Beef BBQ date in Ansan: kkotgalbi, galbisal, free yukhoe at Yangsimso

What kind of BBQ restaurant is Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch?

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch (양심소 안산고잔점) is a charcoal-grilled beef restaurant in Gojan-dong, near Jungang Station in Ansan. Last weekend I visited this Jungang Station BBQ spot with my boyfriend.

I heard the name Yangsimso was chosen to promise serving meat with honesty and a clear conscience. You can tell just from the name, right?

The lunch special menu looks great too, but knowing I'd get to enjoy delicious beef made me super excited haha

What are the seating, private room and reservations like?

The inside of Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch has spacious tables, so you can eat comfortably wherever you sit. I also liked that the tables are set well apart.

There are also private rooms at the back, and if you reserve through Naver in advance, it looked like up to about 24 people could eat in one room. It seemed even better for a company dinner or family meal, since you can eat quietly!

We had reserved ahead too, so our table had a reserved sign haha. The side dishes were already set out, everything except the fire and the meat, which I liked. You order from the tablet at the table,

What did we order for two? Kkotgalbi and galbisal

At Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch, after some debate we ordered one kkotgalbi and one galbisal! I'd also ordered a doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) to go with them, but the staff told us a stew comes once with the basic side dishes, so I cancelled it right away haha

Here come the kkotgalbi and galbisal! The marbling looked so good that I was excited to taste it before it even hit the grill.

Grilling the bone-in kkotgalbi

We started with the kkotgalbi. I think it was my first time having kkotgalbi with the rib bone still attached. I heard Yangsimso holds a patent in meat aging and prepares the meat so tasty cuts taste even better, and maybe that's why it was so good.

Cooking it golden brown 🥰 My boyfriend has now learned how to grill beef well, haha. Thanks to my not-quite-lessons, he's become a meat-grilling genius lol

What are the free yukhoe and basic side dishes like?

At Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch, a plate of yukhoe (Korean beef tartare) comes free as well, and it was so good. The kimchi also had something like myeongtae-hoe (seasoned pollock) in it. Since there's kodari naengmyeon (cold noodles with semi-dried pollock) among the side menu items, I guess it's the same thing. Maybe that's why the kimchi was so good too!

Do I even need to say the yukhoe was good~~

The doenjang-jjigae that comes as a basic side

Then came the doenjang-jjigae! Even though it's just a basic side, it was quite big, which I liked, and it had plenty of meat in it, so it was perfect for the two of us to share.

How did the kkotgalbi taste?

While we happily ate the side dishes and waited, the kkotgalbi was done! First bite with salt! It melted in my mouth, honestly the best.

They say it's usually best to eat lean meat first and then fatty meat, but personally I like fatty meat first and lean meat after. Maybe that's because I don't eat much and can't handle a lot of rich food? haha

But! Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch has lots of sauces to eat with the meat, and the pickled side dishes and ssamjang (dipping paste) are house-made special ones, so I felt I could keep eating the meat without getting tired of it!

What is the review event sausage at Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch?

I heard Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch gives you a sausage if you leave a Naver receipt review, so I got one right away!

The sausage comes with ketchup and mustard. We grilled the galbisal for a while first, then decided to grill the sausage alongside it.

Galbisal in one- or two-bite pieces

The galbisal comes in one- or two-bite pieces, so eat it however you like.

After eating a good amount of galbisal, I put the sausage on the grill! When I cut it open after grilling, it wasn't a plain sausage, there was something like cheese inside, which made it even better! Grilled golden brown, it's even tastier!

Maybe because this Jungang Station BBQ spot uses high-quality charcoal with strong heat and a steady temperature, not only the meat but even the grilled sausage tasted amazing lol

To finish, we grilled up the remaining galbisal haha

Payment and parking at Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch

At Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch you can pay with Gyeonggi local currency and Ansan currency Daon, and also with Apple Pay. We ate until we were full, then paid! There's mouthwash and dental floss at the counter too, which was nice.

If you use the building's underground car park, you get 2 hours of free parking, and if it's full, you can park in the public lot right in front. Naver Map doesn't say that the public lot is covered, so it's worth asking the restaurant about that.

Yangsimso Ansan Gojan Branch is at Unit 119, 33 Danggok-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi. If you want good beef, I recommend it for family meals and company dinners too!