Beomgye Rodeo sashimi restaurant with hanok interior: Namhae Mulgogi

I wanted clean, well-plated Japanese-style food in a nice atmosphere, so I visited Namhae Mulgogi, a Beomgye favorite 🐟

How to find Namhae Mulgogi in Beomgye Rodeo, and where to park

Namhae Mulgogi is located on the 4th floor of Jungang Plaza in Beomgye Rodeo. It's close to Exit 2 of Beomgye Station, so it's easy to get to by public transport. Parking is mechanical, with 2 hours free, and there's a high chair available along with separate men's/women's restrooms.

The upscale, hanok-inspired interior makes it feel perfect for a group dinner or a date.

What's on the menu at Namhae Mulgogi Anyang

Namhae Mulgogi is really known for its han-sang (table set) course, which comes out as pre-meal porridge, appetizer, assorted aged sashimi, a seasonal dish, pasta, grilled fish, fried dish, and hot pot.

Everything in the course can also be ordered à la carte.

There's also a lunch special with sushi, mulhoe, and rice bowls for a lighter midday meal.

The drinks menu is varied too, ranging from whiskey to yakcheongju (medicinal rice wine) and distilled spirits.

First plates of the set course: porridge and mulhoe

I ordered Namhae Mulgogi's signature han-sang course. The first dish is a pre-meal porridge — a savory, gentle bowl meant to warm and soften your stomach before the real meal starts.

Eating the warm porridge really wakes up your appetite 🔥 Bring on the next dish, bring it on 🤭

For the appetizer, a sweet-and-tangy mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) arrived. Cabbage, onion, young sprouts and various vegetables mixed with raw fish and a secret sauce made it delicious.

Futomaki rolls and flounder sushi

The third course was flounder sushi and a hefty futomaki roll. The combination of fried shrimp, salmon, and aged kimchi in the futomaki was the best 😋

What's in the 10-kind aged sashimi platter?

Namhae Mulgogi's assorted aged sashimi comes with a whopping 10 different kinds. And the visuals — what even is this?..💓 I was excited before I even took a bite 🤭

I love trying lots of different kinds of sashimi, so this assorted platter was exactly my thing 👍🏻 There was no fishy taste at all, and the more you chewed, the more flavor came through.

Flounder, salmon, hairtail, mackerel and more — it's aged sashimi sourced fresh from the region every day, so it's even tastier 😋

After the sashimi: clams steamed in rice wine to shabu-shabu

Next came a refreshing, spicy clam sool-jjim (clams steamed in liquor broth). Pasta noodles are mixed in too, so the portion is quite generous.

Grilled mackerel

Nicely browned grilled mackerel. Mackerel is great raw and great grilled too...💖 Imagine how good this is over a bowl of white rice 🍚

Yurinchi (fried chicken in citrus sauce)

Yurinchi — crispy fried chicken tossed with a sweet-and-tangy sauce. Isn't it kind of unfair when this tastes better than the Chinese restaurant version 👀

Beef shabu-shabu to finish the course

A clean broth packed with fresh beef, fish cake skewers, mushrooms and vegetables. It was so nice to finish the meal with a hot bowl of soup 🫶🏻

Is Namhae Mulgogi good for a group dinner or date in Beomgye?

Namhae Mulgogi's han-sang set is packed with enough variety that any sashimi lover would be satisfied haha. If you're in Anyang looking for a polished Japanese-style course for a date or a group dinner, definitely check out Beomgye favorite 'Namhae Mulgogi' 〰️