# Chilgok camping-style BBQ: wood-fire stone plate at Yaksamgol Garden - By Eundam (https://superchart.com/en/@light-on-floor/) - Written Sep 21, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Chilgok, Gyeongbuk - Sponsored: This post was written after a sponsored visit to the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@light-on-floor/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@light-on-floor/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/index.md) ## In short Yaksamgol Garden is a camping-style barbecue restaurant in Yakmok-myeon, Chilgok, Gyeongbuk, where meat is grilled on a stone plate heated over a wood fire. On an autumn evening in the outdoor section, pork belly and sausages were grilled alongside house-made mugeunji (aged kimchi), lettuce from the restaurant's garden and buchu muchim (seasoned chive salad), finishing with sweet potatoes roasted in the embers. Yaksamgol Garden suits anyone who wants the camping mood in Chilgok without bringing a single piece of gear. ## Good to know - **Location**: 51-16 Bokseong 15-gil, Yakmok-myeon, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Yaksamgol Garden) - **Seating**: Indoor and outdoor sections; the indoor room runs air conditioning and large fans - **Grilling method**: Meat grilled on a stone plate heated over a wood fire - **Group seating**: Larger groups can sit together and use two stone plates - **Reservations**: Online reservations available - **Menu**: Pork and smoked duck as mains; doenjang stew, ramyeon and grilled sausage as sides - **Waiting**: Weekend afternoons and evenings can have a wait, with family meals and group gatherings *as written by the visitor on Sep 21, 2026* ![Exterior of Yaksamgol Garden in Yakmok, Chilgok](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-01-1p3ze-900.webp) It's been proper autumn weather lately, and I've really wanted to go camping — mostly just to build a campfire and do a barbecue. So when I heard there was a camping-style restaurant in Chilgok, not far from me, I went to check it out. Yaksamgol Garden (약샘골가든) in Yakmok-myeon, Chilgok, Gyeongbuk is actually close to Gumi on the map too, so it's become a regular spot for me. ![Entrance and signage of Yaksamgol Garden](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-02-1c30z-900.webp) ## Indoor or outdoor seats at Yaksamgol Garden: where should you sit? Yaksamgol Garden takes online reservations and is split into indoor and outdoor seating. In summer it was too hot so I went indoors, but now with the breeze feeling so nice, I sat outside. ![Indoor seating and stone-plate grilling area at Yaksamgol Garden](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-03-1wsym-900.webp) Both indoor and outdoor sections share the same setup: a wood fire is lit and meat is grilled on a stone plate. Indoors, the air conditioning and a large fan keep things from getting too hot. ![Wood being added to fire a stone-plate grilling station](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-04-1tckl-900.webp) The outdoor section has atmospheric lighting and that camping-in-the-open feel — the vibe is great. ![Lit-up outdoor seating area at Yaksamgol Garden](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-05-1lzm6-900.webp) Most camping-style restaurants seem to struggle with seating larger groups, but at Yaksamgol Garden everyone can sit together and use two stone plates at once, which seemed really convenient. ![Group seating with two stone plates joined together](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-06-46fmq-900.webp) Because of that, weekend lunches and dinners can have waits from families and groups out for a meal. ![Weekend evening view of Yaksamgol Garden's outdoor seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-07-132kr-900.webp) ## Yaksamgol Garden menu: pork, smoked duck, and stew, ramyeon and sausage sides The menu board at Yaksamgol Garden is posted up high, so you have to tilt your head back to see it. Pork and smoked duck are the main meat options, with sides like doenjang (soybean paste) stew, ramyeon, and grilled sausage. Doing a camping barbecue usually means packing a lot from home, but here everything comes out for you — side dishes down to the ssamjang (dipping sauce) — so it's a Chilgok camping-style restaurant where you can get that outing feeling without going far at all. ![Menu board posted up high, visible when you tilt your head back](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-08-1cihv-900.webp) ## House-made mugeunji (aged kimchi) leads the side dishes We ordered pork belly and just waited for the wood fire to heat things up. In the meantime, side dishes and tableware arrived, and one