Basic vs course shabu-shabu lunch sets compared in Junggye-dong: Hana

ෆ Hana Shabu Shabu Junggye Main Branch ෆ : Seoul food spot / shabu-shabu :

Why we picked Hana Shabu Shabu for lunch in Junggye-dong

⎝⍢⎠👋🏻 Today I visited Hana Shabu Shabu Junggye Main Branch! I was agonizing over lunch in Junggye-dong when shabu-shabu suddenly popped into my head, so I went, and I loved how clean the exterior looked right away ✨

The inside was clean too and bigger than I expected! There were group tables and bar tables, so it looked easy to seat different party sizes 😊

I loved that every table had its own induction burner 🔥 Shabu-shabu really has to be eaten hot and bubbling to taste right!

Hana Shabu Shabu lunch menu: basic 23,000 won, course 27,000 won

Hana Shabu Shabu Junggye Main Branch has separate lunch and dinner menus, and the composition changes a bit depending on whether you order basic, course, or premium! I ordered the basic and the course from the Junggye-dong Hana Shabu Shabu lunch menu ヽ(•̀ω•́ )ゝ

• Basic brisket+sirloin ₩23,000
• Course brisket+sirloin ₩27,000

First up, the cabbage salad! 🥗 The sesame dressing was nutty and made a light starter before the shabu-shabu (｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ

How good are the meat and vegetables at Hana Shabu Shabu?

And then the meat and vegetables came out... the quality was genuinely insane!!! 😳✨ Like, what is this visual?!

The meat condition was really good (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ It looked delicious even before tasting it lol 🥩 That marbling is insane!!!!

So many different vegetables too, and they came out beautifully plated 🥬🍄 Colorful and pretty to look at, plus fun to pick through

Now to dump all the vegetables into the broth~ As it bubbles, the vegetables soak up all that broth flavor 🤤 The owner said they make the broth in-house without any seasoning powder, and honestly it's deep and truly delicious

Sirloin or brisket: which set was better?

I started with the sirloin first! Since it's thin-sliced, cooking it lightly makes it soft and delicious ❤

This time, brisket too, nom nom 🥩 It has a different nutty flavor from the sirloin, so alternating between them made it even more delicious (*≧︶≦))(￣▽￣* )ゞ Both were super tasty, but since I love fatty meat, I enjoyed the brisket way more lol

The meat was delicious and the mushrooms were all delicious too 😁

The tableside torch fire show at Hana Shabu Shabu

And then suddenly a fire show started lol Shown to us as a complimentary service, and the flames shot up so much it was wild 😳🔥

They put a spicy sauce on top and torched it, and the smoky flavor hit hard along with the spiciness — perfect as a palate cleanser midway through 😍

Finishing the meal with udon noodles and gyudon

And the udon noodles are absolutely essential!!! 🍜 The plump udon noodles went so well with the shabu-shabu broth that I scraped the bowl clean to the very end lol

For the course meal, you can choose the final dish, so I went with gyudon (beef rice bowl)! Even though I was full, it was so good I kept eating more haha 😋 So good, so good

Free tadaki for a Naver receipt review

And if you leave a Naver receipt review, they'll also give you tadaki (seared beef) service (/▽＼) You dip it into the shabu-shabu broth, and here comes another fire show 🔥

Even on video you can see the flames shoot up lol Seeing it live was even more fun than I expected 😆🔥

Getting that smoky flavor properly seared in... ✨ Watching it get made right in front of me was fun too! The owner was genuinely warm and kind hahaha

Eating the spicy sauce together with bean sprouts gave me full smoky flavor plus a crunchy texture — so good 🤤 Definitely take part in the review event!!

Verdict after the ube jelly dessert

The final dessert was some kind of ube jelly 💜 Nutty with a subtle sweetness, it was more delicious than I expected — a perfectly complete meal, dessert included (✿◠‿◠)

Hana Shabu Shabu Junggye Main Branch has a cozy yet clean atmosphere and the plating on every dish is genuinely pretty, so it seems like a great spot for family meals or important gatherings! It would be especially great for a wedding-invitation get-together too hahaha

I recommend Hana Shabu Shabu Junggye Main Branch, a great spot to eat in Junggye-dong!