted with water~~ haha.

The food we ordered arrived! The portions were bigger than expected — I wondered if the galbisal was actually a double order lol.

Hanwoo gopchang grilled right at the table over charcoal

⭐️ The advantage of Chodaechang, this Byeollae gopchang spot ⭐️ They grill everything for you completely!!!🤍

Grilling beef tripe over charcoal seemed like it would make it lighter and even tastier haha. They laid the gopchang down first and grilled it expertly, one flip at a time~~~

The smoke got pulled away right away, so the restaurant didn't reek of tripe at all!

Since a pro was grilling it, they flipped it at exactly the right moments haha.

Once it was properly cooked, they set it right in front of us haha. Gopchang packed full of gop (intestinal fat)... total love...🤍

Seriously, gopchang is a must with drinks...!!!!!

Free Terra Zero beer for visits between 4pm and 6pm

⭐️ Event ⭐️ Visit between 4:00pm-6:00pm and get 1 free bottle of Terra Zero beer!!! They actually run this event lol. Mom and Dad were chatting about how it says even pregnant women can drink Terra Zero, wondering what a zero-alcohol beer even tastes like, saying it's great that drivers can have it too~ and while we were talking, turns out anyone visiting between 4-6pm gets a free bottle of Terra Zero!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spicy doenjang sulbap and galbisal grill

The spicy doenjang sulbap (soju-rice stew) came out soon after! The portion was pretty big, good for three people to share!

With three plates like this laid out, not only was the portion generous, but true to its name it was spicy! Really spicy!! 🔥🔥 So it paired really well with the gopchang lol.

Next they immediately grilled the galbisal (rib meat) too haha. Can't forgive a break in the eating flow!

Why it's full of fat but never greasy

Seriously, this gopchang is packed with gop~~~!!! Even with all that fat, because it's charcoal-grilled the fat renders right out, so the gopchang wasn't greasy at all — just nutty and delicious!!!

It was full of gop and not chewy at all, so Mom said it was so good!!!! Mom, who has trouble eating these days because of her teeth, asked for another serving of gopchang — if that tells you how nutty and tender it was,,,, you can imagine the level!!🥹🥹

Dipped it into the sauce they gave us~

Ate it with the seasoned lettuce~ and with the gim wasabi~ Normally I can't eat much gopchang because it gets too greasy after a while, but this was so light and nutty that I kept eating more haha.

The galbisal was also grilled perfectly haha. We got it with salt!

Nicely grilled galbisal~~

The galbisal was tender and tasty too. Overall, all the grilled dishes were so tender that everything was really delicious.

It was delicious whether we put it over the doenjang sulbap or ate it with the other side dishes!

An extra serving of hanwoo gopchang and dessert ice cream to finish

They grilled us an extra serving of hanwoo gopchang too, and we ate it all up happily haha. So glad it was packed with gop...🥓

They also grilled vegetables as garnish, so pairing those in lets you eat even more haha.

It also went really well with the sauce they called makjang sauce lol. The makjang sauce was so good I think I need to try makchang (beef intestines) next time!!!!

Our family's table was spotless again today too 🤍

Finishing with Excellent ice cream for dessert made for the perfect meal! Little did I know then. Starting with such a perfect Chuseok eve, the whole holiday turned out to be full of perfect days..🩵🩵