side dish really stood out. ![Basic side dishes and house-made aged kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-09-e777p-900.webp) The star is the mukeunji (aged kimchi) made in-house at Yaksamgol Garden, using domestic napa cabbage and ingredients they grow themselves. I doubt you could recreate this flavor at home. It's good eaten as is, but grilling it in the pork fat that renders onto the stone plate makes it even better. ![A plate of raw pork belly before grilling](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-10-14jzm-900.webp) ## Grilling pork belly on the wood-fire stone plate Yaksamgol Garden's pork belly has a well-balanced ratio of fat to lean meat, so the juices when grilled are seriously impressive. ![Wood fire burning beneath the stone plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-11-1uv6g-900.webp) It takes a bit for the wood fire to heat up, but once the stone plate gets hot, it's blazing from then on. ![The stone plate once it's heated up](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-12-1n15n-900.webp) They wipe the grill down with pork fat to oil it up. ![Stone plate oiled with pork fat](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-13-10r4q-900.webp) Onion, mushrooms, and tteok (rice cake) that come with the pork belly get grilled on too. The plate is large and wide, so everything can go on at once and be shared easily. ![Pork belly grilling with onion, mushroom, and rice cake](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-14-1kb3f-900.webp) As fat renders off the meat, they place the aged kimchi near the spot where the fat drips down, to grill it there. ![Aged kimchi grilling where the fat drips down](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-15-11udx-900.webp) ![Pork belly and aged kimchi cooking together on the stone plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-16-1knrs-1200.webp) We also ordered sausage and put it on top of the grill, and it cooked even faster than the meat. ![Sausage grilled on top of the stone plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-17-1mams-900.webp) The tteok and sausage cooked first, so we tried them right away — completely different from grilling at home. Being outdoors in what feels like an open campsite makes the food taste even better. ![Picking up the rice cake and sausage that cooked first](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-18-1xjpk-900.webp) There's no designated person to do the grilling — everyone just puts things on the plate and grills together, so the whole table can eat their fill. And with the autumn breeze drifting by, it wasn't hot at all — it really felt like we'd come out camping. ![Wide stone plate spread shared by the whole table](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-19-1107e-900.webp) ## Garden lettuce, seasoned chive salad and roasted sweet potato to finish The lettuce at Yaksamgol Garden is grown in their own garden too, and it was tender rather than tough — really tasty. ![A plate of garden-grown lettuce](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-20-t0m1n-900.webp) The main pork belly was savory, and the fattier parts got grilled crisp until they were as crunchy as a chip. ![Pork belly's fatty parts grilled crisp](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-21-f2da4-900.webp) The seasoning on the chive salad was spicy-sweet, cutting through the richness of the meat, and it disappeared in no time. ![Spicy-sweet chive salad](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-22-k2zi8-900.webp) And the highlight of Yaksamgol Garden is the roasted sweet potato — as the wood fire burns down near the end, they tuck foil-wrapped sweet potatoes right into the embers. ![Sweet potato roasted in foil in the wood fire's embers](https://img.superchart.com/images/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol-23-mc061-900.webp) The whole place already had that outing feeling from the outside, but eating the roasted sweet potato made me feel like I'd genuinely gone camping — that was Yaksamgol Garden, a great Chilgok restaurant. If packing camping gear and food feels like too much hassle, why not try a camping-style restaurant in Chilgok instead? ## Where it is - Yaksamgol Garden (약샘골가든) - 51-16 Bokseong 15-gil, Yakmok-myeon, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea - 경상북도 칠곡군 약목면 복성15길 51-16 약샘골가든 - 36.041741, 128.3433378 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%95%BD%EC%83%98%EA%B3%A8%EA%B0%80%EB%93%A0/@36.041741,128.3433378,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@light-on-floor/chilgok-camping-restaurant-pork-belly-yaksamgol/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt