Grilled duck plus spicy pork ribs at Ganaandeok, a Gyeyang restaurant

The temperature swings between day and night must be doing a number on everyone's immune system 😷 The flu was going around my son's daycare, and my older kid ended up catching it too... 🥹 His fever finally broke, but he still looked wiped out, so we went out for some duck to help him get his energy back.

Duck has a high ratio of unsaturated fat and a softer protein texture, so it's actually great to eat with kids!

Basic info on Ganaandeok Gyeyang Branch

• Address: 1038 Jangje-ro, 1st floor, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, South Korea
• Prices: Fresh duck charcoal grill ₩56,000 / Smoked duck charcoal grill ₩59,000 / Duck jumulleok charcoal grill ₩59,000
• Hours: 11:00–21:50
• Facilities: Group seating, takeout, baby chair, baby tableware, waiting area, indoor restroom
• Parking: Lot in front of the building

Which parking entrance to use

The parking lot at Ganaandeok Gyeyang Branch is huge, so you really don't need to worry about finding a spot! One tip though — if you type Ganaandeok into T map, it'll guide you to the entrance on the Jangje-ro side. Coming from the Gyeyang Station direction, I ended up taking Seobugansun-ro, turning onto Dongyang-ro, and looping all the way back around to Jangje-ro. Not fun (?).

But!! There's actually another parking entrance right as you turn off Seobugansun-ro!! It's kind of hidden, like a little side gap, so slow down and keep an eye out haha.

Seating inside and group dining

There are quite a lot of seats, and the tables can be pushed together, so group get-togethers should be totally doable!

I wondered why there were small side tables around — turns out they're for waiting! Which makes sense, because the meat tastes like it would definitely have a 100% weekend wait 🫢 If you ask me, Ganaandeok is THE duck restaurant near Bakchon Station in Incheon 👍👍

They lay out all the side dishes with the first table setting, and if you need more, there's a self-serve corner to grab extras. (I don't think peppers and perilla leaves came with the first setting.)

There's also plastic bags for wrapping up sweet potatoes to take home, and (I think) disposable aprons.

With a 10-month-old

They have baby chairs available, so it was easy eating comfortably with our 10-month-old!

Order by kiosk, first order must be a whole portion

Ordering is done through the kiosk attached at each table. Your first order has to be a whole portion — you can mix half-and-half between the fresh duck charcoal grill, smoked duck charcoal grill, and duck jumulleok charcoal grill, or just order one type as a whole portion.

The main menu is duck, but there's also a pork rib option!

You can store your bags by lifting the seat lid open.

The spread: whole fresh duck grill + seasoned pork ribs

Ta-da~ everything's laid out. What I ordered was:

• Fresh duck charcoal grill (whole) ₩56,000
• Seasoned pork ribs ₩19,000

That's it!

Ganaandeok tucks foil-wrapped honey sweet potatoes in between the charcoal!!! This sweet potato... it was seriously so good.

Side dishes that go well with the meat — for me, the cabbage and sauce on the small plate paired best with everything!

When you put the duck on the heated grate, it smokes like crazy!!! Flip it fast so it doesn't burn.

The best combination

Cabbage + duck + fresh chive salad — this was my favorite way to eat it 👍

Wrapped in lettuce too~~~

Dipped in the wasabi from the self-serve corner too! Mixing it up like this kept it from getting boring~! And most of all, the duck was genuinely so tender, not chewy at all, which made it easy to eat. My 32-month-old won't eat anything chewy, but he kept asking for more of this duck!

This mung bean porridge!!!! It's genuinely delicious. You can order it for free on the kiosk, so make sure to get it!!

Eating seasoned pork ribs and duck together

Eating pork ribs and duck together

Now~~~ time for the seasoned pork ribs! They come with the rib meat rolled around the bone, and once you unroll it, it's pretty thick and long!

Pork ribs and duck together...💛 I'd never had them this way before, and it was genuinely exciting? Pork wrapped around duck (?)

They grill the last bit of duck so it soaks up the seasoned pork rib flavor~

Finishing with charcoal-roasted honey sweet potato

After finishing the meal, it's the long-awaited sweet potato time!!!!

This color can't possibly taste bad, right?! And the texture is super soft and squishy!! Seriously insane sweetness!!! I bet a lot of people take a bite and end up buying some to go 👍

Sitting in the corner, my little one getting duck and sweet potato handed to him and getting happier by the minute... lol. Ganaandeok, where even a 10-month-old can eat together!! I think I'll be coming back often 💓

Overall review

• The duck had no gamey smell and tasted fresh, and it was tender enough to be great for eating with kids
• The charcoal is good quality, so the meat grills up really tasty!
• The side dishes are simple, so they support the duck as sides rather than competing with it
• The honey sweet potato roasted in the charcoal is genuinely delicious!!
• The owner was so kind and the food was delicious, so a return visit is a must!