Suwon eel restaurant open daily, salt-grilled eel 5 ways: 99Jangeo88

What is 99Jangeo88 Suwon Homaesil Branch?

99Jangeo88 Suwon Homaesil Branch is an eel grill and eel rice bowl restaurant in Homaesil-dong, Suwon. I booked on Naver and went to this well-known Homaesil eel spot, which is famous not only for grilled eel but also for its eel rice bowls. Two adults ordered one salt-grilled platter, and the portion was so big we stuffed ourselves.

Is 99Jangeo88 open every day, and is there parking?

99Jangeo88 Suwon Homaesil Branch has basement parking and is open every day of the year with no days off, so the doors are always open whenever you go. Not many eel restaurants in Homaesil run without a day off, so even a sudden eel craving is no problem.

99Jangeo88 self-serve bar and side dishes

99Jangeo88 has a self-serve bar where you can help yourself to lettuce, pickled myeongi greens, ginger and other sides to eat with the eel. The restaurant was so full of customers that it was hard to take photos of the interior. That's how popular it is. When a Homaesil eel restaurant draws this many people, I think you can safely say the taste is proven.

The side dishes included ginger, white kimchi, pickled myeongi greens and pickled onion, a perfect lineup for wrapping with eel. Doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) came too, and it was spicy and delicious. Between bites of eel, a sip of the stew broth cuts the richness and leaves your stomach feeling fresh.

99Jangeo88 salt-grilled eel for 68,000 won: how big is the platter?

One salt-grilled platter at 99Jangeo88 costs ₩68,000. It is grilled once beforehand, and two thick strips of eel fill the whole grill plate. The star of the day arrived, and the amount was really generous. The moment I saw it, I wondered whether two people could finish it all, but before I knew it the plate was empty. All you do is grill it golden and eat, so it was a comfortable meal. For a Homaesil eel restaurant, this amount at this price is the ultimate value.

How did the salt-grilled eel at 99Jangeo88 taste?

The salt-grilled eel at 99Jangeo88 was crispy outside and soft and juicy inside. The moment I put a piece of golden, thick eel in my mouth, the eel's signature rich oil spread through my mouth and the savory flavor was just incredible. Salt-grilled means no sauce, only salt, and that actually brings out the eel's true flavor best. It's clean yet rich, and the more you chew, the more oily, savory depth comes up. That is the real charm of eel.

Five ways to eat salt-grilled eel at 99Jangeo88

Eel with ginger

Eating salt-grilled eel with ginger lets the ginger's sharp aroma cleanly cut the eel's richness. Put a piece of eel on a slice of ginger and eat it in one bite, and you get rich savoriness and ginger's freshness at the same time, a combination you keep reaching for. It confirmed again that ginger is the truth with eel.

Eel wrapped in myeongi (pickled wild garlic leaves)

Wrapping eel in myeongi greens (pickled wild garlic-like leaves) brings their crunchy, slightly salty taste together with the eel's savoriness, so one bite spreads a full flavor. Eating it as a wrap adds variety of texture, and I never got tired of it and kept eating.

Eel dipped in the special sauce

Dipping the eel in the special sauce 99Jangeo88 prepares adds a sweet seasoning that blends with the eel's savoriness for a whole different taste. The combination of sweet sauce and crispy eel skin could make a bowl of rice vanish in no time.

Eel lettuce wrap with ginger

Put a piece of eel on crunchy lettuce, add a slice of ginger, and eat it in one bite. Honestly, it's paradise. The eel's savoriness, the lettuce's crunch and the ginger's freshness all come together in one bite.

Seriously, it was delicious no matter how I ate it. Good with just salt, good with ginger, good wrapped in myeongi greens, good dipped in sauce, good in lettuce. The eel itself is so thick and fresh that any combination works. I've been to plenty of Homaesil eel restaurants, but it's hard to find eel this thick and this plentiful at this price.

99Jangeo88 Suwon Homaesil Branch at a glance

If you're searching for an eel restaurant in Homaesil, I recommend 99Jangeo88. Here's the summary.

• Basement parking available
• Open every day of the year
• Specializes in grilled eel and eel rice bowls
• Salt-grilled platter ₩68,000 (two full strips, plenty of food)
• Comes pre-grilled, so you can just eat comfortably
• Self-serve bar (lettuce, pickled myeongi greens, ginger and more)
• Doenjang-jjigae served too
• Always full of customers, so the taste is proven

On a day when you crave eel and want to stuff yourself at a good price, 99Jangeo88 is just the place.